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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 15)
Subject
Musicians
Singers
Bands (Music)
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Indian Americans
Indian arts
Indian dance
Occupational folklore
Old time music
Sea songs
Sea shanteys
Dance music
Dancers
Shoe shiners
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Mother Jaya and daughter Nila demonstrated traditional dances of India. Shoe shiner Frank Mitchell, of Lake City, performed songs in a shoe-shine rag style. From Jacksonville, the Deep Water Family consisted of Cindy, Mike, and Steve Nash.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1984-05-25
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t84-017
Series
S1576
Item ID
T84-17
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1984)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Radhakrishnan, Jaya, 1944-
Radhakrishnan, Nila, 1974-
Mitchell, Frank, 1919-1987
Deep Water Family
Ethnicity or Nationality
Indian Americans
Asian American
Title of Work
Indian dance demonstration (Nila & Jaya Radhakrishnan)
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) (Mitchell)