Title
Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Dance music
Religious music
Old time music
Gospel music
Hornpipes
Dulcimer music
Harmonica music
Yodeling
Guitar music
Banjo music
Folk songs, French
French Americans
Songs, French
Singers
Dancers
Bands (Music)
Harmonica players
Guitarist
Banjoists
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Seafood Combo was from Tallahassee, and consisted of Tony Verderamo (accordian); Larry Abrams (violin/mandolin); and Pam Mansfield (tambourine). Alachua County Older American Council square-danced. Muller was from Lake Mary. The Mitchells played the dulcimer, and were from Washington DC. Tillinghast was from Hollywood, Florida. Dunscombe of Gainesville played the musical saw. The Folksdancing, of Sarasota, consisted of the Whitehead family. Deacon Dan Smith, from White Plains, New York, played the harmonica. The Makley Family were from Jacksonville, and Nick Hallman was from Greenville, South Carolina. The Caney Forkers were from Cookeville, Tennessee and consisted of: Mike & Jeanette Kasnia; Graham, Betty, Heather, and Holly Kash. Johnson was from Gainesville. The Beadnells were from Orange Park. Fiddlers Zeke and Rosa Stephens were from Panama City. The Boyers from Webster Grove, Missouri (and the family of folk singer Bob Beers' sister). Banjoist Cadwell hailed from Jackson Heights, New York. Battle was from Tampa -- this was his first festival. Malkine was from Shady, New York.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Identifier
a_s1576_t79-014
Title of Work
First Show Boat (Seafood Combo)
Terren Tela
Mr. Bojangles
Cabaret (Alachua County Older American Council)
Sing Hallelujah (Barbara Muller)
Heaven is a Beautiful Place I Know
Ground Hog
Drink to Me Only (Howie & Ann Mitchell)
Finger-picking Exercise
Greensleeves
John Henry (Dan Tillinghast)
Babes in the Wooods
Bald Mountain
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) (Aubrey Dunscombe)
Beautiful Dreamer
Oh! Suzanna
Black Nag (Folksdancing) (incomplete)
Train imitation on harmonica (Dan Smith)
Jews Harp tune
Fox and Hound Chase
Silver Haired Daddy (Makley Family)
Cowboys Sweetheart
The Swiss Boy Taught Me to Yodel
Lock Lomond (Nick Hallman)
Devilish Mary
Katie Dear
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) (Caney Forkers)
Home Sweet Home
You Can Not Chop Your Papa in Massachusetts
This Morning (John Johnson)
June Allen
Wild Hog in the Woods
Polly Put the Kettle On
Flamenco Song (John Huber)
Unidentified Arabic song
Unindentified bar song
The Stern Old Bachelor (Tom & Esther Beadnell)
Pretty Polly Oliver
Lord Randell
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Abundant Life Singers)
We Need a Little More Time To Get It Together
Jesus is the Answer
That is Why I Proclaim the Name of Jesus
National Anthem (Zeke & Rosa Stephens)
Chicken Reel
Rubber Dolly
Under the Double Eagle
Monologue (Jumper)
Fischers Hornpipe and Speed the Plow (The Boyer Family)
Rain-Shine (incomplete)
A Cake Walk (Paul Cadwell)
Old Black Joe
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River)
Joe Hill (Paul Battle)
Ode to Big Blue
Keep on the Sunny Side of Life
I Can Feel the Sweet Wind Blowing (Sonia Malkine)
Listen: The World Program