Title
Sunday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Dulcimer music
Old time music
Musical saws
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Yodeling
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Tales
Singers
Dancers
Bands (Music)
Storytellers
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Last performances of the 1975 festival. Sunday was devoted to religious music. Jones and Quimby, both from Brunswick, Georgia, were later known as the Georgia Sea Island Singers. They performed black spirituals. The Boyers were from Webster Grove, Missouri, and were the family of the late Bob Beers. The square dancers were from Murfreesboro, Tennessee and performed to pre-recorded music. The Makley Family were from Jacksonville, and consisted of Elroyce, Bettine, and Ruthanne Makley. This was their third Festival. Jay Smith was also from Jacksonville. Hallman was from Greenville, S.C. Banjoist Cadwell's performance was not recorded -- only his introduction. Betty Smith lived in Marietta, Georgia. Fiddlers Zeke and Rosa Stephens lived in Panama City. Jumper was a Seminole storyteller from Hollywood, Florida. The Mitchells, of Washington DC, performed shaped note songs. The bluegrass band, Skip Johns and the Travelers, were from Lake City, and sang gospel songs. Hancock, of Suffolk, Virginia, played the dulcimer. The Abundant Life Singers were from Clearwater, and led by David McAbee. Singer Marshall was from White Springs. Dunscombe played the musical saw, and was a long-time festival performer. Singer Muller was from Lake Mary. Storyteller Boltin was also the festival's director and emcee. The Dirt Kickers Band, led by Sara Carter, came from Tallahassee. Hand and the Englishes all lived in Jacksonville. They wrote their own songs.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Identifier
a_s1576_t79-020
Title of Work
I Reckon I am Rolling Under (Sea Island Georgia Singers: Doug Quimby & Bessie Jones)
Amen
South Winds (The Boyer Family)
The Gentleness of Living
Simple Gifts
Walk Along to the Land of Paradise
Bright Morning Stars Are Rising
Fools Reel (Rutherford County Square Dancers)
The Newcastle
Unidentified song
On the Wings of a Dove (Makley Family)
Jesus is the Man From Galilee
The Swiss Boy Taught Me to Yodel
Troublesome Waters (Jay Smith)
Hold My Hand, Lord Jesus
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (Nick Hallman)
Jesus Walked in Galilee
Somebody Touched Me
Where Will I Shelter My Sheep (Betty Smith)
Amazing Grace
There Was Once an Owl
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (Zeke & Rosa Stephens)
Old Rugged Cross
Farewell the Thee
I am a Seminole (Betty Mae Jumper)
Florida is the Place For Me
Arise My Soul (Howie & Ann Mitchell)
Amsterdam
Light at the River (Skip Johns & Travelers)
The Old Country Church
Stand On That Rock Where Moses Stood
Lonesome Valley
Wayfaring Stranger (Elliot Hancock)
Shaker Life
Priest in His Boots Jig
It Is a Good Day to Sing a Song to Jesus (Abundant Life Singers)
Does Anybody Want to Live Forever
Tear Stains in the Sand
I Will Fly Away
Of Lord I am Your Child (Reatha Pearl Marshall)
Precious Lord
Walk With Me Lord
Creation Story (Thelma Boltin)
In the Garden (Aubrey Dunscombe)
In the Beautiful Garden of Prayer
America the Beautiful
Drinking of the Wine (Barbara Muller)
All On a Christmas Morning
Brethren We Have Met (Muller with Betty Smith)
Bright Morning Star (Dirt Kickers Band)
Swing Low
When the Siants Go Marching In
Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All (Jackie Hand, Joe & Polly English)
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