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Friday morning performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Singers
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
African Americans
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Elementary schools
Trickster tales
Animal tales
Oral narratives
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Wiggins Sisters (Betsy and Hallie) played the bottlephone, a musical instrument using hanging bottles that were struck to produce a sound. This was popular storyteller Tomlin's (of White Springs) last festival. She passed away later the same month.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1966-05-06
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-154
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-154
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1966)
Collector or Fieldworker
Stephen Foster Center
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972
Tradition Bearer
Saunders, Lillian, 1893-1985
Madison Elementary School (Madison, Fla.)
Wiggins Sisters
Tomlin, Annie Jones, 1898-1966
New Douglas High School (Live Oak, Fla.)
Kirby-Smith Elementary School (Gainesville, Fla.)
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
Welcome (Saunders)
Maypole Dance (Madison Elementary)
Old Folks at Home (Wiggin Sisters)
Does Your Chewing Gum Lost Its Flavor
Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby (Tomlin)
Beaster, Beaster, Miney Moore (Douglas High School)