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Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Drum music
Singing
Nepalese Americans
Drum performance
Native Americans
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Birthday rites
Calendar rites
Choruses
Storytelling
Animal tales
Trickster tales
Singers
Children
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians
Students
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin (and Kirkland) served as emcee. Gautam, a Nepalese American student at the University of Florida, played the Nepalese drum. It was Bowlegs' 100th birthday party (according to the proceedings).
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1962-05-04
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-118
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-118
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1962)
Collector or Fieldworker
Stephen Foster Center
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972
Tradition Bearer
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Beaver, Fred, 1911-1980
Gautam, A. Abhayadev
Kirkland, Edwin, 1902-1972
DeVane, Jessie Belle, 1909-1976
Bowlegs, Billy, III, 1862-1965
McDaniel, Leroy
Whitehead, "Cubby" (Culbreath), 1927-2013
J. R. E. Lee School (Jasper, Fla.)
Title of Work
Creek Social Chant (Beaver)
Parakha, Parakha Sangai Jano HO (Wail My Dear, We Both Will Go Together) (Gautam)
Birthday Celebration for Billy Bowlegs (Devane/Beaver/Boltin/Bowlegs)