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Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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FA4658

Date Note

Photographed in May 1987.

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Folklife collection
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1987: Contact Sheets, Negatives ; Box 1, FF11

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)
Hamilton County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Ganatos, Emmanuel
Polemis, Nick
Skordilis, Spiros, 1930-

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Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

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Emmanuel Ganatos and Nick Polemis were apprentices to Skordilis.

Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Bouzouki

Bouzouki music

Music--Performance

Ethnicity, Greek

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Bouzouki (Greek)

Musical traditions, European

Musical traditions

Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Practices

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Musical instruments

Instrumentalists

Singers

Folk music

Folk musicians

Folk singers

Male musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Greek American musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Greek American men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Manners and customs

Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Apprentices

Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Mentoring in the arts

Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Date

1987

Identifier

FA4658

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in May 1987.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1987: Contact Sheets, Negatives ; Box 1, FF11

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1664B1FF11.

General Note

Emmanuel Ganatos and Nick Polemis were apprentices to Skordilis.

Subject - Person

Skordilis, Spiros, 1930-

Ganatos, Emmanuel

Polemis, Nick

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (35th : 1987)

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1987. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110549>, accessed 10 June 2026.

MLA

Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1987. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110549>

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Spiros Skordilis, center, and apprentices playing Greek bouzouki music at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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