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Listen: The World ProgramGandy dancers singing at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
Image Number
FA5366
Photographer
Higgs, Beth(Elizabeth), Collector.
Date
1993
Date Note
Photographed in May 1993.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1664, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files: 1993: Negatives, Contact Sheet (Beth Higgs) ; Box 3, FF19
Series 1664, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files: 1993: Negatives, Contact Sheet (Beth Higgs) ; Box 3, FF19
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Occupations, Transportation
Industry, Railroads
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Ethnicity, African American
Arts (Performing)
Occupational music
Songs, Ethnic
Railroad construction workers
Music--Performance
Songs
Work songs
Singing
Male singers
African American singers
Vocal groups
African American men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Industry, Railroads
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Ethnicity, African American
Arts (Performing)
Occupational music
Songs, Ethnic
Railroad construction workers
Music--Performance
Songs
Work songs
Singing
Male singers
African American singers
Vocal groups
African American men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs. The dancers were C. Wright, John Mealing, Charlie Vinson, Allen Jones, and Elder Brown.
Gandy dancers singing at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
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