African American Gospel Workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Event Name

• Florida Folk Festival

Collector or Fieldworker

• Florida Folklife Program

Tradition Bearer

• Singing Wonders, The
• Versiteers, The
• Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church Choir
• Brown, Rev. Robert

Genre or Occupation

• Singers

Title of Work

• The Way Up the Hill (Singing Wonders) (T87-130)
• Touch the Hem of His Garment
• When Your Burdens Get Real Heavy
• I Want to Stand Where Jesus Stood
• God is Good to Me (Versiteers)
• Oh Noah, God's Gonna Ride on the Rain and Tide
• I've Got Nothing But the Holy Ghost
• Introduction (Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church Choir)
• You Ought to Have Been There When the Lord Saved Me (T87-131)
• Blessed Jesus
• Wade in the Water
• The Preacher and the Bear (Rev. Robert Brown)
• Down By the Riverside

Ethnicity or Nationality

• African American

Personal Name

• Roller, Peter

Place Name

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

Corporate or Conference Name

• Florida Folklife Program
• Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
• Florida Folk Festival

Subject

• Festivals
• Folk festivals
• Folklore revival festivals
• Special events
• Music performance
• African Americans
• Musical tradition, African diaspora
• Workshops (Adult education)
• Gospel (Black)
• Gospel music
• A capella singers
• A capella singing
• Choir singing