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Recordings of the 1956 Florida Folk Festival

Type:

Sound

Date:

05/04/1956 - 05/06/1956

Item:

Audio recording

Series:

S1576

Item ID:

T77-39 through T77-54

Event Name

Collector or Fieldworker

Genre or Occupation

Place Name

Corporate or Conference Name

Subject

General Note/Comment

  • Sixteen reel to reels. (Also copied onto reels T77-340 through T77-347.) For information regarding performers, titles of songs, and other details, see individual reel descriptions. See the festival programs in S 1619 for a listing of activities and performers not recorded. Not all performances were recorded, including the Friday morning program. The festival began on Friday (4 May) morning at 10am and ran through Sunday (6 May) afternoon. Performers usually played sets between one and three songs each. Performances were presented in morning, afternoon, and evening programs. This was the 4th Florida Folk Festival.

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