Florida Folk Festival 1958

This film contains several brief performances from the 1958 Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. Thelma Boltin introduces a young man who comments on being a member of a musical group. Archie Lee sings and performs "John Henry" on the dulcimer. An elderly woman spins cotton thread on a spinning wheel.

Produced by the Robert Leahy Studio.

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• performing
• arts
• Florida
• Folk
• Festival
• music
• history
• John
• Henry
• bluegrass
• dulcimer
• Thelma
• Boltin
• White Springs