Video of North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, Georgia, 1988 September 10
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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Rosenbaum, Art
Description
Video of the 1988 North Georgia Folk Festival in Athens, Georgia. The video begins with a bluegrass band (name unknown). Other performers include Precious Bryant and Lawrence Eller and Ross Brown, and a troup of cloggers performing folk dances. The troup also instructs the festival crowd in square dancing. Howard Finster has his art set up at the festival, and is shown interacting with a customer. At the end of the video, Finster performs "Just a Little Tack" among other songs on stage, and preaches about marriage and God. The annual folk music festival is organized by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society.Record Contributed By
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards CollectionRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Guitarists
- African Americans
- Athens
- Atlanta
- Audiences
- Bands (Music)
- Basket Making Georgia
- Blues (Music)
- Blues Musicians
- Bryant, Precious
- Eller Brothers
- Finster, Howard, 1916 2001
- Folk Art
- Folk Dancing
- Folk Festivals
- Folk Music
- Folk Musicians
- Found Objects (Art)
- Georgia
- Guitar Music (Blues)
- Music Festivals
- Musicians
- Outsider Art
- Parks
- Performing Arts
- Preaching
- Singing
- Songs
- Square Dancing
- Summerville
