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Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs. Florida Folklife Archive
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"Drop On Down In Florida" grant project records, 1979-1981, 2010.
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Legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1208) transferred the Florida Folk Arts component of the Stephen Foster Memorial to the Florida Department of State. Operating as the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs from ca. 1985 until 1995, the Bureau coordinated the annual Florida Folk Festival and directed such programs as Folk Arts Apprenticeships, Folk Arts in Education, Folk Heritage awards, annual research surveys and numerous other projects and programs. From 1995 through June 30, 2021, the renamed and reorganized Florida Folklife Program continued the majority of these operations from within the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation in Tallahassee. During the 1995 reorganization, the State Archives of Florida acquired the Florida Folklife Collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs’ previously maintained Florida Folklife Archives. Legislation in 2021 (2021-71, L. O. F., HB 909) transferred the Florida Folklife Program and its operations from the Division of Historical Resources to the newly renamed Division of Arts and Culture, previously the Division of Cultural Resources, effective July 1, 2021. The program is charged to "identify, research, interpret, and present Florida folk arts, artists, performers, folklore, traditions, customs, and cultural heritage and make folk cultural resources and folklife projects available throughout the state."
The "Drop On Down in Florida: Recent Field Recordings of Afro-American Traditional Music" record album grant project began in 1979. The major goal of the project was to investigate and promote one aspect of Florida's diverse folk culture, its traditional African-American music. The music was recorded by Peggy Bulger, Florida Folk Arts Programs, Brenda McCallum, Stephen McCallum and Dwight DeVane. The project was completed in 1980 and the album was released in 1981.
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This series contains copies of the grant and the booklet from the "Drop On Down" record album grant project. The booklet discusses the background of performers and the types of music included on the record album.
Also included is a project booklet, assembled by Folklife Program Staff Assistant Allison Vincent in February 2010, which summarized the 1981 production of Drop on Down in Florida and provides a comprehensive overview of the project. This summary booklet includes the initial grant proposal, property releases, fieldwork, and other supplemental information.
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Blues (Music) Florida Folk music Florida Folk singers Florida Folk songs Florida Spirituals (Songs) African American churches Florida. African Americans Folklore. Florida African Americans Florida. Folklife.
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