# Florida Folklife Program

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{{Short description|Host of folk performances in Florida}}
The '''Florida Folklife Program''' is part of the [Florida Department of State](/source/Florida_Department_of_State) in the U.S. state of [Florida](/source/Florida). Recordings of folk performances have been made as part of the program.<ref name=ffp/> It has hosted the '''Florida Folk Fest''' for 40 years as of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afsnet.org/news/452532/2019-Florida-Folk-Festival-Celebrates-40th-Anniversary-of-Florida-Folklife-Program-.htm|title=2019 Florida Folk Festival Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Florida Folklife Program - American Folklore Society|website=www.afsnet.org}}</ref> It also hosts other events and performances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tallahasseearts.org/organization/florida-folklife-program/|title=Florida Folklife Program}}</ref>

==Releases==
Drop on Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music 1977-1980<ref name=ffp>{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/audio/podcast-single.php?id=36|title=Drop on Down in Florida Podcast|first=State Library and Archives of|last=Florida|via=www.floridamemory.com}}</ref> is one of the program's recordings made in partnership with record label [Dust-to-Digital](/source/Dust-to-Digital) and the [State Archives of Florida](/source/State_Archives_of_Florida). The expanded reissue received the Stetson Kennedy Award from the [Florida Historical Society](/source/Florida_Historical_Society) in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dos.fl.gov/cultural/programs/florida-folklife-program/florida-folklife-40th-anniversary/the-people-that-got-us-here/blaine-waide/|title=Blaine Waide - Division of Historical Resources - Florida Department of State|website=dos.myflorida.com}}</ref>

==Florida Folk Festival==
[[File:Leroy McDaniel, right, performing at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida (3341737924).jpg|thumb|[Leroy McDaniel](/source/Leroy_McDaniel) performing]]

The '''Florida Folklife Festival''' is held annually in [White Springs, Florida](/source/White_Springs%2C_Florida).

==Further reading==
*Borland, Katherine, et al. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvptm The Florida Folklife Reader].'' Edited by Tina Bucuvalas, University Press of Mississippi, 2012. JSTOR. Accessed 12 Jan. 2020.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{discogs label|564698}}

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Category:State agencies of Florida
Category:Folk festivals in the United States

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