The Arts Council of Greater Palatka would like to announce our next "Live at The Larimer"
On July 27 at the historic Larimer Art Center 216 Reid St. Palatka. Doors open at 6:30 show starts at 7:00
Performing will be singer song writer Frank Thomas
known as the father of folk in Florida. Mr. Thomas has also invited a
very special guest writer/ civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy.
Frank told me he would be inviting Stetson on stage to recognize him
and do a small interview for the audience. Mr. Thomas will then
perform a song he wrote for Stetson some time ago. This is a great
opportunity to meet two very legendary men. Please read the bottom of
this page for more on Mr. Kennedy.
Frank Thomas
Born
and raised in Clay county, Frank Thomas is a native Floridian whose
ancestors came to Florida in the late eighteenth century. His families
direct connection with the land, his strong Florida heritage, and his
love of Florida inspired much of his music. Frank’s entire family
played music and he learned it singing gospel at home and in church.
Frank went on to tour nationally as front man with The Arkansas
Travelers playing rhythm guitar. He later returned to Florida and
performed extensively with his wife, Ann (1946-2004).
Frank has written over five hundred songs about Florida. He has recorded nine albums including Cracker Nights , Florida Stories, Bingo!, Spanish Gold, and Just Another Day… . Together,
Frank and Ann produced and hosted a weekly singer-songwriter radio show
for WMNF-FM in the Tampa area. They traveled Florida performing their
music at schools, festivals, music and folk clubs, on television, and
on concert stages. Their video ”Florida History in Song” won the
Florida Historical Societies coveted Golden Quill Award. Other awards
received include The Florida Folk Heritage Award, and The
Inaugural Jillian Prescott History Award. Though Ann passed in 2004,
Frank continues the rich tradition of passing on Florida history
through story telling in song.
Stetson Kennedy,
one of the pioneer folklore collectors during the first half of the
twentieth century, was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1916. As a
teenager he began collecting Cracker and African-American folksay
material while he was collecting "dollar down and dollar a week"
accounts for his father, a furniture merchant. He left the University
of Florida in 1937 to join the WPA Florida Writers' Project, and was
soon, at the age of 21, put in charge of folklore, oral history, and
ethnic studies.
Kennedy's first book, Palmetto Country,
appeared in 1942 as a volume in the American Folkways Series edited by
Erskine Caldwell. Of it, folklorist Alan Lomax has said, "I very much
doubt that a better book about Florida folklife will ever be written."
To which Kennedy's self-described "stud buddy" Woody Guthrie added,
"gives me a better trip and taste and look and feel for Florida than I
got in the forty-seven states I've actually been in body and tramped in
boot."
In the aftermath of WWII Kennedy
infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and other racist/terrorist groups, and he
subsequently authored a number of books dealing with human rights,
including The Klan Unmasked, Southern Exposure, Jim Crow Guide, and After Appomattox: How the South Won the War, some of which have been widely translated into foreign languages.
A founding member and past president of
the Florida Folklore Society, Kennedy is a recipient of the Florida
Folk Heritage Award and the Florida Governor's Heartland Award. His
contributions to the preservation and propagation of folk culture is
the subject of a dissertation, "Stetson Kennedy: Applied Folklore and
Cultural Advocacy" (University of Pennsylvania, 1992), by Peggy A.
Bulger, who assumed the directorship of the American Folklife Center at
the Library of Congress in 1999. Here are some links to Mr. Kennedy
http://www.stetsonkennedy.com
/news.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem
/flwpahtml/ffpres01.html
There will be coffee and light refreshments served cost is $5.00 at the door.
The Arts Council is the designated
Local Arts Agency for Putnam County. We are sponsored in part by The
State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, The National Endowment
for the Arts, The Tourist Development Council, and our members. For
more info please call Denise at 328-8998 or email artsinputnam@aol.com
Coming Shows
August 24: The Traveling Troubadors- Ben Dehart and
Chuck Hardwicke with cowboy songs and stories from the
trail
Sept 28: Lis and Lon Williamson- a special duo
performance
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Farm to Family Full Moon Concert Series
July 28th
Show starts at 7:00 pm
Appearing: Daryl Brewer, Quartermoon, Patrick David Koch (of Big White Undies) , Dim Applz, Velveeta Underground
Free Camping!
Another
GREAT lineup from Farm to Family. There is nothing like it anywhere
around. Music, food, fun people, excellent organic food in a pastoral
setting. Bring a blanket and your family to this monthly musical
melange. Log on to www.farmtofamilymusic.com to find out all you need to know.
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July 28th
in Tallahassee
Dread Clampitt
in concert
with
The Aaron O'Rourke Trio
at The Warehouse
Here's a great combo of very talented folks... Show starts around 9:00 pm. Call 850-222-6188 for more info...
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Thanks for supporting live music and don't forget your sunscreen!
http://farmtofamilymusic.com
/directions.html
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From Chuck Spano:
this weekend - loose/fun, jam, whatever - have pond in the
back if you want to bring a canoe, etc. - it's an equestrian
community (but we don't ride horses so don't know about all that) so
folks ride their ponies on the power line, etc. - plenty of room to
park for horse trailers, etc. if you want to do that
We're in Eagle Rock Estates which is two miles north of the I-95/US-1
interchange (Exit 273) in north Ormond - on the east side of US-1,
just north of Plantation Bay - come in, go past the guardhouse, and
bear right on Winchester almost to the end, #42 on the right hand
side - plenty of parking along the street or in the back yard, etc.
(watch the speed bumps - they are SERIOUS sized)
If you put 42 Winchester Road, Ormond Beach into your trip computer
or GPS it may or may not find us - in Pat's new Honda with the gps
unit we had to put in BUNNELL as the city and then all worked fine -
we have an Ormond Beach address and zip code but a Bunnell/Flagler
county phone number - go figure.
Our phone's if you need to call, etc. are: Cell: (386)-852-5436
(mine) or 5437 (Pat's)
Home
is: 386-437-0185
September 7-8 (Fri night-Saturday day/evening), 2007 - - This will be
a mini-festival at the new bookstore venue starting off Friday
evening with an open mic/jam (hopefully) followed by an all day
festival starting at 9am and ending with a concert Saturday evening -
will be various performances throughout the day along with various
workshops, demos, etc. - this event will take place at the bookstore
(both inside and outside (assuming city gives us permits for outside events)
September, 2007 (TENTATIVE - WILL KNOW MORE IN EARLY JULY)- - Lyra
Scottish-Celtic band in Scotland - just finished a humongous tour of
eastern Europe, Russia, etc. etc. - anyway, at this point they're
planning to come down and spend a few days with us in mid-July and
we're going to help set up some gigs for them. World champ bhodran
player, world-renowned/virtuoso type accordion player, etc. - will
let you know as we get closer to some booking dates - they'll
probably do a USA tour while over here
FINALLY!!! - this will be a super evening - reservations definitely
required - 7:30 pm David's been one of our all time favorites for a
long time - - this is sure to be a sell-out - EARLY reservations
needed on this one - will be at the clubhouse
November 1 (Thursday) , 2007 - - JOHN GORKA!!!!! (YOU WON'T WANT TO
opportunity get away - get the babysitter if needed and come on -
this one at the clubhouse!!
November 3 (Sat), 2007 - - Grant Livingston - -
will be a superb evening.
December ( date TBA, we hope), 2007 - - Jack Williams
schedule permitting.
Upcoming Festivals:
Oct 13-14 - Lake County Folk Festival - Eustis - The 10th Annual -
for details, call 352-357-8555 or email:
November 3-4 (Sat-Sun), 2007 - - The Fall Barberville Jamboree,
Barberville - always a great time with LOTS of music, jam tents,
arts/crafts, demonstrations and more -
November 9 - 11 (Fri-Sun), 2007 (Veterans Day Weekend) - - Florida
Folk Festival - White Springs - this date replaces the Memorial Day
event which was cancelled due to the fires in the
Tentatives:
depending on schedules - Ronny is a very special guy - you'll fall in
love with him and his music - think he'd rather play music than act
(Deliverance, Star Trek, etc.)
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