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Beryl cuts the music a little short at the Florida Folk Festival

Aired on WUFT on May 29th, 2012

This weekend between 10 to 15 thousand people were attending the Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Donna Green-Townsend reports, White Springs is in Hamilton County and was in the target area for high winds and heavy rain from what was “then” Tropical Storm Beryl as the storm was moving west across the state.

The state official folk festival celebrates 60 years this weekend

Aired on WUFT on May 25th, 2012

The 60th Annual State Folk Festival got underway today in White Springs just north of Lake City and runs thru Sunday night.  Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Donna Green-Townsend talked with longtime festival performer Tom Shed about the history of the longest running folk festival in the country.