Winner Dennis Dunn “Oriole Station”
2nd place Okefenokee Joe “Everglades Symphony”
3rd place Paul Garfinkel “Good Enough For Me”
Winner J. Robert (Houghtaling) “Florida Fiddler”
2nd place Lee Paulet “The Campfire Jam”
3rd place Al Scortino “Mr. Singer”
Winner Stan Geberer “One More Florida Song”
(Audio unavailable but see lyrics below)
ONE MORE FLORIDA SONG By Stan Geberer
Orange blossoms in the spring, Made many singers sing
Everglades in the fall, Summer rains made the sawgrass tall
Who’s gonna sing about the Florida Sand, When all those singers no longer can
Who’s gonna write one more Florida Song, One where everybody wants to sing along…oh…
And if those singers were still here, Maybe they’d sing about the small key deer
Or sing about Florida’s whispy sky, In the winter with the clouds so high
Who’s gonna write one more Florida song, Who’s gonna write one more Florida song
Or maybe they’d sing time is so short, How to save God’s earth you got to go to court
And how it seems we can hardly win, But their songs made us try again and again
Who’s gonna write one more Florida song, One where everybody wants to sing along
Now the sky is a wintery blue, Over the pines and the cypress too
And a new song in the air so still, Sing it for ‘em if you will
Lets sing about the Florida sand, Lets sing about it while we can
Lets sing one more Florida song, Now everybody sing along
Lets sing one more Florida song, One more Florida song
2nd place Brad Boone “State of Harmony”
3rd place Mem Semmes “My Dunnellon” (performed here by her son Jon Semmes)
Winner Boomslang “Since You Can Fit New Jersey Into The Everglades, This Year Looks Like They’re Going To Try”
Here’s a sampling of his Peters Road Swamp Blues Band performance at the Florida Folk Festival in 2008
2nd place “Ballad of Hamilton Disston” Ron Litschauer
3rd place (tie) The Bridge of Lions
3rd place (tie) The Spirit of Florida
3rd place (tie) Florida Calling
Winner- Ken Skeens “Empty Chair”
2nd Place Ken Skeens “Paw Prints In The Sand”
3rd Place Ken Skeens “This Is My Florida”
In an effort to increase fish populations off the coast of Tampa/St. Pete in Florida, city leaders have supported taking old concrete construction material from builders to create artificial reefs. Donna Green-Townsend looks at the program’s success.
Citrus Conversion to SW Florida Part 1
Several devastating freezes in recent decades have forced Florida’s citrus industry to move to warmer areas of the state. The move to SW Florida has brought with it new challenges. Citrus growers are learning to adjust to stricter water regulations. They’re also facing the challenge of how to co-exist with unique and endangered wildlife species. (This series was originally broadcast statewide in 1990 on the IFAS program Florida File.)
Citrus Conversion to Southwest Florida Part 2
Citrus Conversion to Southwest Florida Part 3
Lake Alice on the University of Florida campus presently serves as home to a number of species of fish and wildlife, including bats. UF has two bat houses directly across from Lake Alice on Museum Road.
In a feature originally produced and aired in 1990 on public television statewide, Donna Green-Townsend shares how the bats were moved to their special homes because of the mess they were making at three of UF’s sports stadiums.
When domestic animals such as dogs and cats get sick, there’s usually a pet owner around to foot the bill for the medical expenses and care for the pet once it goes home. But when wild species get sick or injured, who handles their medical care? Donna Green-Townsend reports on a unique cooperative effort between the University of Florida’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo that helps repair and rehabilitate Florida’s wild creatures.
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