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The Gatherings (26-Part Music Series Recorded at various Florida festivals and venues)

July 16, 2014Arts, SpecialsAnn Thomas, Art Crummer, Bill Beckett, Bill Wharton and the Ingredients, Bobby Hicks, Boom Slang, Carrie Blackwell, Clyde Walker, Dale Crider, Don Grooms, Donna Green-Townsend, Florida Folk Festival, Florida folk performers, Florida singer songwriters, Folk and Blues From The Land of Flowers, folk festival, Frank Thomas, Grant Livingston, Harvey Reid, james hawkins, Jeanie Fitchen, Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, Jim Bickerstaff, Ken Skeens, Lis and Lon Williamson, Magda Hiller, Marie Nofsinger, Mark Smith, Mary Ann Dinella, Mindy Simmons, Pam Laws, Paul Garfinkel, Rod MacDonald, Ron and Bari Litschauer, Roy Bookbinder, Sam Pacetti, Sno Rogers, Steve Blackwell, Sue Grooms, Tammerlin, TC Carr and the Catch, The Gatherings, The Spiritual Consolators, Valarie Caracappa, White SpringsDonna Green-Townsend

The Gatherings – Folk and Blues From The Land of Flowers 26 part live-music series

(Producer- Bill Beckett and Host- Donna Green-Townsend)

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Program #1- Dale Crider & Roy Bookbinder

Program #2 Al Scortino – Carrie Blackwell – Lon and Lis Williamson

Program #3 Sue Grooms & Ron and Bari

Program #4 Mark Smith – Grant Livingston – Paul Garfinkel

Program #5 James Hawkins & Frank and Ann Thomas

Program #6 Valerie Caracappa – Boomslang – Bobby Hicks

Program #7 Under the Water Lilies – Rod MacDonald – Blue Velvet

Program #8 Patchwork & Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Program #9 Steve Blackwell & Marie Nofsinger

Program #10 Don Grooms Tribute

Program #11 The Spiritual Consolators & Pam Laws

Program #12 Art Crummer & Bill Wharton and the Ingredients

Program #13 The Spiritual Consolators & TC Carr and the Catch

Program #14 Upsala and Sno Rogers

Program #15 Tammerlin

Program #16 Mindy Simmons

Program #17 Dinella and Gieger & Ken Skeens and Leigh Goldsmith

Program #18 Jeanie Fitchen

Program #19 Clyde Walker

Program #20 Magda Hiller

Program #21 Sam Pacetti

Program #22 Harvey Reid

Program #23 Destination Still Unknown

Program #24 CD Sampler

Program #25 Campfire Tapes

Program #26 Studio Tapes

Deep Behind the Music- The Campfire Tapes from White Springs

July 20, 2013SpecialsBecky Palmer, campfire picking, Dale Crider, Donna Green-Townsend, Florida Folk Festival, Florida singer songwriters, Frank Thomas, Gabe Valla, james hawkins, Lis and Lon Williamson, Raiford Starke, Rod MacDonald, White SpringsDonna Green-Townsend

Deep Behind the Music- The Campfire Tapes from White Springs

This one-hour special features music gathered from around the campfires of the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs. Musicians include: Gabe Valla, Greg Turner, Dale Crider, Raiford Starke, James Hawkins, Rod MacDonald, Becky Palmer, Clyde Walker, Lis and Lon Williamson and Frank Thomas.

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Songs in this program in chronological order:

1. Gabe Valla, Greg Turner and friends jamming

2. Sweet Sunny South- Dale Crider

3. Girl From Immokalee- Raiford Starke

4. Kiss Your Baby Goodbye- Becky Palmer

5. Swept Away- James Hawkins

6. Ballad of a Black-haired man- Rod MacDonald

7. Gabe Valla, Greg Turner and friends jamming

8. No Trouble Doc- Raiford Starke

9. Devil Eyes- Becky Palmer

10. Deep Down In The Everglades- Rod MacDonald

11. Wind and Water- Clyde Walker

12. Sweetheart of the Pines- Lis and Lon Williamson, Gable Valla and Greg Turner

13. I Remember Gamble Rogers- Dale Crider (written by Steve Gillette)

14. Macclenny Farewell- Clyde Walker (written by Will McLean)

15. Old Folks at Home- Frank Thomas & audience at Ann Gazebo stage (written by Stephen Foster)

16. Bonus Track: Did Bill Really Show Her His Willy- Rod MacDonald

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

May 29, 2012NewsDonna Green-Townsend, Florida Folk Festival, Hamilton County, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, Tropical Storm Beryl, White SpringsDonna Green-Townsend

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

May 25, 2012Arts, NewsDonna Green-Townsend, Florida Folk Festival, Hamilton County, Tom Shed, White SpringsDonna Green-Townsend

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.