20th Anniversary Music Stage
odd: label: Introduction
content: The 20th Anniversary program consisted of one music stage with daily programming to help celebrate the anniversary of the first festival. Different musical genres from across the United States were presented. Many of these groups had been "festival favorites" in previous years. Among the performers were Creole and Cajun bands from Louisiana, cowboy singers from Louisiana and Texas, a Texas-Mexican conjunto band, gospel ensembles, an Irish band, old-time and country bands, a Piedmont blues singer-guitarist, and San Juan Pueblo singers and dancers. For the evening dance parties, Latino music from the Washington, D.C. area was featured, with Central American and Andean ensembles.

Nicholas Spitzer and Thomas Vennum, Jr. served as 20th Anniversary Music Program Curators, Phyllis May as Consultant, and Arlene Liebenau as Program Coordinator. Peter Magoon served as Dance Parties Coordinator, with Phyllis May as Consultant.

The 20th Anniversary Music Stage and Dance Parties were made possible by the generous support of the Music Performance Trust Funds, a non-profit organization created by U.S. recording companies to fund live and free performances (Trustee, Martin A Paulson).
label: Presenters
content: 20th Anniversary Music Program presenters

Horace Boyer, Phyllis M. May, Daniel Sheehy, Nicholas Spitzer, Thomas Vennum, Jr.

Dance Parties presenters

Bobby Fulcher, Jay Orr, Daniel Sheehy, Nicholas Spitzer
label: Participants
content: Music Stage

Old time Creole

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, accordion player, Eunice, Louisiana

Morris Ardoin, guitar player, Eunice, Louisiana

Russell Ardoin, 1957-, bass guitar player, Eunice, Louisiana

Sean David Ardoin, drummer, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Canray Fontenot, fiddle player, Welsh, Louisiana

Paul Thomas, triangle player, Eunice, Louisiana

Beausoleil, --  Cajun music -- Beausoleil, Cajun musicTommy Alesi, drummer, Lafayette, LouisianaTommy Comeaux, 1952-1997, guitar player, Lafayette, LouisianaMichael Doucet, fiddle player, Lafayette, LouisianaWayne Toups, player, Crowley, LouisianaBilly Ware, triangle player, Lafayette, Louisiana

Cowboy ballads

Brownie Ford, Hebert, Louisiana

Cowboy blues

Larry Kirbo, 1949-, guitar player, Austin, Texas

Bill Neely, 1916-1990, guitar player, Austin, Texas

El Huracán del Valle, --  Tex-Mex conjunto -- El Huracán del Valle, Tex-Mex conjuntoNoe de los Santos, guitar player, Brownsville, TexasRudy Garza, bajo sexto player, Sabastian, TexasNarciso Martínez, 1911-1992, accordion player, San Benito, TexasJuan Viesca, upright bass, San Antonio, Texas

Fairfield Four, --  gospel quartet -- Fairfield Four, gospel quartetIsaac Freeman, Nashville, TennesseeRobert L. Hamlett, Nashville, TennesseeJames Hill, 1915-2000, Nashville, TennesseeReverend Samuel H. McCrary, 1913-1991, Nashville, TennesseeWillie L. Richardson, 1913-1993, Nashville, TennesseeWilson "Lit" Waters, 1913-2005, Nashville, Tennessee

Irish Tradition  -- Irish TraditionMyron Bretholz, bodhran (Irish drum) player, bones, Arlington, VirginiaBilly McComiskey, Irish accordion player, Baltimore, MarylandBrendan Mulvihill, 1954-, fiddle player, Baltimore, MarylandChris Norman, flute player, Baltimore, MarylandAndy O'Brien, 1947-, guitar player, Baltimore, Maryland

Kings of Harmony, --  gospel

Old-time country

Julia Mae Mainer, guitar player, Flint, Michigan

Wade Mainer, 1907-2010, banjo player, Flint, Michigan

Piedmont blues

James Jackson, guitar player, Fairfax Station, Virginia

John Jackson, 1924-2002, guitar player, Fairfax Station, Virginia

San Juan Pueblo,  -- Pueblo music and dance -- San Juan Pueblo, Pueblo music and danceBennie Aguino, gourd player, San Juan Pueblo, New MexicoNeomi Baldonado, gourd player, San Juan Pueblo, New MexicoCipriano Garcia, 1934-, drummer, San Juan Pueblo, New MexicoIrene Garcia, dresser, Espanola, New MexicoSandy Garcia, drummer, Espanola, New MexicoJames Manrin Povijua, gourd player, San Juan, Pueblo, New Mexico

Dance Parties

Izalco, --  Salvadoran and Central American music -- Izalco, Salvadoran and Central American musicEnrique Diaz, 1938-, requinto, violin, guitar, accordion player, Washington, D.C.Victor Gonzales, 1956-, guitar, percussion, accordion player, Washington, D.C.Hector Aquiles Magana, guitar player, Mt. Rainier, MarylandHerbert Quiñonez, guitar player, Washington, D.C.

Rumisonko, --  Bolivian and Andean music -- Rumisonko, Bolivian and Andean musicCarlos Guillermo Arrien, 1952-, quena, zampona, guitar player, Washington, D.C.Alvaro Encinas, 1957-, charango, quatro, tiples, flute player-Washington, D.C.Alberto Luis Lora, 1962-, percussion, quena, zampona player, Washington, D.C.Oscar Ordenes, guitar player, Arlington, Virginia
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1986 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1986, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials