Festival Music Stage
odd: label: Introduction
content: The Festival Music Stage was linked to the 1988 program, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union. Reciprocating the Soviet performances in the U.S., the Smithsonian would later send a group of performers to the Soviet Union. The Festival Music Stage served as preparation for this touring group, which later went to Moscow and Kiev, where they played in concert halls, in housing projects, on the streets, and in the factories, bringing an alternative view of American musical culture to audiences who were otherwise familiar only with American pop music.

Arlene Liebenau was Program Coordinator. The Festival Music Stage in Washington was made possible in part by the Music Performance Trust Funds, and in Moscow by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
label: Presenters
content: Bill Pearson, Heliana Portes de Roux, Bernice Reagon, Nicholas R. Spitzer, Thomas Vennum, Jr.
label: Participants
content: Appalachian Regional and Topical Song

Hazel Dickens, vocalist, guitar player, Washington, D.C.

The Badland Singers,  -- American Indian performance -- The Badland Singers, American Indian performanceRay Azure, Roseglen, North DakotaButch Brown, Poplar, MontanaBen Gray Hawk, 1937-, Poplar, MontanaEarl Jones, Poplar, MontanaAdrian C. Spotted Bird, Sr., Brockton, MontanaHarry Three Stars, 1934-, Poplar, MontanaKipp White Cloud, Fort Kipp, Montana

Cajun Music

Eddie Lejeune, accordion player, Morse, Louisiana

Lionel I. LeLeux, fiddle player, Kaplan, Louisiana

Ray Junior Thibodeaux, guitar player, Morse, Louisiana

Piedmont Blues

John Cephas, guitar player, vocalist, Woodford, Virginia

Phil Wiggins, harmonica player, Washington, D.C.

Del McCoury Band,  -- Bluegrass -- Del McCoury Band, BluegrassDel McCoury, 1939-, guitar player, vocalist, Glenville, PennsylvaniaJerry McCoury, 1948-, bass player, Thomasville, PennsylvaniaRobbie McCoury, banjo player, Glenville, PennsylvaniaRonny McCoury, mandolin player, vocalist, Glenville, PennsylvaniaTim Smith, fiddle player Kernersville, North Carolina

H.D. Cooke Double Dutch Team, Washington, D.C.  -- H.D. Cooke Double Dutch Team, Washington, D.C.Theresa AttaRochelle BattleShannel BattleDanielle Brown

Los Pleneros de la 21,  -- Puerto Rican performance -- , New York, New York  -- Los Pleneros de la 21, Puerto Rican performance, New York, New YorkAlberto Cepeda, pandereta, bomba player, vocalistJuan Gutierrez, 1951-, pandereta, bomba, fua player, vocalistEdgardo Miranda, cuatro playerPablo Ortiz, pandereta player, lead plena vocalistEugenia Ramos, guiro player, vocalist, dancerFrancisco Rivera, pandereta player, lead bomba vocalist, dancerJose Rivera, pandereta, bomba player, vocalistNelly Tanco, pandereta, maraca player, lead plena vocalistSam Tanco, guiro player, lead plena and bomba vocalist
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1988 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1988, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials