1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection
By: sponsored by the American Folklife Center
Contributors: Manning, Frankie, dancer; Lewis, Laurie, 1950- performer; Zydeco Hi-Rollers; Grant Street (Musical group); Méta (Musical group); Tisza Ensemble; Inspirational Singers; New York Tango Trio; New York-Buenos Aires Connection (Musical group); American Folklife Center; Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
Series: Neptune Plaza concert series
Published: 1995
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Music; Zydeco music; African Americans; Bluegrass music; Argentine Americans; Gospel music; Tap dancing; Hungarian Americans; Folk music; Tangos; Jitterbug (Dance); Tango (Dance); Folk dancing; Lindy (Dance)
Other titles: Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1995; American Folklife Center concert, 1995
Description: Documentation of the monthly 1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, which consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images of performances of zydeco music, lindy hop, bluegrass music, Hungarian folk dance and music, gospel music, and Argentine tango recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress from April through September 1995, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
Notes: Photographs include color slides and transparencies of concert series publicity. Photographs of the concerts include black-and-white and color negatives, contact sheets (202 images), and black-and-white and color photographic prints. Photographers include James Hardin, Stephen Spinder, Craig Hobson, Dale Johnson, Peter Harrington, and James Glover.  Videographers include Peter Bartis and Charlie McNamara.

Collection is open for research; access restrictions for some materials may apply. Please contact the Folklife Reading Room before requesting materials:  folklife@loc.gov ; 202-707-5510.

1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection (AFC 1995/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Accessioned, 1995.

in English.

in Louisiana French Creole, English, Hungarian, and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Table of contents: title: April 14: Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers (Zydeco music from Louisiana); title: May 18: Frankie Manning (Lindy hop from New York); title: June 15: Laurie Lewis and Grant Street (Bluegrass from California); title: July 20: Méta and dancers from the Tisza Ensemble (Hungarian music and dance from Hungary and Washington, D.C.); title: August 17: The Inspirational Singers (Gospel music from Washington, D.C.); title: September 21: New York-Buenos Aires Connection, Argentina (Tango music and dance from New York and Argentina)