1978 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection
By: sponsored by the American Folklife Center ; assisted by the National Council for the Traditional Arts
Contributors: McKenna, Antoinette, performer; Townsend, Graham, performer; White, Buck, performer; Ashby, John, 1915-1979, performer; Lawtell Playboys; Mentrotone Baptist Church Singers; American Folklife Center; Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress); National Council for the Traditional Arts
Series: Neptune Plaza concert series
Published: 1978
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Arab Americans; Country music; Belly dance music; Folk dance music; Zydeco music; Music; Folk music; Bluegrass music; Old-time music; Gospel music; Dance; French Folk songs; Arabs; French-Canadians; English Folk songs; Belly dance; String band music; Irish Folk songs; African Americans
Other titles: Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1978; American Folklife Center concert, 1978
Description: Documentation of the monthly 1978 Neptune Concert Series, which  consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs of performances of Irish music, French-Canadian folk music and contradance, Arab music and dance, bluegrass music, zydeco music, country music, and gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through October 1978, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
Notes: Photographs include black and white negatives, contact sheets, photographic prints, and color slides taken by photographers Carl Fleischhauer, Paula Johnson, and Howard W. Marshall.

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.

1978 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection (AFC 1978/004), 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.

in English, French, Gaelic, and Arabic.

Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Table of contents: title: April 28: Joe and Antoinette McKenna, Ireland (Irish); title: May 11: Graham Townsend and Maple Sugar, Canada (French-Canadian); title: May 25: The Arabic Dancers, musicians, stick dancers, and belly dancers (Middle Eastern); title: June 29: Buck White and the Down Home Boys (Bluegrass and Country Music); title: July 27: The Lawtell Playboys (Louisiana Zydeco); title: August 31: John Ashby and the Old Time Virginia String Band (Old-Time Music); title: September 28: Mentrotone Baptist Church Singers (Gospel).