1993 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection
By: sponsored by the American Folklife Center
Contributors: Doherty, Tom, 1913- performer; Hubbard, Samuel O., performer; Moloney, Mick, performer; Wick, Regan, performer; Simpson-Curenton, Evelyn, 1953- performer; Blackwell, Lucien, 1931- speaker; Friedland, Lee Ellen, speaker; Northern Lights (Bluegrass band); Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble; Ollantay (Musical group); Reverb (Vocal group); American Folklife Center; Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress); D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; WAMU-FM (Radio station : Washington, D.C.)
Series: Neptune Plaza concert series
Published: 1993
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Irish Americans; African American dance; Hornpipe (Dance); Gospel music; Bengali (South Asian people); Music; Folk music; Popular music; Lindy (Dance); Jig (Dance); English Folk songs; Jamaicans; Irish Folk dancing; Step dancing; Bolivian Americans; Unaccompanied Vocal quartets; Bluegrass music; Reggae music; African Americans; D.C. hand dance
Other titles: Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1993; American Folklife Center concert, 1993
Description: Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of North Indian Bengali music; Jamaican music; African American gospel quartets and choral music; Irish folk dance and music; bluegrass music; African American hand dancing; and Andean music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1993, sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Some concerts were recorded for broadcast on WAMU-FM, hosted by Dick Spottswood. Manuscripts include some correspondence and program flyers autographed by the performers.
Notes: April 15, 1993 concert co-sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Photographs include negatives, black and white contact sheets (458 images), internegatives, photographic prints, and color slides (132) taken by photographers Jim Higgins, Yusef El-Amin, and David A. Taylor.

Audio cassettes numbered AFC 1993/002:SR4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14 were recorded simultaneously with sound tape reels, 10 in.

1993 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection (AFC 1993/002), 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.

in English and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online.
Table of contents: title: April 15: Master Performers and Their Apprentices (North Indian Bengali music performed by Broto Roy, sitar; and Shubha Sankaran, tabla; Jamaican reggae and rap music, performed by Erald "Englishman" Briscoe; and Washington, D.C. gospel quartet music, performed by Samuel O. Hubbard and Reverb) in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress; title: May 20: Traditional Irish music and dance performed by Tom and Maureen Doherty with Mick Moloney and Regan Wick; title: June 17: Northern Lights (bluegrass band from Massachusetts); title: July 15: Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble (African-American sacred music directed by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, presented by Rep. Lucien Blackwell); title: August 19: African-American D.C. hand dancing performed by Lawrence Bradford & Lulu Shelton, Kenny Cheeks & Cynthia Shelton, Lee Ware & Addie Robinson; title: September 16: Ollantay (Music of the Andes, La Musica de los Andes)