folk dance – Home Movie Registry

The John and Alois Morkovsky Collection, no. 15 – Texas Folklife Festival, 1977

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The John and Alois Morkovsky Collection1970s, 1977, 70s, archbishop, audience, band, Bexar-County, bishop, costume, crowd, dance, dancing, fiddle, folk dance, folk dancing, folk garb, Folklife, guitar, HemisFair-Park, hill sledding, home movie, home movies, monsignor, music, musicians, performance, pole climbing, possum, priest, Professor of Possumology, San-Antonio, singing, Spot Baird, TFC, Tower-of-the-Americas, traditional costume, upright bass, violin

This home movie from the Morkovsky Collection captures scenes from the 1977 Texas Folklife Festival at HemisFair Park. Held annually since 1972, the event was modeled after the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival in 1968 and is sponsored by the Institute of Texan Cultures.

The John and Alois Morkovsky Collection, no. 14 – Texas Folklife Festival, 1977

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The John and Alois Morkovsky Collection1970s, 1977, 70s, archbishop, Bexar-County, bishop, cable-car, costume, Czech, Czech dancing, dance, festival, folk dance, folk dancing, folk garb, Halletsville Czechs, HemisFair-Park, home movie, home movies, monsignor, performance, priest, San-Antonio, singing, Texas Folklife Festival, TFC, tower, Tower-of-the-Americas, traditional costume

This home movie from the Morkovsky Collection captures scenes from the 1977 Texas Folklife Festival at HemisFair Park. Held annually since 1972, the event was modeled after the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival in 1968 and is sponsored by the Institute of Texan Cultures.

The Frick 70s Collection, no. 10 – Clute Mosquito Festival, 1981

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Frick 70s Collectionballoon, boy, Brazoria County, car, clown, Clute, dancer, fire-department, fireman, flag, folk dance, girl, hay, home movie, home movies, man, monkey, mosquito, Mosquito Festival, Ms. Squito, picnic, play, puppet, stage, Texas flag, TFC, vehicle, woman

This home movie from the Frick Collection documents the 1981 Great Mosquito Festival held annually in Clute. Captured are folk dancers, the destruction of a car, face painting, and participants generally enjoying the festival. The Frick Collection was donated to TAMI by John Frick and includes home movies of family Christmases, camping trips, and outings