The Elements: Fire

Saturday, and Ives Hicks will perform on Sunday.

Dr. Panayotis “Paddy” League is Assistant film footage clips from previous Florida Folk Festivals, the 1978 Florida Folks Arts Conference and Four Corners of the Earth (a documentary that resulted from the 1983-1984 Seminole Video Project and was produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WFSU-TV), as well as photographs and music selections from the Florida Folklife Collection that are held by the State Archives and accessible on FloridaMemory.com.

Professor of Musicology at Florida State University and Director of the Center for Music of the Americas. He specializes in the traditional music of the Greek islands, northeastern Brazil, Ireland, and their respective diasporas. He is a 2019 Florida Folklife Program Apprenticeship Program Master Artist. You will see his students from his “Making the Festival” class around the Folklife Stage. Paddy is returning to the stage to perform traditional Greek songs about fire.

Panayotis League

Photo Archivist Adam Watson and Reference Archivist Jackie Attaway assist patrons with research requests at the State Archives of Florida. In addition, they collaborate with the State Archives' Florida Memory Program to select and add digitized archival collections to FloridaMemory.com. Here, they present a sampling of Florida Folklife records including

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Another important function of the FPSRA is providing support to those who serve the Florida State Parks. A Relief Fund provides financial assistance during difficult times such as when Hurricane Ian struck Florida in 2022. Almost $50,000 in grants were awarded to those impacted. Since the Fund was established in 1993 over $200,000 has been awarded.

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