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Introduction:
Maryland was this year's featured State, and programming focused in particular on three themes: water, horse, and metal traditions, selected on the basis of their richness and significance within the State.
As the Nation's leading "fishing hole," the Chesapeake Bay, home of the last remaining commercial sailing fleet still in operation in the United States, has clusters of skilled craftspeople and fisherfolk whose Iives are part of the waters and their yield. At Hains Point in West Potomac Park, and thanks to the assistance and cosponsorship of the National Park Service, the Festival showed ships and crafts related to the Chesapeake waterways. The history of these and other crafts could be seen in the National Museum of History and Technology's Hall of Maritime History.
The breeding, training, and racing of horses is one of Maryland's largest industries and, like the watermen, those who work with horses carry some of the most carefully guarded traditions and skills to be found in oral tradition. Visitors could see demonstrations of different breeds as well as skills such as dressage; other presentations explored the traditions associated with fox hunting, horse pulls, mounted police officers and fruit vendors and their horse-drawn carts.
The Nation's oldest silversmith, Samuel Kirk and Son, its largest producer of pewter ware, Steiff Co., and numerous skilled metal workers in copper, brass, iron, and tin are all to be found in Maryland. Hand skills, learned through apprenticeship, are the mainstay of these industries and they provided a natural link between the cottage industries and the Union Workers' exhibits. Festival visitors could see demonstrations of Maryland metal crafts such as brass and iron founding, pewter and silversmithing, tin and coppersmithing. "Museum Guide" signs at the Festival directed visitors to similar and sometimes identical products of this craftsmanship in the National Museum of History and Technology.
Crafts and music presentations from rural Maryland and its largest city, Baltimore, rounded out the program. A large community of Greek Americans from the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore presented the celebratory traditions of the village of Olymbos on the island of Karpathios, from which they had immigrated over the previous half-century, and particularly since the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
The Maryland program was made possible through the sponsorship of the Governor of Maryland, the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Maryland National Relations Office, and National Brewing Company. The Maryland Waterways presentation at Hains Point was co-sponsored by the National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution.
Fieldworkers:
Paul Diggs, Ben Evans, Carol Hackney, John A. Hostetler, Richard Hulan, Martin Koenig, Jean du Pont McConnell, M. Gail Moran, Gerald Parsons, Maxine Perlmutter, Alta Schrock, Richard Spottswood, Georgine Winslett, Ethel Raim-Zinser
Participants:
Water Traditions
Charles Abbott, skipjack captain of "Thomas Clyde," built 1911, Maryland
Paul Benton, skipjack captain of "Geneva May," built 1908, Maryland
Henry Brown, sail maker, Deal Island, Maryland
Walter Carrion, trainer, Chesapeake Bay retrievers, Ellicott City, Maryland
Melvin Christy, skipjack captain of "Bernice J.," built 1904, Maryland
Calvin E. Crouch, 1922-1997, boat builder, Maryland
Calvin E. Crouch, Jr., boat builder, Maryland
Earl Daniels, crab scrape maker, Maryland
Frank B. Daniels, sail maker, Maryland
Arthur Dierker, waterfowl guide, net and fyke maker, Maryland
Hazel Downey, 1914-1994, net and fyke maker, Rock Hall, Maryland
Newton Downey, 1888-1975, decoy carver, Rock Hall, Maryland
Johnny Evans, waterman, Maryland
Captain Carl Huffman, waterman, Maryland
Alex Kellam, 1908-1986, waterman, Maryland
Dewey Landon, 1898-1976, waterman, Maryland
Charlton Marshall, 1900-1973, boat model maker, Maryland
Captain Roland Parks, 1914-1985, muskrat trapper, Maryland
Lesley Schunick, cooper, Maryland
George Taylor, skipjack captain of "Annie Lee," built 1912, Maryland
Zack Taylor, 1901-1978, Maryland
Clifton Webster, 1897-1987, skipjack captain of "Maggie Lee," built 1903, Maryland
Discussion leaders:
Robert H. Burgess
George Carey
Mack McCormick
Metal Traditions
Burton Cimino, silver engraver, Maryland
Harry M. Evans, 1924-, brass founder, Easton, Maryland
Nelson Kratz, 1911-1994, silver chaser, Maryland
William Lane, 1897-1977, blacksmith, Easton, Maryland
Jon Manning, pewter smith, Maryland
George Rapp, 1906-1981, pewter spinner, Maryland
Erwin Thieberger, 1908-1987, coppersmith, Wheaton, Maryland
Horse Traditions
Al-Marah Arabian Farm, demonstration of Arabians -- Al-Marah Arabian Farm, demonstration of ArabiansMrs. Garvin E. Tankersley, MarylandJohn T. Connor, Maryland
American Saddlebred, demonstration of American Saddlebred horses -- American Saddlebred, demonstration of American Saddlebred horsesHelen Curtin, MarylandJohn Jones, Maryland
William F. Cahill, Ringmaster, Maryland
Chartley Farm, horse-pulling contest, P.O.A. and Shetland pony demonstrations -- Chartley Farm, horse-pulling contest, P.O.A. and Shetland pony demonstrationsRobert Shirley, MarylandSally Shirley, MarylandDaniel Shirley, Maryland
Clear View Farm, demonstration of Shires coaching and hunting horn demonstration -- Clear View Farm, demonstration of Shires coaching and hunting horn demonstrationHoward StreakerHoward Streaker, Jr.
Cold Saturday Morgan Farm, demonstration of Morgans -- Cold Saturday Morgan Farm, demonstration of MorgansMrs. H. H. Hackney, MarylandCarol Hackney, MarylandKelly Marsh, MarylandSharon Port, MarylandNancy Radtke, Maryland
Dickey Farm -- Dickey FarmGary Stanley, jockey, MarylandJennifer Dickey, pony demonstrations, MarylandJocelyn Dickey, pony demonstrations, Maryland
Fair Hill Farm -- Fair Hill FarmJean du Pont McConnell, commentator for fox-hunting demonstration, Maryland
Homewood, demonstration of Appaloosas -- Homewood, demonstration of AppaloosasMrs. John Shallcrosse, MarylandMichael Hubbard, Maryland
Hunters and Hunting, fox-hunting demonstration -- Hunters and Hunting, fox-hunting demonstrationHoward County Hunt, MarylandHazel L. Welsh, MarylandBeverly Abbott, MarylandMelanie Abbott, MarylandKitty Magrogan, Maryland
Ray Kline Jr., hay rides, Myersville, Maryland
Maryland Stock Farm, demonstration of Pintos -- Maryland Stock Farm, demonstration of PintosJo Ann Mullins, Maryland
Lawrence Merrifield, mounted officer, City of Baltimore, Maryland
Murry Hill Farm, crossbred pony demonstration -- Murry Hill Farm, crossbred pony demonstrationJohn Johnson, Maryland
Pegasus Meadowbrook Stable, hunting demonstration -- Pegasus Meadowbrook Stable, hunting demonstrationMr. and Mrs. James H. Little, Maryland
Pipe Creek Farm, coordinators, dressage demonstration -- Pipe Creek Farm, coordinators, dressage demonstrationCol. and Mrs. D. W. Thackeray, Maryland
Ponies for Children, Inc., pony breeds and demonstrations -- Ponies for Children, Inc., pony breeds and demonstrationsLouise Hollyday, Maryland
Potomac Horse Center, dressage demonstration -- Potomac Horse Center, dressage demonstrationBetty Howett, Maryland
Quarterhorse Association, demonstration of Quarterhorses -- Quarterhorse Association, demonstration of QuarterhorsesRobert Spedden, MarylandMarni Pearl, MarylandCindy Rammel, Maryland
Jack Vordemberge, commentator
Janet Walker, harness maker
Washington International Horse Show Association -- Washington International Horse Show AssociationGeorgine Winslett, commentator, Maryland
Crafts
Lawrence Brenneman, 1904-1977, trough and shingle maker, Bittinger, Maryland
William Clark, 1942-, arabber, Maryland
Angelo DiBlasi, stonecutter, Baltimore, Maryland
Paul Diggs, arabber, Maryland
Charles Duvall, arabber, Maryland
Helen Englar, quilter, Maryland
Mike Farinacci, 1902-1975, stonecutter, Glen Burnie, Maryland
Emma Glotfelty, 1903-1987, rug weaver, Accident, Maryland
Orval Glotfelty, 1889-1980, trough maker, Accident, Maryland
Walter Kelly, arabber, Maryland
James W. McCrobie, 1919-1993, basket weaver, Gormania, West Virginia
Benjamin Meekins, arabber, Maryland
Clara Pierce, 1901-1972, rug hooker and braider, Maryland
Marian Stephen, soap maker, Maryland
Anna Weir, rug hooker and braider, Maryland
Claude Yoder, 1904-1991, woodcarver, Potomac Park, Maryland
Hazel Yoder, 1907-1975, quilter and baker, Maryland
Music
Sergio Brotto, northern Italian singer, Maryland
Bruni Calcara, 1922-1992, northern Italian singer, Maryland
Alec Campbell & Ola Belle Reed (1916-2002) String Band, string band musicians, Rising Sun, Maryland
Ralph Case, square dance caller, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Betsy & John Coffey, string band musicians, Maryland
Angelo Ciulla, 1907-1983, southern Italian musician, Maryland
Wanda Deckert, 1921-2002, northern Italian singer, Maryland
Mike Farinacci, 1902-1975, southern Italian musician, Glen Burnie, Maryland
Louise Foreacre, mountain musician, Elkton, Maryland
Emin Gunduz, Turkish musician, Baltimore, Maryland
Frank Hovington, 1919-, blues musician, Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Gina Iocca, northern Italian singer, Maryland
Leonard Lanciotti, southern Italian musician, Maryland
Reed Martin, mountain musician, Maryland
Orlinda Monaldi, northern Italian singer, Maryland
John Ribero, northern Italian singer, Maryland
St. John's Methodist Church, Intermediate Choir, gospel choir, Maryland
Dan & Earl Swift (1909-1997), mountain musicians, Maryland
Elsa & Francis Tarasco (1912-1990), northern Italian musicians, Maryland
Fields Ward, 1911-1987, mountain musicians, Baltimore, Maryland
Greek musicians -- Greek musiciansVasilios Dargakis, MarylandVasilios Georgakis, MarylandEvgenia Hiotis, Baltimore, MarylandIoannis Hiotis, 1928-1980, Baltimore, MarylandKalliope Hiotis, 1927-2011, MarylandKasiani Hiotis, Baltimore, MarylandPhillippe Hiotis, 1922-2000, Baltimore, MarylandVasilios Kakarolis, Baltimore, MarylandFotini Konsolas, MarylandManuel Mastromanolis, Baltimore, MarylandSophia Mastromanolis, Baltimore, MarylandIoannis Nikitas, 1906-1989, MarylandNick Nikitas, 1938-2012, Baltimore, MarylandKonstantine Nikolaides, MarylandMaria A. Nikolaides, MarylandMaria K. Nikolaides, MarylandGeorge Nikolau, MarylandVasilios Nikolau, MarylandMinas Pappaminas, 1933-1998, MarylandEvgenia Paragios, MarylandFoula Paragios, 1945-2004, MarylandSophia Paragios, MarylandNikolaos Protopapas, MarylandIoannis Sofillis, Baltimore, MarylandVasilios Vasilaides, Maryland
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1972 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
