Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera with former directors Claudia Ball and O. T. Baker at the opening ceremony of the 20th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Festival directors are lined up in front, backed by clusters of colorful balloons. On the left, a man is playing a large drum next to a man who is playing an accordion.
Photograph of a woman serving aguas frescas at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She wears a red shirt, silver earrings, and a red bow in her hair as she serves up lime aguas frescas in a plastic booth. The drink sales sponsors the Mexican American Business & Professional Women's Club booth.
Photograph of a man serving aguas frescas, in the Mexican American Business and Professional Women's Club booth, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a cup and ladle.
Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the young dancer wears traditional Native American clothing such as a feather headdress, a beaded headband, and white moccasins.
Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the young dancer wears traditional Native American clothing such as a feather headdress, a beaded headband, and white moccasins.
Photograph of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman is sitting and lacing multiple bobbins and other visitors are visible in the background.
Photograph of Sue Daeschner, of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers, making lace at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting on the right in the foreground with a large round cushion on the table in front of her. The piece that she is working on is attached to the cushion. She is using several bobbins to make the design, about 25 or so, each loaded with purple string. They are roughly the size and shape of pencils. The string from each bobbin has already been worked into the lace, and she is crossing them over one another to carefully weave the intricate design. To the left of Daeschner, another woman, Col. Lois MacTaggart (US Army, Ret.), is also making bobbin lace. In the left foreground, some finished pieces on display are partially visible.
Photograph of the Alsatian Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A group of men, women, and children are wearing traditional Alsatian clothing as they pose for the photo. The men and boys are wearing black wide-brimmed hats and red vests with white shirts. The women are wearing white blouses under black dresses. The oldest woman is wearing a very large Alsatian bonnet.
Photograph of an Ameleb Lebanese Dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a silver belly dancing outfit, with a sheer blue skirt. She is dancing onstage alone with a few spectators visible in the background.
Photograph of the Ameleb Lebanese Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. Five men are side-by-side onstage with hands on each other's shoulders, kicking their feet. They are wearing green v-neck shirts, gold sashes around their waists, dark pants, and brown boots. Behind them, hanging across the back of the stage is a Lebanese flag. Offstage to the right, Lebanese women in traditional clothing are visible.
Photograph of Las Americas Folkloric Ballet performing at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two female dancers wear dark blue leotards and light blue skirts, while the two male dancers wear blue shirts with tan pants. They perform on an outdoor stage in front of festival participants.
Photograph of four members of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. They are standing behind microphones in stands and member each holding and playing an instrument. Other instruments and equipment is visible in the background.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding a wooden flute and is standing in front of a microphone on a stand. An audience and the white roof of a tent are visible in the background.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding a small guitar and wearing a colorful vest and white hat with multicolored decoration.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding and playing a wooden flute in front of a microphone on a stand. There is another instrument held under his arm and another microphone stand is visible in the foreground.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding and playing a wooden flute in front of a microphone on a stand. There is another wooden flute visible in the foreground.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding and playing a guitar and wearing a colorful vest.
Photograph of a member of Wayanay Inka performing Andean music on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. Texas. He is holding a wooden flute in one hand and blowing into another wooden flute held in the other hand. He is standing in front of a microphone on a stand. Other instruments and equipment are visible in the foreground and background.
Photograph of Angela Klinger telling folktales at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is standing on stage behind a microphone on a stand.
Photograph of Ann Harper preparing food at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ann wears a blue dress with red trim, a white apron, and a white bonnet. She cuts the rolls in half in preparation to make "bangers," British sausage rolls.
Photograph of Anne Marrou at a chuck wagon speaking to festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a purple pioneer dress with a matching bonnet, facing the visitors who are on the right. On display on the chuck wagon's fold down table are three different kinds of rope, an antique rolling pin and wooden bowl, an iron rod, and a few types of barbed wire. Other festival booths are visible in the background.
Photograph of Annie and Eddie Morris, members of the San Antonio Herb Society, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. they are sitting behind multiple pots of herbs with labeled white cards sticking out of the soil.
Photograph of Annie Fuller quilting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Annie, a festival participant from Pittsburg, Texas, sits in a quilting booth as she embroideries a piece of blue fabric.
Photograph of Ardy Feike preparing sausage in the smokehouse booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Working atop a wooden table, he has packed ground meat into a metal chamber and is lowering a press to squeeze the meat out into casing to form sausages. To the left of him, prepared sausages are visible. On the right is a tray of ground meat, ready to be stuffed into sausages.
Photograph of Arnold Griffin with antique tools at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing behind a booth that has several axes and other woodcutting tools displayed on the counter. He is wearing a leather vest, a leather cowboy hat, a western shirt, khaki pants and black-rimmed glasses. He is holding a large axe that has a blade much longer than its head. The booth's counter curves back behind him and is covered with several other antique tools.
Photograph of a bagpiper performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The musician plays on a stage in an outdoor pub within the festival as another musician looks on. Festival participants sit in folding chairs in front of the stage, watching the performance.
Photograph of four members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all dressed in white costumes and holding white fans.
Photograph of two members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They both dressed in traditional costume and other dancers are visible in the background.
Photograph of two members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They both dressed in traditional costume and other dancers are visible in the background.
Photograph of members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are dressed in traditional costume and are spread across the stage.
Photograph of members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are dressed in traditional costume and an audience is visible in the background.
Photograph of members of Ballet Folklorico Boriken, Puerto Rican folk dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are dressed in traditional costume and spread across the stage.
Photograph of Diane Garcia,a member of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Diane wears a red and black lace dress with a large rose in her hair. She dances in front of a large crowd.
Photograph of Diane Garcia,a member of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Diane wears a red and black lace dress with a large rose in her hair. She dances in front of a large crowd.
Photograph of Diane Garcia, a member of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a red and black lace dress with a large rose in her hair. She holds a clicker in her hand as she dances in front of a large crowd of festival participants.
Photograph of Stephanie "Skipper" Frizzel, a member of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco at the 20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a black halter-style dress with yellow trim. She performs with other dancers in front of a large crowd of festival participants, who sit on a berm outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures.
Photograph of two members of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. They are wearing white hats and navy dresses decorated with multicolored embroidery on the chest and waist. They are holding up white flags. A background with a blue longhorn head and a multicolored tent roof are visible in the background.
Photograph of four members of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. They are wearing white hats and navy dresses decorated with multicolored embroidery. The three dancers on the right are all holding white flags next to their waists. Equipment and other people are visible in the background.
Photograph of four members of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. They are wearing white hats and navy dresses decorated with multicolored embroidery. They are holding white flags and facing away from an audience sitting in the background.
Photograph of four female members of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. A banner with "CocaCola" logo hanging on the tan background and a colorful tent roof are visible behind them.
Photograph of five members of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. A banner with "CocaCola" logo hanging on the tan background and a colorful tent roof are visible behind them.
Photograph of a member of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. He is wearing a navy shirt with red and gold sequin decoration. He is holding a whistle in his mouth and a gold hat in his hand on the right. Other dancers, a backdrop, and a tent roof are visible in the background.
Photograph of a female member of Ballet Folklorico Illimani, Bolivian Folk Dancers, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. She is wearing a navy dress with red and gold sequin decoration and a gold hat on top of her head. Other dancers, a backdrop, and a tent roof are visible in the background.
Photograph of blacksmith Basil Garcia at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is in the foreground wearing jeans, suspenders, a navy t-shirt, and a black cap. He is standing behind an anvil, hammering a hot piece of metal over it. On the stand with the anvil is a variety of blacksmithing tools: different hammers, and tools for holding and shaping the metal. Behind Garcia to the right is the forge, which has flames emanating from it. Standing behind the forge is a woman wearing a blue shirt and a confederate flag bandana on her head.
Photograph of the Bayou City Attic Singers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Six women are lined up onstage behind microphones all wearing the same pink shirt and navy skirt except the woman on the very right who is wearing pink pants and a white shirt. This woman is holding a songbook and singing into a microphone. The woman to the left of her is also singing. The other women are not singing.
Photograph of Troy Tuttle learning about beekeeping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Troy stands beside a glass panel filled with bees. Two boys and a man stand in front of him, looking at the panel as Troy speaks.
Photograph of a child participating in the Belgian Mast Game at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy wears an orange shirt and patterned shorts as he climbs the tall wooden pole. A bell dangles just above his head.
Photograph of Beverly Houston performing with her band "Breezin'" onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in the middle of the stage singing into a microphone. To the left of her are two guitar players. To the right, a man is playing a shaker and another man is standing behind a microphone. Three of the band members are wearing a "Breezin'" t-shirt. The two musicians on the right and Houston are wearing "Breezin'" baseball caps. A drum set and several amplifiers sit at the back of the stage. A large banner that says, "HICKORY" is hung across the back of the stage.
Photograph of Bill Clark making a shingle at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is straddling a work bench with the piece of wood in front of him. He is using a drawknife to shave the piece down to the proper shape. He is wearing overalls, sunglasses, and a straw cowboy hat.
Photograph of Bill Clark making shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is straddling a wooden work bench shaving a flat piece of wood with a drawknife. He is wearing glasses, a straw cowboy hat, a brown shirt, and overalls.
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