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[Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing Performing with Live Music]

Description: Photograph of dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are paired off into two couples, each partner dancing across from one another with their hands at their side. They are all wearing modern-day clothing except one man who is wearing a kilt and knee-high socks. Behind them on a stage, a band is playing music while they dance.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hawaiian Club Dancer Performing with Fire]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Hawaiian Club Dancers of San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is twirling a fire baton that is lit at both ends. He is shirtless, wearing only a short skirt, decorative fringe bands around his arms and one leg, a head band, and a tribal necklace. Some spectators are visible in the left background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hawaiian Club Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Hawaiian Club Dancers of San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four female dancers are visible lined up front to back dancing with their arms out in front of them. They are wearing tribal costumes: triangle-patterned tops with thin straps, knee-length beaded skirts and patterned headbands. A crowd of spectators is visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Standing in Polish Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Polish booth and exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man, visible through an open doorway, is standing in a room that has been temporarily constructed as part of the Polish exhibit. He is wearing a light-colored shirt and pants, a long vest, and a brimmed hat. Visible inside the room is a wooden table and two chairs, a surface covered with a decorated tablecloth, a chandelier, and a window on the far wall. Outside the room, small leaves have been painted above and on theā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Storytellers Bill and Judith Sallee]

Description: Photograph of storytellers Judith and Bill Sallee at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are sitting in rocking chairs onstage. Bill is on the right, speaking into a microphone. Judith is on the left, watching him. A whip is wound up around the armrest of her rocking chair. Behind them is a painted backdrop of the front of a wooden house, so that they appear to be sitting on a porch.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nancy Lou Webster Making Treenware]

Description: Photograph of Nancy Lou Webster making treenware, or hand-carved wooden kitchenware, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Using a hammer and chisel, she is working on a piece of wood held study by a vice. Several tools are visible on the work surface in front of her. She is wearing a work glove on one hand.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Perfecto Cervantes Shearing a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Perfecto Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival. The sheep is lying on the ground while Cervantes and another man hold it still. With his other hand he uses electric shearers to remove the sheep's wool. He is wearing striped overalls and a cowboy hat. Festival visitors are visible in the background, watching.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Country Cloggers and Buck Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Country Cloggers and Buck Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Girls in short skirts and suspenders are dancing and clapping. They are all wearing star-spangled neck ties. Two girls near the center are dancing around each other making a lassoing gesture while the others are lined up at the back of the dancefloor clapping.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cadence Cloggers Dancing In-Line]

Description: Photograph of the Cadence Cloggers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Men and women in costume are lined up on the dance floor all of them facing the front of the line. They have their knees bent and their hands on their waist. The women are wearing knee-length skirts with bibs and thick petticoats which give their skirts a lot of volume. The men are wearing dark pants and light shirts. All dancers are wearing bandanas around their necks. Spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cadence Cloggers Performing for Audience]

Description: Photograph of the Cadence Cloggers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Men and women in costume are spread out on the dance floor. In the foreground two men are facing the left stomping their feet and swinging their arms. Two women are in the middle ground doing the same while holding their skirts and large fluffy petticoats. A crowd of spectators is visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Men Holding a Sausage]

Description: Photograph of two men at the German Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men are facing each other talking and holding the same sausage. The man on the right is wearing a dark fedora and white apron. The man on the left is wearing a light-colored polo shirt and jeans. They are standing in front of a backdrop painted to look like a wall with a window.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chilean Folklorico Group of Houston Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Chilean Folklorico Group of Houston performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Five male dancers are visible lined up side-by-side dancing with a rope or whip held up over their heads. They are wearing wide-brimmed hats, horizontal-striped panchos, dark pants, and over-the-knee boots with long fringes on the sides. Other dancers and musicians are visible onstage behind them.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[W. P. Pak at Korean Booth]

Description: Photograph of W. P. Pak at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing traditional clothing including a straw hat with a wide brim and a tall crown that is flat on top. He is standing in front of the Korean food booth, wearing a sword in a scabbard and holding a very long thin pipe. A couple of workers are visible behind the booth. The front of the booth reads, "Korea," and at the top of it signs are advertising some of the food options as well as where to order.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Indian Beadwork Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a member of the San Antonio Council of Native Americans doing an Indian beadwork demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting at a table wearing a Native American inspired dress. On the table is a contraption pulling a group of strings taut. The woman is carefully adding beads to the strings. A woman sitting to the left of her is partially visible.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Women Cooking in Wendish Booth]

Description: Photograph of two women cooking in the Wendish booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are dressed as peasants, wearing long skirts, aprons and shawls. They are standing at a stove with one large pot and two smaller pots on it. The woman on the right is much older than the woman on the left. She is spooning something from a can into one of the pots.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Le P'tit Blanc Performing Onstage]

Description: Photograph of Le P'tit Blanc performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is made up of six members all male except for a female percussionist. Starting from the left is a violinist, then the female percussionist, then a man playing a stringed instrument similar to a guitar, another violinist, an accordionist, and finally a man playing a recorder. Each member has their own microphone set up. Except for the woman who is wearing a skirt, they are all wearing white pants, white shirā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Romanian Couple Dancing]

Description: Photograph of two of the Houston Romanian Dancers performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man and a woman dressed in traditional Romanian clothing are dancing together. The woman is wearing a tea-length floral skirt, fitted vest, peasant blouse, boots, and a decorative headband. The man is wearing a long white tunic with boots, a vest, and a fedora-style hat with a wide decorative band. Some audience members are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ronnie Wolf with Two Children]

Description: Photograph of Ronnie Wolfe of the East Texas String Ensemble with two children at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wolfe is sitting on the right side of bench playing a mandolin. A young girl is on the left side of the bench sitting on top of a wooden paddle used to bounce a toy jumping jack. A young boy is standing to the left of her, holding two jumping jacks over the paddle. She is slapping the paddle to make the jumping jacks dance.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing]

Description: Photograph of dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are paired off into four couples, each pair dancing side by side with their hands joined and holding them at shoulder level. They are dancing around clockwise in a circle, their right sides facing the center of the circle. The women are wearing tea-length skirts and most of the men are wearing dark pants except for one who is wearing a kilt. The background of the stage is pā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing]

Description: Photograph of dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. One couple is dancing together at center stage while the other three couples are gathered around them in a semi-circle. The women are wearing tea-length skirts and most of the men are wearing dark pants except for one who is wearing a kilt.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Henry Faulk and Bill Brett at Opening Party]

Description: Photograph of John Henry Faulk and Bill Brett at the opening party for the Texas Folklife Festival participants. Faulk is on the left and Brett is in the middle looking toward the camera. They are both wearing cowboy hats, holding beers, and talking with a young woman who is on the right. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Drinking from Spanish Bota]

Description: Photograph of Fernando Herrera teaching a visitor to drink from a Spanish bota at the Texas Folklife Festival. Herrera is on the right lifting the visitor's arm as she drinks. She is in the center of the photograph tilting her head back and pointing toward her mouth the long spout of the bota, which, aside from the spout, looks similar to a small glass carafe. A woman standing nearby is smiling as she watches. Other festival visitors are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Beverly Houston Performing with Breezin']

Description: 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 ā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera with V. T. "Cowboy" Williams]

Description: Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera and V. T. "Cowboy" Williams at the opening party for the Texas Folklife Festival participants. Andera is on the left wearing a white cotton dress smiling at the camera. Williams is on the right, wearing a cowboy hat, a long-sleeved shirt, jeans and a sheriff's badge. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Creator: Sidoric, Michael
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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