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[Arts and Crafts Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Tigua Indians' arts and crafts booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. A man is standing behind the booth while festival participants are standing on the other side. It appears that a belt and beads are hanging between them. Other people are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Arts and Crafts Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Tigua Indians' arts and crafts booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several workers are standing on one side of the table, while festival participants are standing on the other side. Jewelry is displayed on the table, along with small dolls.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Austin Polish Folk Dancers Performance]

Description: Slide of the Austin Polish Folk Dancers performing on the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five male-female dance partners all in a circle and the women are about an arm's length in front of the men. Each man has their hands on their female partner's shoulders and peer over her right shoulder. In reply, the women turn slightly and look and their male partner over the same shoulder. All the dancers are dressed in Polish folk clothes.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Baca Dulcimer Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Baca Dulcimer Band, a Czech band from Houston, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on an outdoor stage at night. There are five musicians in the photograph, starting from the left: a vocalist holding a microphone, Ray Baca in the foreground playing the hammer dulcimer, a drummer in the background, a tuba player, and a some sort of reed player, most likely a clarinetist. The stage's backdrop is a pale yellow curtain. Some decorative colored rib… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band Performance]

Description: Slide of the Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band has six members, two women and four men, playing onstage with various instruments, such as guitar, banjos and violins. There are people in the foreground sitting down to watch.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band, from San Antonio, performing on an outdoor stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stage, which is a long flatbed trailer, contains a piano, bench and loudspeaker at one end. The band is set up to the right of the piano. There is a mandolin player, guitarist, acoustic bass player, banjo player and steel guitarist. The former three are gathered around one microphone and the latter two are gathered around another. A few spectators are visib… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Balance Beam Performance]

Description: Slide of the gymnastic team of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center at the Texas Folklife Festival. On a balance beam is a girl performing a routine. At both ends of the beams are two men, also a part of the team, supervising the young girl and holding the ends of the beam. There are spectators sitting and standing behind the balance beam. Underneath the beam are large pads for the gymnast's safety.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet de Los Niños Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio, performing a Mexican folk dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four boys and four girls are visible onstage. The boys are wearing black pants, colored sashes, and solid color shirts, each one a different color. The girls are wearing traditional dresses, either blue or red.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet de Los Niños Performing a Spanish Dance]

Description: Photograph of the Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio performing a Spanish dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. All of the dancers onstage are female, dressed in black and white polka dotted dresses with red trim. Each one also wears a red flower on her head. They are spread out on the stage, grasping their skirts and swinging them around. Spectators have gathered on all sides of the stage to watch the performance.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing a Spanish dance onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night. There are six women dressed in midriff tops and long colorful skirts, dancing in front of two men who are playing classical guitar. Several people have gathered in front of the stage to watch. Women are (left to right) Dolly Mendez, Brenda Wheeler, Teresa Champion, Rosalina "Chayito" Champion, and Sylvia Davis. Guitarist on right is Willie "El Curro" Cha… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Slide of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio holding fans in front of their chests at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are all in Mexican folk dresses for performing dances from Veracruz, Mexico. All the dresses have white skirts and each girl has a different colored top to their dress. They also have hair accessories in matching colors. Betty Silva is second from left, Wanda Balmos is fifth from left, and Cynthia DeHoyos is sixth from left.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Slide of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing a dance called "El Son de la Negra" at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four female dancers onstage, all in white dresses and boots. They are swinging their dresses. The dancers are (left to right) Terry Narvaiez, Edna Perez, Lulu Chavez, and Boni Ramos.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancers at the Texas Foklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two children performing El Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance)at the Texas Folklife Festival. A girl and boy are dancing around a sombrero that rests on the stage. The boy is wearing a traditional black and silver charro costume and the girl is wearing a green and red skirt with a white short-sleeved peasant blouse. Other dancers are partially visible behind the couple. The performance is in the evening and the silhouette of spectators can be seen in the background against the dark… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of children performing El Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance) at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two boys and two girls are onstage, each facing their partner. The boys have knelt down in front of the girls, handing off their sombreros to their partner. The girls are putting the sombreros on. The boys are wearing traditional charro costumes: black with silver trim. The girls are wearing green and red skirts with short-sleeved white blouses. The photograph is taken from the back of the st… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of dancers performing dances from the Mexican Revolution onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two girls dressed in white pants and shirts, portraying "Adelitas" stand in front, wearing sombreros and holding rifles over their shoulders. Behind them, a group of female dancers in traditional clothing dance and twirl their ruffled skirts around.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of three female Mexican-American dancers performing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are dancing onstage, lined up in a row. They are all wearing the same dress: yellow with black trim, with a large ruffled skirt. Each one also has a yellow flower on her head. Each dancer has her left arm raised up over her head. The photograph is taken from the back corner of the stage, looking out toward the audience. In the background, several spectators sit on a hill.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of six children performing "La Raspa" onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three boys stand in the back with their hands behind their backs wearing traditional black and silver Mexican charro costumes with matching sombreros. The girls are in front, twirling their red, green and white dresses around. A crowd is visible in the background, behind the stage.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of four female Mexican-American dancers (in foreground: Dolly Mendez (left) and Patsy Gonzalez) performing a Spanish dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are standing on stage, two in front and two behind. They are all wearing the same dress: knee-length, orange with a pink, white and green floral pattern, with a large ruffled skirt. Each one also has a pink flower on her head.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Performance]

Description: Slide of The Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio of San Antonio, Texas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are all young females in traditional Mexican dresses. The dancers are grabbing their dresses and swinging their flowing dresses as they dance.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing]

Description: Slide of members of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. (Left to right) Terry Narvaiez, Edna Perez, Lulu Chavez,and Boni Ramos. They are performing a Mexican folk dance called "La Negra." The four female dancers are all in white dresses and boots. They are waving colored cloths over their heads as part of their dance.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorio de San Antonio Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a three junior members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The two on the left are wearing the same sleeveless lime-green dress with ruffled skirt and white petticoat. The one on the right has a similar dress but in pink with blue trim. Each of them is grasping their skirts with both hands and waving them from side to side. Several spectators are visible in the background, behind the stage.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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