Festival Sponsors
(Click here for 50 for 50 Campaign)

Columbia County Tourist Development Council

Dean & Company, Inc.

Duffy Soto

Florida Artist Blacksmith Association

Florida Department of State, Division of Historic Resources, Florida Folklife Program

Florida Folklore Society

Florida Media, Inc.

Friends of Florida Folk

George Steinbrenner

Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce

Hamilton County Tourist Development Council

Lake City Community College

National Endowment for the Arts

Panhandle Pioneer Settlement

South Florida Folk Festival

Southern Arts Federation

Stephen Foster Citizen’s Support Organization

The New York Yankees Tampa Foundation

The Seminole Tribe of Florida

Town of White Springs

Visit Florida

WCJB Television, Gainesville

During the winter of 2002, due to state budget shortfalls, the Florida Department of State was no longer able to produce the Annual Florida Folk Festival. There was an outpouring of public support and commitment that encouraged the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service to become the producer of this premier heritage event. We would like to acknowledge and thank the following for their support and encouragement.

Under the leadership of Howard Pardue, a 50 for 50 fundraising campaign was established to raise funds for continuation of the Florida Folk Festival. The following individuals and organizations were instrumental in publicizing the fundraising campaign:

Pete Gallagher
Gloria Holloway
Friends of Florida Folk
Haven Cook and Tallahassee Friends of Old Time Dance
Ada Forney and the Florida Storytelling Association
Kristin Congdon
Florida Folklore Society
Stephen Foster Citizens Support Organization

Two benefit concerts were held to raise funds.

Tallahassee Benefit:
Howard Pardue
Jim Cox
Barley Thar
Frank Lindamood
Doug Gauss
Wayne Martin
Linda Collins
Jon Kay
Velma Frye and Friends

Palm Beach Benefit:
Ken and Nancy Buchanan
The Bamboo Room
Rod MacDonald
Valerie Caracappa
Grant Livingston
Amy Carol Webb
BOOMSLANG
Ron Litschauer & The Southern Star Reunion
Marie Nofsinger
Banyan Street Jug Band
Ron and Bari’s Roadside Review
A major contribution was made by George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees Tampa Foundation.

50 for 50 Donors:
Gordon String Music, Tallahassee
Anginga Roost Music Co., Gainesville
First Union National Bank, Storytree Productions, Ada Forney, Melbourne
Kiwanis Club of Live Oak, Live Oak
Development Advisory Ser., Inc., Bell
Museum of Florida History Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee
Mary Allgire, Tallahassee
Molly Anderson, Naples
Judy & Glenn Barrett, Tampa
Alice & J. M. Benjar, Tallahassee
John & Catherine Benton, Eustis
Frances Boyle, Tallahassee
Roy Brand, Orlando
Constance Brand, Orlando
Ken & Nancy Buchanan, Loxahatchee
Connie Caldwell, Gainesville
Shirley Cannon, Orlando
Jeffrey Chanton, Tallahassee
Benjamin & Nanette Cleveland, Oviedo
David & Kristin Congdon, Winter Park
Mary & Robert Cox, Tallahassee
Dale Crider, Gainesville
John Cunningham, Winter Park
Thomas & Cecilia Darby, Sarasota
James & Wendy Davis, Tallahassee
Linda & Edward Deaton, Tallahassee
Lee Doughty, Brandon
Lawrence Ellis, Geneva
Julie Falt, Gainesville
Dana Farmer, Tallahassee
Joseph Ferrandino,Tampa
Barbara Jo Finer, Tallahassee
Lynn Garren, Batavia
Lyn & Anthony Gaudio, Tallahassee
Mark Gluckman, Bell
Carl Goldman and Carl Wade, Sarasota
Amelia Green, Jacksonville
Dale McKenzie Gross, St. Petersburg
Ellen Gwynn, Tallahassee
Donna Hall, Tallahassee
Jan Hamilton, Lake Worth
Gloria Holloway, Tampa
Sharon Hoffman, Ft. Lauderdale
Kenneth Horne, Tallahassee
Jane Susanne Howell, Tallahassee
William & Jean Hewitt, Sarasota
Terri Johnson, Crawfordville
Erica Johnson, Winter Springs
Thelma Kahn, Sarasota
Dubravko Kakarigi, Tallahassee
Diane Kamin, Tallahassee
Ishmel Katz, Sarasota
Robert Killam, Melbourne
Robert Kenon, Tallahassee
Christine Koontz, Tallahassee
Lisa Kramer-Torop, Sarasota
Deborah Lemley, Tallahassee
Elizabeth Lemley, Daytona Beach
Robert Levine, Tampa
Jerry and Margaret Lewis, Sarasota
David & Kim Lippy, Orlando
Bari & Ronald Litschauer, West Palm Beach
Claudia & Ormond Lomis, Tallahassee
Thomas Lynch, Tallahassee
Wayne Martin, Altha
Pauline Masterson, Tallahassee
Dr. Jan Matthews, Tallahassee
Majorie Menzel, Tallahassee
Sandra Mercer, Canal Point
William Messor, Oakland Park
Frances Millians, Crawfordville
Jan Milner, Brandon
Michael Murphee, Tallahassee
Roy Randall Moye, Altamonte Springs
Brenda Nolan, St. Petersburg
Howard & Carolyn Pardue, Tallahassee
Stewart Parsons, Chattahoochee
Robert & Joline Patterson, St. Augustine
Barbara Pavitt, Juneau
Elizabeth Pulliam, Tallahassee
Larry Rabinowitz, Sarasota
A. J. Reagan, Miami
Jackie & Charles Rennick, Tallahassee
Robyn Rennick, Tallahassee
Kathleen & Kermit Rose, Tallahassee
Robert & Majorie Saunders, Lakeland
Phil & Paula Schultz, St. James City
Jane and Gordon Scott, Tallahassee
Tom and Aimee Sheddan, Douglasville
Stephen Shimmel, Marianna
Mindy Simmons, Sarasota
William & Barbara Simmons, Sarasota
Jaeger & Margaret Smith, Jacksonville
Keith Snyder, Altamonte Springs
Kent Spriggs, Tallahassee
Karen Stanford, Tallahassee
George Steinbrenner, Tampa
Stephen Sternberg, Tallahassee
David & Mary Stevenson, Tallahassee
Stephen Stokes, Sarasota
Leanora Toomey, West Palm Beach
Kate Taluga and Gus Johnson, Tallahassee
Maureen Walsh, St. Petersburg
Ernie Williams, San Antonio
Robert & Jill Williams, Chattahoochee
Raymond & Lucena Winberg, Sarasota
Theodore & Gertrude Winsberg, Boynton Beach

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Thank you to our sponsors!

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Columbia County Tourist Development Council
Dean & Company, Inc.
Duffy Soto
Florida Blacksmith Association
Florida Department of State, Division of Historic Resources, Florida Folklife Program
Florida Folklore Society
Florida Media, Inc
Friends of Florida Folk
George Steinbrenner
Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton County Tourist Development Council
Visit Florida
Lake City Community College
National Endowment for the Arts
South Florida Folk Festival
Southern Arts Federation
Stephen Foster Citizen’s Support Organization
The New York Yankees Tampa Foundation
The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Town of White Springs
WCJB Television, Gainesville
WJXT Television, Jacksonville