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Florida Folk Festival - 2008

May 12, 2008 – 6:55 pm

Every year, on Memorial Day weekend, a group of people who appreciate homegrown music gather on the banks of the Suwanee River near White Springs. The Florida Folk Festival is not the only state folk arts celebration in the country, but it’s the oldest one.
Actually, last year, the Memorial Day festival couldn’t happen because [...]

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TLH017 Smoky Festival

May 13, 2007 – 11:46 am

It’s dry in North Florida and very smoky. There’s a huge swamp fire burning on the Florida/Georgia border. There has been a haze in the air the last few days, but today it’s so smoky that my eyes burn when I walk outside. Right now, both I-10 and I-have sections closed because [...]

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