Around the Banks

Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist Seventy-two years old -- that's how old the Florida Folk Festival is this year! It's the oldest state sponsored Folk Festival in the United States of America, and it will be celebrated this coming weekend, Memorial Day weekend, at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center in White Springs from Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 26. I am not going into the history of the Festival, nor am I sharing a roll call of notable performers, many of international renown who have performed on the Folk Festival stage through the years. In this article, I am going to discuss a vision -- one shared by many interested, dedicated and knowledgeable individuals when the Florida