Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. In the foreground is a guitarist and an acoustic bassist. In the background, a violinist and another guitarist is visible.

Photograph of Bruce Montague demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Curled up into a ball, he is laying on his back on a circular platform while he lassos around himself.

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. From the left is an acoustic bassist, a violinist, and a guitarist.

Photograph of Paul Patterson, Allen Damron, Guich Koock, and Ace Reid telling stories onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is on the left sitting in a tall wooden chair, while Damron and Koock are in the center sitting on a square hay bale. Damron is playing a guitar while Koock holds a microphone up to his face. Reid is on the right, sitting in a rocking chair. Everyone except Damron is wearing a cowboy hat and boots. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.

Photograph of Allen Damron and Guich Koock on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on a square hay bale, Damron on the left and Koock on the right. Damron is playing guitar while Koock holds a microphone to his mouth.

Photograph of several festival visitors berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Scattered about on a steep hill, they are using panels of cardboard to slide down. In front of the hill is a broad walkway where several visitors are milling about.

Photograph of a man cooking barbecue in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw hat and an apron, he is tending to the meat on the grill. In the foreground, large cuts of cooked meat are on cooling on a rack.

Photograph of a couple dancing to the music of Wence Shimek Polka Band, from Lavaca County, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both of them are wearing plaid shirts and dark pants, and the man is wearing a cowboy hat. The band is partially visible onstage in the background.

Photograph of Nancy Lou Webster, from Elgin, making treenware at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing black frame glasses, she is sitting at a work surface with a piece of wood held in a vise. Using a hammer and chisel, she is shaping the piece of wood.

Photograph of Debbie Morelock, broom maker from Brownwood, carving a broomstick at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a mob cap and a pioneer dress, she is stripping bark off of the thin stick.

Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a black cowboy hat, jeans, and boots, he is trick roping while standing on a circular platform. In the left foreground, a blonde girl is watching. In the background, some people are watching from a covered porch.

Photograph of Marty Tuttle giving honey samples in the beekeeper's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is squeezing a small amount of honey from a plastic container onto a plastic spoon. Several jars of honey are on the table in front of her. Tuttle has short, dark, curly hair, and is wearing a button up shirt with ric rac on the collar.

Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding.

Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding. Behind him a rocking chair and a small hay bale is visible.

Photograph of Ace Reid and Paul Patterson on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is standing on the right and speaking into a microphone while Reid is sitting on the left. They are both wearing cowboy hats. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.

Photograph of Bill Corkery telling a story on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a hay bale, wearing a cowboy hat and speaking into a microphone. In the left foreground, two young audience members are sitting on the edge of the stage. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like a wooden house front.

Photograph of a female drummer for the Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap that says, "Indian Power," she is sitting in a chair and playing a Native American drum with furry mallets.

Photograph of the Czech Folk Dancers of West at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a woman in traditional Czech clothing are dancing together. The man is raising his arm to twirl the woman around. She is wearing a dress covered with sheer, light-colored fabric. Her blouse has large, puffy sleeves and she is wearing a crown of flowers. The man is wearing an ornately embroidered vest over a light-colored tunic that has big, loose sleeves. A crowd of spectators is visible in the background.

Photograph of Cindy Findley, from Edwards County, telling a story onstage at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and chaps, she is standing in front of a tall wooden chair. Behind her on the right is emcee, Rosemary Davis. She is wearing a long skirt and a wide-brimmed sun hat.

Photograph of Cindy Findley telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a patterned shirt, and leather chaps, she is standing at the center of a small stage in front of a tall chair, a square hay bale, and a painted backdrop of a house front. Sitting in a rocking chair on the right side of the stage is emcee, Rosemary Davis, wearing a long white dress and a wide-brimmed sun hat.

Photograph of young Irish dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The three girls are wearing short skirts, long-sleeved shirts, and dark vests. They are dancing with their hands at their side and their right legs pointed out in front of them.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a baseball cap and aviator sunglasses, he is placing a finger on each side of his mouth and forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of living history reenactors dressed as Civil War era soldiers sitting around a table in Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. One man on the far side of the table is not in costume. The door to the room, on the left, is open to the outside.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap and a button up shirt, he is forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.