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[Cadence Cloggers]
Photograph of Cadence Cloggers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, cloggers dance in a circular formation. They wear knee length floral patterned dresses with petticoats and white blouses.
Date:
[1993-08-05..1993-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dusty Britches and Charlie Straight]
Photograph of Dusty Britches (I) and Charlie Straight performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a mustachioed Dusty Britches stands on the left and holds a violin. He wears a plaid shirt, name tag, black cowboy hat, and jeans. Straight, right, plays a guitar. He wears a straw cowboy hat, white dress shirt, name tag, and jeans. They stand onstage.
Date:
[1993-08-05..1993-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Blue Lady, Psychic Reader]
Photograph of the Blue Lady at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the Blue Lady sits in a booth fashioned out of blue material. She wears a patterned vest, large glasses, dangling jewelry, and white blouse. In her hands she holds a pack of tarot cards. Her chair has a large, round back and is made out of bamboo.
Date:
[1993-08-05..1993-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer]
Photograph of Alabama-Coushatta Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman stands in the performance area. She wears traditional Native American garments including a headdress, quilted shawl with purple fringe, beads, and leather footwear. Dancers and a drummer are visible in the background.
Date:
[1993-08-05..1993-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hansen Quads at the Danish Society of Texas Booth]
Photograph of the Danish Society of Texas booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, three of the Hansen quads stand inside the booth. They wear name tags, shorts, and shirts which read, "Danish Society of Texas." Lego pieces are arranged on the table in front of them. Festival grounds are visible in the background.
Date:
[1993-08-05..1993-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Judith Zaffirini to Sterling Houston - May 24, 1993]
Letter from Judith Zaffirini, state senator from Texas, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes back as a response to a letter by Houston, noting that she, like Sterling, fully supports funding for the arts. This includes funds for the Texas Commission on the Arts and the SB 778 bill, which she co-sponsored with twenty-seven other members.
Date:
May 24, 1993
Creator:
Zaffirini, Judith
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
La Frontera: A play with music
This manuscript of a short musical play by Sterling Houston is about the relationship between an African-American family living in San Antonio, Texas and their new neighbors, a Latino family. Dialogue and lyrics by Sterling Houston.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Houston, Sterling
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Xavier Rodriguez to Sterling Houston - March 29, 1993]
Letter from Robert Xavier Rodriguez, president of the Texas Composers Forum, to Sterling Houston, a prominent Texan playwright. His organization awarded a grant to Mr. Houston's theatre company. The two attended the same high school, and Robert has taken the opportunity to catch up. He hopes that the two can get together. Along with his letter, he has attached several clippings of work he has done as a music composer, including a stage play about Friday Kahlo, noted Mexican painter.
Date:
March 29, 1993
Creator:
Rodriguez, Robert Xavier
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ronald Tavel to Sterling Houston - August 16, 1993]
Letter from Ronald Tavel to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Tavel writes from National Taiwan University in Taipei, where, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he has landed a teaching position. He thanks Houston for a copy of one his plays, The Marquise. He goes on to talk about his upcoming job in Taipei and gives Houston the address of his brother, Harvey Tavel, where royalty checks for production of a play can be sent. He encloses a xeroxed newspaper clipping of one his stage plays, Notorious Harik Will Kill the Pope.
Date:
August 16, 1993
Creator:
Tavel, Ronald
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
HemisFair's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Statement release: City Marks HemisFair's 25th Anniversary with Citywide Celebration
Date:
February 26, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Legacy of HemisFair Fact Sheet
The Legacy of HemisFair Fact Sheet -- 25th Anniversary
Date:
1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History