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Thread #161495   Message #3847002
Posted By: Desert Dancer
27-Mar-17 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: Bessie Jones: songs, games, dances
Subject: RE: Bessie Jones: songs, games, dances
Also on YouTube: Accent: music and dance of the Georgia Sea Islands (1962)

'A [30-minute] segment on the Georgia Sea Island Singers shot at St. Simons Island – featuring Bessie Jones, John Davis, Peter Davis, Willis Proctor, Mable Hillery, Emma Lee Ramsey, Joe Dixon, Joe Armstrong, and others unidentified, and guest host Alan Lomax – from the short-lived CBS educational program "Accent," hosted by poet John Ciardi, 1962. (Commercials retained.)'

Bessie Jones appears at roughly 4mins - 17mins

~ Becky in Long Beach