Parkes, Tony (1949-2024)
Dates
- Existence: 1949 - 2024
Biographical note
Tony Parkes was a Boston-based folk dance caller, historian of folk dance, pianist, and stage director. Originally from New York City, he began calling contra dances and square dances in 1964 and published two books on dance calling. He served on the boards of The Folk Arts Center of New England and The New England Folk Festival Association.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Afternoon and Evening Masters Concerts, 1993 October 10
The last two of the five recordings (148089-0003 and 148089-0004) each contain some content from October 8th events. It appears that the original October 8 recordings were mostly recorded over during the October 10th Masters Concerts. The last five minutes of 148089-0003 is the October 8th New England Contra Dancing event, and 148089-0004 contains more New England Contra Dancing followed by Cape Breton Set Dancing (see "Irish Sets and Ceili Dancing" for the continuation of this event).
Farewell Concert, 2001 June 23
Includes video recordings from two cameras in different locations (A and B). Each video recording has some flaws.
The audio recordings on DTRS cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. All audio and video recordings on DAT and mini-DV have been digitally copied and are accessible.