- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 15
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1981
- Subject:
- Tourism--South Carolina--Charleston
Spoleto Festival U.S.A. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092 - Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with singer Bessie Jones' rendition of "Preachin the Blues" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:04, is a feature about the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. The program features audio interview excerpts from Italian composer Gian Carolo Mennoti; Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.; Spoleto Festival co-founder Dr. Theodore Stern, and unidentified individuals. The second segment, which begins at 12:56, is a feature about Charleston's White Point Gardens, otherwise known locally as the Battery, and proposed developments projects for the area. The program features audio excerpts from tour guide Wendell Weeks; Spoleto Festival official Dick Robinson; and unidentified residents and tourists. The third part, which begins at 20:16, focuses on how tourism is impacting Charleston and features audio excerpts from Charleston residents David Halsey and Phylis Pringle. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.015.001
ahc.1118.015.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/111
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:08 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
