 Through spoken word and song, Lee and Betsy Paulet weave a colorful tapestry
of their native land and its history. Using tales of Florida's heroes
and villains, its wars and its warriors and its fragile beauty, FLORIDA SONGSTORY paints vivid word pictures
of yesterday and today, nostalgically reminding all who listen of the importance of wisely monitoring "progress"
in paradise. Florida Crackers with bloodlines going back generations, they feel the importance of keeping
the history and culture of Florida alive in these times of irresponsible developers who disregard the land they destroy
in a thoughtless process of homogenizing all and everything they touch into miles of urban sprawl.
FLORIDA SONGSTORY is fascinating tales of native
characters such as Bone Mizel - a hard-drinking Florida cowman who talked his way out of and into all
trouble, legends like Ghost of Cecil McKay - a freed slave who bought a small orange grove in Central Florida to
the disdain of local folks - starting a chain of events that goes on to this day! They offer hope in Butterflies about Tom Emil, a University of Florida scientist-professor who saved an entire species.
They sing of Gator and Jumper, Seminole chiefs
who evaded Andrew Jackson -- even though it meant the death of Gator's baby. They paint vivid word pictures
with Florida State of Mind, becry the destruction
of developers in Cracker Pride -- what they laughingly describe as CRAP (cracker rap) and they offer hilarious
insights into their own Cracker-style Mars vs. Venus relationship in A Woman Stands Behind A Man to Show Him Where To
Go and I Told You So.
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| Click photo to read from Butterfly Lessons |
A featured poet at numerous St. Petersburg Times Festival
of Reading events and for many years coordinator of the annual Best of Florida Poetry contest and poetry
program for the Will McLean Festival, Betsy often reads at libraries, open mics and poetry events throughout the state.
She conducts poetry presentation workshops and has published three collections of verse under the title Butterfly
Lessons. She has been published in several poetry anthologies. .
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Lee and Betsy Paulet are dedicated members
of a stalwart group of performers who specialize in writing and performing songs and stories about the land, critters and
events that shape Florida's proud history. Stories set in song by Will McLean, Frank Thomas and other Florida artists,
such as McLean's "Ballad of Silver Springs" and Thomas' "Let our Colors Be", enhance their original material
- all of which keep audiences spellbound with the Florida Songstory. Experience the REAL FLORIDA |
Let us SHARE OUR FLORIDA - Schools
- Private parties
- Parks
- Festivals
- Community events
WHEREVER FOLKS GATHER
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| LEE PAULET |
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Along with being a prolific singer-songwriter, as
a sound engineer, Lee operates a full-service recording studio and provides technical support for many major festivals.
For 13 years he coordinated performers and five stages for Pinellas Folk Festival and the
Country Jubilee, both at historic Heritage Village, Largo, Florida.
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