We bring history to life!

Where?

• K-12 Schools
• Folk Festivals
• Museums
• Reenactments
• State Historic Parks

What?

• Living History Songs and Stories
• Entertaining
• Impeccably researched
• Sing-along fun
• Affordable

Who?

• Mary Lee Sweet: Retired media specialist, elementary school teacher. Percussion (bodhran, rhythm bones, tamborine, limber toy, jawbone).
• Frank W. Sweet: Historian, retired computer scientist. Banjo, guitar.

How?

Backintyme makes history come alive. We don period dress to perform stories and songs of the 19th century. Each performance piece consists of an anecdote drawn from historical research, interwoven with a related song of the time. The stories tell what folks did and thought back then -- their acts and ideas. They form the source of our knowledge of the past. The songs reveal what they felt -- their emotions. They weave the fabric of our understanding.

Backintyme performs at the Florida Folk Festival at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, Ormond Beach Celtic Festival, Ocali Country Days at Silver River State Park, Pioneer Settlement Jamboree at Barberville, and at reenactments and schools throughout Florida.

Calendar

Links

Click here to get a printable/downloadable press kit.

See a brief video of Backintyme at the Limelight Theater in St. Augustine.

Download mp3 music files from our shows:

Angel Band	Angelina Baker	The Church in the Wildwood	Darling Nelly Gray
Gold Watch and Chain	Just Before the Battle, Mother	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Camptown Races
The Glendy Burk	Golden Slippers	Grandfather's Clock	Home Sweet Home
Lorena	When You and I Were Young, Maggie	Nelly Was a Lady	Oh! Susanna
Rose of Alabama	We Are Coming Father Abram	Weeping Sad and Lonely	Wildwood Flower

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