[Grapevine, Texas: The Grapevine Opry and Historic Downtown Grapevine]

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This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grapevine, Texas. The footage covers the 7th annual Grape Fest wine festival held on September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 1993. At the festival the camera crew films: the Grapevine Opry, where a bluegrass band and country singers perform; bands playing music outdoors in the festival grounds; children and adults visiting booths and eating fair food; festival vendors selling jewelry, clothing, food, and novelty items; and shops in Historic Downtown Grapevine that sell antiques, Native American artwork, and decorative southwestern folk art. The Texan wineries Preston Trail, Llano Estacado, Moyer … continued below

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3 videos (3 min., 7 sec.; 35 sec.; 59 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: Texas Historical Television Footage and was provided by the UNT Media Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 7555 times, with 27 in the last month. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [Grapevine, Texas: The Grapevine Opry and Historic Downtown Grapevine]
  • Added Title: Grapevine, TX, Volume 2

Description

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grapevine, Texas. The footage covers the 7th annual Grape Fest wine festival held on September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 1993.

At the festival the camera crew films: the Grapevine Opry, where a bluegrass band and country singers perform; bands playing music outdoors in the festival grounds; children and adults visiting booths and eating fair food; festival vendors selling jewelry, clothing, food, and novelty items; and shops in Historic Downtown Grapevine that sell antiques, Native American artwork, and decorative southwestern folk art.

The Texan wineries Preston Trail, Llano Estacado, Moyer Texas, and La Buena Vida celebrate their 1993 Grape Fest People’s Choice Awards. Sharron Spencer, Grapevine City Councilwoman and Grape Fest volunteer, is interviewed about the festival.

Elsewhere in the city, at Hyatt Bear Creek Golf and Racquet Club, groups of men golf and drive golf carts. Don Offill, the Associate Golf Professional of the club, is interviewed about the club’s Ted-Robinson-designed courses.

The last shots of the film include footage of local vineyards.

Physical Description

3 videos (3 min., 7 sec.; 35 sec.; 59 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col.

Notes

This film is made up of three files: 1/3 (3 min., 7 sec.); 2/3 (35 sec.); and 3/3 (59 min., 24 sec.). They total ca. 63 min., 6 sec. together.
Frozen tracking and no sound from 00:00:00 to 00:00:08, 2/3.
Frozen tracking and no sound from 00:00:00 to 00:00:17, 3/3.
Video interruption at 00:56:24, 3/3.
The program for which the films of the Texas Historical Television Footage collection were shot is not accessible, but the nature of the collection’s footage suggests it was intended for a public television show.

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Texas Historical Television Footage

The Texas Historical Television Footage collection contains video of various places across Texas including Grapevine, McAllen, College Station, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville.

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[Grapevine, Texas: The Grapevine Opry and Historic Downtown Grapevine], video, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194018/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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