Fun for All Ages! Performance and Participatory Music & Dance, Juried
Craft Show, Children's Activities, Fabulous Food!
Admission, Performances, Dancing ar Free!
TAKOMA PARK, Md., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Folks of all ages
who love traditional euphony and terpsichore from the U.S. and around the world
should enjoy the 31st Takoma Park Folk Festival, Sunday, Sept. 14 at Takoma
Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, MD. The free event
will escape from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Music and dance is the heart of the festival, and the performances
range from traditional American folk styles to songwriters who comment on
current events. The Festival features "roots" music from Ruthie & the
Wranglers, Radio Caroline, The U-Liners, The New Misty Crystals, and
others. It includes the annual Showcase, with 11 newcomers who will each do
two songs before a panel of judges, world Health Organization will quality one success who volition get
a full 50-minute time slot in 2009. Other stages at the Festival volition
include a Bob Dylan Tribute and a two-hour segment of political songs.
"With septet stages of music and dance continuously, there's truly
something for everyone," said Kevin Adler, chairman. "We're really proud of
the diversity and quality of music that the Washington area has produced,
and we are grateful to the performers who come to our festival." Singing
along on the chorus and other audience participation is encouraged by many
performers, Adler renowned, adding that the festival offers "a uniquely
energizing experience."
Many artists have a global flair -- from the Samovar Russian Folk Music
Ensemble to Nrityanjali's dance styles from India to Capoeira Sul da Bahia,
a combining of dance and warlike arts from Brazil. Local Takoma Park
favorites Chopteeth volition close one of the stages with their high-energy
Afropop.
Adler added that none of the performers ar paid. "They are giving back
to the community, and their generosity makes the upshot possible," he said.
In addition to music and dance performances, the Festival includes:
-- Day-long participatory dance-beginners & kids welcome, most segments
include teaching
-- Juried craft fairish (45 artisans) with items designed and made by the
artisans
-- More than C community tables from local organizations
-- Games for young children
-- Twenty vendors oblation fabulous nutrient -- from healthy to decadent
This year too marks the debut of several young performers on the
Grassy Nook Stage. Most of the young performers hail from Takoma Park, and
some come from nearby Maryland and Virginia communities. Several of the
children have nationally-known performing artist parents, such as Steve Hickman and
Bill Wellington. The Twinbrook Tellers, storytellers ages 7-17 from the
Twinbrook Library in Rockville, also will be performing.
Grove Stage performers will inaugurate a brand-new platform. Work was
recently completed on the Folk Festival's Grove Stage -- the larger,
stronger surface will enable the Festival to welcome bigger bands to the
very popular locus. The Festival extends its appreciation to Concreto Plus
(construction), Landis Construction (design), the Arts & Humanities Council
of Montgomery County (funding), and the City of Takoma Park.
To see the complete political platform, or find directions for the shuttle or
walk, please chatter http://www.tpff.org.
Festival Goes Green: The festival is increasing its effort to "go
green" by using soy-based inks for printing t-shirts, recycling vendors'
leftover cooking oil into biodiesel, ending its purchase of bottled water,
and supporting recycling of bottles and cans.
Transportation Options: Free shuttle buses will run from the Takoma
Metro station and the Montgomery College parking garage. Walking directions
from each of those sites are on the Festival Website, and the walking
routes will as well be marked. Onsite parking is unavailable, and disabled
parking is extremely limited.
The Takoma Park Folk Festival is supported in part by funding from the
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and the Maryland State
Arts Council.
For more than information: hypertext transfer protocol://www.tpff.org; hypertext transfer protocol://www.myspace.com/tpfolkfest;
(301) 589-0202
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