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2009 Festival Schedule

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Select Date:        Select Program: Giving Voice  |  Las Americas  |  Wales

Giving Voice

  Barbershop/
Beauty Parlor
Radio Station The Oratorium The Stoop Young Wordsmiths
11:00 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony
 
 
 
 
 
12:00 Hair Stories with Victoria Burnett, Dylan Pritchett, James Hannah WPFW-FM Live Broadcast: Don't Forget the Blues Storytelling with Mitch Capel and Charlotte Blake-Alston NMAAHC Giving Voice Sing-Along with Ella Jenkins
 
 
 
 
 
1:00 Hair Stories with Phyllis Stickney and Branice McKenzie Giving Voice: The Persona of the Black Deejay, Narrative Dialogue with Deborah Smith-Pollard and Lorne Cress Love Poetry with Holly Bass and Trio Poetry with Toni Blackman and Nothando Zulu Storytelling with Diane Ferlatte and Tejumola Ologboni
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 Wit amd Wisdom of the Barbershop with Baba Jamal Koram, Brother Blue, and Sankofa Vintage Black Radio Broadcast: M.L. King on the Power of Peaceful Persuasion with Lorne Cress Love Ella Jenkins Drama with Christylez Poetry Workshop with Kenny Carroll
 
 
 
 
 
3:00 Hair Stories with Charlotte Blake-Alston and Branice McKenzie A Voice for Our People: The Power of Black Radio in the Black Community, Narrative Dialogue presented by Lorne Cress Love Storytelling with Tejumola Ologboni Poetry with Toni Blackman and Kenny Carroll Storytelling with Victoria Burnett and Baba Jamal Koram
 
 
 
 
 
4:00 Beauty Tales with Diane Ferlatte and Mitch Capel Vintage Black Radio Broadcast with Paul Robeson at Peekskill Humor with James Hannah and Phyllis Stickney Giving Voice to a Museum Storytelling with Nothando Zulu and Brother Blue
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 Hair Stories Vintage Black Radio Storytelling with Dylan Pritchett Storytelling with Sankofa Kenny Carroll Presents Young Wordsmiths
 
 
    Evening Concert
Circle of Love
A Storytelling Session
 
 
 
6:00
 
 
 
 
 

Las Americas

  Folkways Salón La Peña Salón de Baile
11:00 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony
 
 
 
 
 
12:00 Joropo Llanero: Grupo Cimarrón Paraguayan Harp: Marcelo Rojas & Alvaro Marazzi Merengue Tipico, La India Canela
 
 
 
  Bomba y Plena: Viento de Agua Mexican Son Traditions Currulao Las Cantadoras del Pacífico
 
1:00
 
 
  Conjunto Tejano: Los Texmaniacs Rhythm Guitar Workshop Las Estrellas del Vallenato
 
 
2:00
 
  Paraguayan Harp: Marcelo Rojas & Álvaro Marazzi Percussion Workshop Conjunto de Arpa Grande: Arpex
 
 
 
3:00
  Son Jarocho: Son de Madera Accordion Workshop Joropo Llanero: Grupo Cimarrón
 
 
 
 
4:00 Los Maestros del Joropo Oriental Harp Across Traditions Grupo Cuero Madera y Costa CUMACO
 
 
 
 
  Merengue Tipico: La India Canela Music Movements: Regional and Global Conjunto Tejano: Los Texmaniacs
5:00
 
 
   
 
 

Wales

  Rugby Club Story Circle Taste of Wales The Square Mile Welsh Dragon
11:00 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony
 
 
 
12:00 Singer-Songwriters Stories of Wales Bakestone and Cauldron Cooking My Square Mile: Around Wales Crasdant
 
  Adapt, Reuse, Recycle: Chapels and Churches
 
1:00 Female Harmony Singing Poetry in Welsh and English Game and Wild Foods Fiddle, Pipes, and Guitar
  Think Globally, Act Locally: Food and Plants
 
 
2:00 Ceri Rhys Matthews and Christine Cooper Welsh Lesson: Greetings Preserving Food in Wales Heritage Meets Innovation: Willow Parti Cut Lloi
 
 
  Wales and the World: Bringing Wales to WDC
3:00 Harp and Voice Stories from the Mabinogion Soups with Spice The Hennessys
 
  Working and Playing Outdoors: Sports
 
4:00 Sian James, Wyn Pearson, and Guests Poetry about Welsh Identity A Twist on Welsh Tradition Welsh Dance Music
  The Arts in Action: Literature to the People
 
 
5:00 Welsh Lesson: ABCs Teatime in Welsh Patagonia Planning for the Future: Zero Carbon Wales
 
  Evening Concert
Pub Performance
   
 
6:00 Evening Concert
Welsh Harps, Fiddles, and Flutes
 
 
 
7:00
 
   
 


Select Date:        Select Program: Giving Voice  |  Las Americas  |  Wales