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Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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 Storytelling with Victoria Burnett and Nothando Zulu WPFW-FM Live Broadcast: Voices with Vision Ella Jenkins Poetry and Storytelling with Toni Blackman and Dylan Pritchett Poetry Workshop with Tonya Matthews
 
 
 
 
 
12:00 Storytelling with Tejumola Ologboni and Brother Blue WPFW-FM Live Broadcast: Don't Forget the Blues Drama with Christylez Storytelling with Len Cabral, Sankofa, and Mitch Capel Puppet Theater with Schroeder Cherry
 
 
 
 
 
1:00 Beauty Tales with Charlotte Blake Alston with Branice McKenzie Vintage Black Radio Broadcast, Documentary on House an American Activity, presented by Lorne Cress Love Storytelling with Victoria Burnett and Baba Jamal Koram Drama and Storytelling with Holly Bass and Phyllis Stickney Sing-along with Ella Jenkins
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 Wit and Wisdom of the Barbershop with Sankofa and Len Cabral The Persona of the Black Deejay, presenter Deborah Smith-Pollard Interprets Documentary by Jacquie Gales Webb Poetry with Tonya Matthews and Toni Blackman Storytelling with Diane Ferlatte and Dylan Pritchett Puppet Theater with Schroeder Cherry
 
 
 
 
 
3:00 Hair Stories with Tonya Matthews and Branice McKenzie Vintage Black Radio Broadcast, Interview with Steven Biko and Shirley Graham DuBois Storytelling with Charlotte Blake-Alston and Mitch Capel Humor with James Hannah and Phillis Stickney Poetry Workshop with Kenny Carroll
 
 
 
 
 
4:00 Storytelling with Baba Jamal Koram and Brother Blue A Voice for Our People: The Power of Black Radio in the Black Community with Lorne Cress Love, Katea Stitt, and Deborah Smith-Pollard Storytelling with Nothando Zulu and Tejumola Ologboni Drama and Storytelling with Christylez and Diane Ferlatte Games and Activities with Esther Washington
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 Hair Stories with Victoria Burnett Vintage Black Radio Humor with James Hannah Storytelling with Sankofa Kenny Carroll Presents Young Wordsmiths
 
 
   
 
 

Las Americas

  Folkways Salón La Peña Salón de Baile
11:00 Paraguayan Harp: Marcelo Rojas & Alvaro Marazzi Percussion Workshop Los Maestros del Joropo Oriental
 
 
 
 
  Joropo Llanero: Grupo Cimarrón Mexican Son Traditions Currulao Las Cantadoras del Pacifico
12:00
 
 
 
  Bomba y Plena: Viento de Agua Accordion Workshop Grupo Cuero Madera y Costa CUMACO
 
1:00
 
 
  Son Jarocho: Son de Madera Harps Workshop Conjunto de Arpa Grande: Arpex
 
 
2:00
 
  Conjunto Tejano: Los Texmaniacs Currulao Across Generations Merengue Tipico La India Canela
 
 
 
3:00
  Los Maestros del Joropo Oriental Bomba Workshop Las Estrellas del Vallenato
 
 
 
 
4:00 Merengue Tipico Paraguayan Harp Son Jarocho: Son de Madera
 
 
 
 
  Las Estrellas del Vallenato Improvisation Styles Conjunto Tejano: Los Texmaniacs
5:00
 
 
   
 
 

Wales

  Rugby Club Story Circle Taste of Wales The Square Mile Welsh Dragon
11:00 Sild Stories for Children Tradtional Treats My Square Mile: Mid-Wales Flutes and Pipes
 
 
  Think Globally, Act Locally: Poetry
12:00 Female Harmony Singing Poetry at Lunch Regional Recipes The Hennessys
 
  Working and Playing Outdoors: Rivers and Canals
 
1:00 Singer-Songwriters Welsh Lesson: A,B,Cs Family Favorites Crasdant
  Lift Up Your Voice Singing Workshop
 
 
2:00 Stories with Music Stories from the Welsh Landscape Soups with Spice Adapt, Reuse, Recycle: Art from Scrap Welsh National Opera: West Wind
 
 
  Reimagining Community: Musicians
3:00 The Ashton Sisters Welsh Lesson: Children's Rhymes Tales from the Riverbank The Hennesseys and the Griffiths
 
  Wales and the World: International Events
 
4:00 Ceri Rhys Matthews, Christine Cooper & Guests Poetry Stomp Frugal Foods Parti Cut Lloi
  Heritage Meets Innovation: Crafts
 
 
5:00 Poetry Stomp Bakestone and Cauldron Cooking Planning for the Future: Ty Unnos Singer-Songwriters
 
   
 


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