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Smithsonian Folklife Festival

2011 Festival Schedule

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Select Date:        Select Program: Colombia  |  The Peace Corps  |  Rhythm and Blues

Colombia

  Al Son Que Me
Toquen Stage
El Rumbiadero
Stage
Me Contaron Los
Abuelos Stage
Sabores y Saberes
Stage
11:00 Chirimía la Contundencia Joropo Contrapunteo Workshop Mining & Fishing Momposino Cheese
 
 
 
 
 
  Aires del Campo Carnival Workshop Coffee Culture Mote de Queso Soup
 
12:00
 
 
 
  Grupo Cabrestero Baudilio y su Marimba and Circus Workshop Ceremonial Music & Dance at Amazonian Circle Regional Sausages
 
 
 
1:00
 
  El Pueblo Canta Salsa Workshop Ranching in the Plains
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 Chirimía la Contundencia Vocal Workshop Maintaining Languages> Amazonian Tucupí Broth
 
 
 
 
 
  Don Abundio y sus Traviesos Carranguera Music & Dance Workshop Maloquero Wisdom Candied Plantains
 
3:00
 
 
 
  Aires del Campo Tango Workshop Highlands and Coffee Region Basketry Pandebono Bread & Manjar Blanco
 
 
 
4:00
 
  Improvising Verses: El Pueblo Canta, Cimarrón & Grupo Cabrestero Mompox Dance Workshop Ceremonial Music & Dance at Amazonian Circle Building a Bread Oven
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 Salsa Workshop Conversation with Artists Regional Exchange
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
6:00 Evening Concert
Recorrido músical por Colombia: Expresiones citadinas y ritmos
caribeños

Musical Journey Through
Colombia: City Expressions and Caribbean Rhythms

Featuring:
Circo Ciudad
Tango de Medellín
Don Abundio y sus
Traviesos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8:00
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program

The Peace Corps

  World Stage Peace Porch Home Cooking
11:00 Tinikling Dancers from Philippines Thinking Globally, Living Locally Ukrainian Cooking
 
 
 
 
 
  Deaf Peace Corps Volunteers Kenyan Cooking
 
12:00 Garifuna Collective featuring Umalali
 
 
 
  Being “The American” Tongan Cooking
 
 
 
1:00 San Dancers from Botswana
 
  Life after Peace Corps Zambian Cooking
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 Opika Performance Group from Ukraine Peace Corps Families  Georgian Cooking
 
 
 
 
 
  Local Clothes, Food, & Customs Trees, Water & People
 
3:00 Tinikling Dancers from Philippines
 
 
 
  Sharing the World with the United States Peruvian Cooking
 
 
 
4:00 Garifuna Collective featuring Umalali
 
  Sharing the United States with the World Malian Cooking
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 San Dancers from Botswana Diversity in the Peace Corps Just Desserts
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Open captioning CART (real-time transcription) Open captioning CART (real-time transcription)

Rhythm and Blues

  Session Stage Soulsville Motor City
11:00 Women’s Voices Stax Music Academy National Hand Dance Association
 
 
 
 
 
  Interview with Swamp Dogg
 
12:00
  Sonny Til’s Orioles The Funk Brothers
 
 
  Keeping the Legacy Alive
 
 
 
1:00
  Swamp Dogg Nat Dove
  Social Dance
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 Doo-Wop with Sonny Til’s Orioles
 
  Stax Music Academy Shirley Jones of
The Jones Girls
 
 
 
  R&B through the Decades
 
3:00
 
 
  National Hand Dance Association The Funk Brothers
  Musical Crossroads
 
 
 
4:00
 
  Getting the Music Heard
 
  Swamp Dogg Nat Dove
 
 
 
5:00 Stories from the Studio
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
6:00 Evening Concert
An Evening with
Miss Martha Reeves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Open captioning CART (real-time transcription) Open captioning CART (real-time transcription)


Select Date:        Select Program: Colombia  |  The Peace Corps  |  Rhythm and Blues