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Festival Photo Daily Dozen: July 4, 2012

by Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Karen Meredith works with visitors on Quilt panels in The Quilting Bee tent of the Creativity and Crisis program. Photo by Carsten Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution

Happy Fourth of July!

Great to be back out on the National Mall with all of the participants. A wonderful kick-off to Week 2 of the Festival!

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Tattoo artist Charles "Coco" Bayron works on a new piece in the Citified program. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Smithsonian Institution

The Taratibu Youth Association performs step dance on the Panorama Room stage in the Citified program. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Smithsonian Institution

African Heritage Dancers and Drummers perform for a full house in the Panorama Room tent of the Citified program. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Smithsonian Institution

Go-Go band Cold Hearted performs from the Panorama Room stage in the Citified program. Photo by Charlotte Krohn, Smithsonian Institution

Volunteers unfold The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall as part of the Creativity and Crisis program. Photo Francisco Guerra, Smithsonian Institution

Karen Meredith works with visitors on Quilt panels in The Quilting Bee tent of the Creativity and Crisis program. Photo by Carsten Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution

In the Common Threads tent of the Creativity and Crisis program, Linda Rethman assembles the “Orphan Tower,” which was made by beadworkers from the Msinga area in Zululand, South Africa, working with the Siyazama HIV project. The piece represents the enormous number of AIDS orphans in South Africa. Photo by Francisco Guerra, Smithsonian Institution

Sydney Morrow works on the Fresno State loom in the Campus and Community program. Photo by Carsten Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution

The University of Hawai‘i participants are demonstrating traditional crafts using natural materials in the Campus and Community program. Photo by Carsten Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution

Visitors learn about paleontology and fossil preparation at the Montana State University tent in the Campus and Community program. Photo by Carsten Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution

The Guernsey Brothers perform on the Morrill stage of the Campus and Community program. Ivan Guernsey is an instrument maker, renowned for his resonator guitars; Jeff Guernsey is an outstanding fiddler, who teaches at the Jeff Guernsey’s Conservatory of Music in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Smithsonian Institution

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is maintaining a People’s Garden in the Campus and Community program. Photo by Josh Weilepp, Smithsonian Institution

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