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FESTIVAL PROGRAM

FESTIVAL INFORMATION | SCHEDULE | PERFORMERS | PRESS | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009

POTOMAC ATRIUM
MUSIC AND DANCE

11 a.m.
Alma Boliviana with Tradiciones Bolivianas
Traditional dances of the Andes

1 p.m.
Halau Ho’omau
Music and dance of Hawai‘i

4 p.m.
Black Bear Drum, led by Clayton Old Elk (Crow)
Dancing for all

RASMUSON THEATER
MUSIC AND STORYTELLING

Noon
Gayle Ross (Cherokee)
Storytelling

2 p.m.
William Iggiagruk Hensley (Inupiaq)
Book reading

3 p.m.
Keith Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa)
Flute playing and storytelling

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009

POTOMAC ATRIUM
MUSIC AND DANCE

10:30 a.m.
Coral Cantigas
Spanish-language choir

11:15 a.m.
La Chanchona de los Hermanos Lobo
Salvadoran music and dance

Noon
Washington, D.C., Chinese Youth Club
Chinese Lion dance

12:45 p.m.
Mariachi Los Amigos
Mexican mariachi music

1:30 p.m.
Tambores de San Juan
Afro-Venezuelan drumming and dance

2:15 p.m.
Jabali Afrika
Afropop from Kenya

2:45 p.m.
Anna Mwalagho
Poetry

3 p.m.
Halau Ho’omau
Hawaiian music and dance

3:45 p.m.
Yaaw Tei Yi Dance Group
Traditional Tlingit dance

4:15 p.m.
Dancing for all

RASMUSON THEATER
MUSIC AND DANCE

11 a.m.
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Quartet

11:45 a.m.
Revival Gospel Quartet

12:30 p.m.
Naomi Ayala
Poetry

1:15 p.m.
Arax Armenian Dance Ensemble

2 p.m.
New Klezmer Quintet
Jewish American jazz/fusion

2:45 p.m.
Cambodian Buddhist Society
Traditional dance of Cambodia

3:30 p.m.
Narrowbacks with Brendan Mulvihill and Culkin School of Dance
Irish music and dance

4:15 p.m.
Seneca Rocks with Sammy Shelor on banjo
Bluegrass

RESOURCE CENTER
STORYTELLING AND SPOKEN WORD

11 a.m.
Naomi Ayala
Poetry reading

12:30 p.m.
Keith Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa)
Flute playing and storytelling

1 p.m.
Anna Mwalagho
Storytelling and poetry

2 p.m.
Gayle Ross (Cherokee)
Storytelling

MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009

POTOMAC ATRIUM
MUSIC AND DANCE

10:30 a.m.
Nathaniel Dett Chorale
Afro-centric vocal music from Canada

11:15 a.m.
GW Chamak and GW Raas
Traditional and contemporary dance of India

Noon
Halau O ’Aulani and the Aloha Boys
Hawaiian music and dance

12:45 p.m.
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Traditional dance and drums of West Africa

1:30 p.m.
The Plateros (Navajo)
Rock and blues

2:15 p.m.
Sin Miedo
Salsa

3 p.m.
Friends of Sironka and Association of Maasai Abroad
Music and dance from the Maasai people of Kenya

3:45 p.m.
White Oak Singers
Dance finale

RASMUSON THEATER
MUSIC AND DANCE

11 a.m.
Dawn Avery (Mohawk) and Okenti ensemble
Contemporary Mohawk music

11:45 a.m.
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Family-friendly folk music

12:30 p.m.
Little Bit a Blues
Piedmont blues

1:15 p.m.
Arevivia Amos, soprano, accompanied by Marcellus Breach
American songbook

2 p.m.
The Wild Zappers
American Sign Language dance troupe

2:45 p.m.
Anamer Castrello, mezzo-soprano, accompanied by José Cáceres
Latin American songbook

3:30 p.m.
Baba Jamal Koram
African and African American stories

RESOURCE CENTER
STORYTELLING AND SPOKEN WORD

11 a.m.
Keith Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa)
Flute playing and storytelling

11:30 a.m.
Anna Mwalagho
Storytelling and poetry

12:30 p.m.
Eth-Noh-Tec
Asian stories and music

1 p.m.
Gayle Ross (Cherokee)
Storytelling

2 p.m.
Eth-Noh-Tec
Asian stories and music

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Festival partners include: The National Museum of the American Indian The National Museum of African American History and Culture The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program The Smithsonian Latino Center The National Museum of the American Indian is grateful for the generous support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Graphic designed by Ryan Red Corn of www.redhandmedia.com