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The 2003 Smithsonian Folklife
Festival celebrated the
living traditional cultures of the
Republic of Mali, Scotland, and Appalachia.
June 25 - 29, July 2 - 6, 2003
on the National Mall
 
*American Sign Language interpreted
Times listed are starting times
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June 26 Harmony
Stage
Heritage
Stage
Bristol Mural Stage Appalachian
Kitchen

Ongoing Demonstrations

        "Chicken du Jour"  
11.00 am Appalachian Bluegrass:
The VW Boys
*Appalachian Storytelling:
Lloyd Arneach
African-American Traditions:
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, Nat Reese
Fried Chicken
(F. McClellan)
Demonstrations of railroad work and song by the Buckingham Lining Bar Gang , horseshoe pitching and pickin' area.
11.45 am Contemporary Appalachian Music Band: The Celtibillies I've Been Working on the Railroad: Railroad Work Stories    
12.00 pm     Ballads and Songs: Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz Mexican Dips
(G. Hawkins)
12.30 pm Bluegrass:
The East Tennessee State University Student Bluegrass Band
*Gospel Music and Coal Mining Songs: Dorothy Myles    
12.45 pm       Barbeque Chicken (B. Massey)
1.00 pm     Jack Tales:
Orville Hicks and Frank Proffitt, Jr.
 
1:15        
1.30 pm Old-Time String Music:
Jake and Dara Krack with Kim Johnson
Guitar Workshop: Doug and Taylor Rorrer, Wayne Henderson   Cherokee Mustard Greens
2.00 pm     *Ballads and Stories: Bobby McMillon  
2.15 pm Contemporary Appalachian Music: The Celtibillies Appalachian Bluegrass:
The VW Boys
  Chicken w/Salsa
(G. Hawkins)
3.00 pm     West Virginia Banjo:
Dwight Diller
 
3.15 pm Old-Time String Band:
The New Southern Ramblers
(with Ralph Blizard) with the Green Grass Cloggers
Carrying on the Tradition:
Jake Krack and Lester and Linda McCumbers
  Potato Salad
(B. Massey)
4.00 pm Bluegrass:
The East Tennessee State University Student Bluegrass Band
Ballads from the North Carolina Mountains:
Sheila Kay Adams and Bobby McMillon
*Jack Tales:
Orville Hicks and Frank Proffitt, Jr.
Gourmet Chicken, Appalachia-style
(H. Christie)
4.45 pm Old-Time String Band:
Jake and Dara Krack with Kim Johnson
Guitar Workshop: Doug and Taylor Rorrer   Cherokee Chicken and Dumplings (B. George)
5.00 pm     Blues:
Nat Reese, John Dee Holeman
 
5.30 pm   Gospel Music and Coal Mining Songs: Dorothy Myles    
 
Appalachia Evening Concerts for June 26, 2003
  Appalachia's Harmony Stage:
6.00 pm - 9.00 pm

*NEA Presents National Heritage Winners from Appalachia:
History in Songs with Sheila Kay Adams and Jim Taylor.
The New Southern Ramblers (with Ralph Blizard), John Dee Holeman, Wayne Henderson, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins

 

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June 26 Bamako Stage Timbuktu Stage Talking Tree Malian Foodways Ongoing Demonstrations
           
11.00 am *Group Sogonikon: Wassoulou Masked Dancers   Kora Music:
from Ensemble Instrumental
Malian Beverages: Aissa Touré
Ongoing demonstrations in textiles (carding, spinning, hand weaving of wool and cotton fabrics, dyeing techniques of mudcloth (bogolan), indigo, and tie-dye damask, hand and machine embroidery, and fashion design), metalwork and jewelry, leatherwork, baskets, straw mats and jewelry, pottery, sculpture, traditional medicine and the arts of adornment (henna for hand and feet decoration, hair braiding and hairstyling with beads).
11.45 am Baba Larab: Takamba Music and Dance of the Sonraï? People Tartit:
Tuareg Song and Sword Dance
Growing Up in Mali  
12.00 pm       Timbuktu Couscous: Maimouna
Coulibaly Camara
12.30 pm Dogon Masked Dance Group

Neba Solo:
Balafon Music from Kénédougou

*Planning a Wedding  
1.00 pm       Beef Feet:
Koumba Kanté
1.15 pm Yaya Coulibaly: Puppets & Marionettes Krin de Birgo: Fulani Calabash Music Malian Builders  
2.00 pm Donso N'goni: Hunters' Music Tabital Pulaku:
Fulani Pastoral Music
Musical Storytellers Tion-tion:
Khadiatou Sow
2.45 pm So Fing:
Somono Music with Puppets
Neba Solo:
Balafon Music from Kénédougou
*Keeping in Touch with Home  
3.00 pm       Sèri:
Ami Sow
3.30 pm Dogon Masked Dance Group Tartit:
Tuareg Music and Sword Dance
Malian Leather Work  
4.00 pm       Dege:
Kadia Soucko
4.15 pm Musical Storytellers N'goussoun: Bambara Balafon Music from Bélédougou N'goni Music:
from Ensemble Instrumental
 
4.30 pm        
5.00 pm So Fing:
Somono Music
with Puppets
Tabital Pulaku:
Fulani Pastoral Music
*Women and Business Red Sauce: Fatoumata Sissoko
 
Mali Evening Concerts for June 26, 2003
  No Evening Concerts today
 
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June 26 Fèis Stage Ceilidh Stage Panto Stage Narrative Stage Scottish Kitchen Ongoing Demonstrations
             
11.00 am Alasdair Fraser: Scottish Fiddle Bothy Ballads: Songs from Rural Scotland Doric Children's Songs from North-East Scotland North Sea Oil: Culture & Change in North-East Scotland  
Tartan weaving and designing; Harris Tweed weaving; silversmithing; Shetland basket-weaving; Orkney chair-making;
kilt-making; whisky- distilling and the related skills of malting, cooperage, and coppersmithing; Fair Isle boat-building; heraldry; genealogy and genealogical research; golf club making; curling stone making; knitting traditions from Shetland, Fair Isle, and Sanquhar; tapestry weaving;
sporran-making; stonemasonry; gilding & restoration crafts; harp-making; and bagpipe making.
11.15 am         Scotch Eggs (Alexa Reid)
11.45 am   Brian McNeill : New Songs of Scots at Home & Abroad Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater *Scottish Stories and Amazing Tales  
12.00 pm Scottish Bagpipes with Iain MacDonald: Jigs, Reels & Piobraireachd       Meal & Ale
(Anne Reid)
12.30 pm The Occasionals: Scottish Ceilidh Dance with Maria Leask Billy Jackson: Clarsach: Tunes and Airs for the Scottish Harp New Scottish Songwriters: Fiona Ritchie of NPR's "Thistle & Shamrock" Interviews Karine Polwart Western Isles Storytellers:
The Outer Hebrides and
the Sea
 
12.45 pm         Saucermeat (Anne Sinclair)
1.00 pm   The Singing Kettle:
Scottish Children's Songs
  The Art of Distilling Scotch Whisky  
1.15 pm     Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater    
1.30 pm Fiddlers' Bid: Music from the Shetland Islands       Griddle Scones (Joyce McRae)
1.45 pm       Robert Burns & the Gaels  
2.00 pm   Alasdair Fraser: Scottish Fiddle      
2.15 pm     *Scottish Travellers: Culture, Songs & Stories   Fish Pie
(Alexa Reid)
2.30 pm Brian McNeill: New Songs, Old Stories     Scottish Heraldry:
Court of the
Lord Lyon
King of Arms
 
3.00 pm   Scottish Love Songs:
Requited & Otherwise
The Singing Kettle:
Scottish Music for Children
  Biscuits
(Joyce McRae)
3.15 pm       Scotland's Built Heritage: Stonework & Masonry  
3.30 pm Scottish Ballads of Work and Workers        
3.45 pm         Broth & Brose (Western Isles)
4.00 pm   Shetland Dance Workshop Iain MacDonald: Scottish Small Pipes *Sports in Scottish Life: Curling & Golf  
4.30 pm The Occasionals: Scottish Ceilidh Workshop & Dance Fiddler's Bid: Music from Shetland Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater   Oven Scones
(Joyce MacRae)
4.45 pm       Dressing Scottish:
Kilts, Sporrans & What to Wear When
 
 
Scotland Evening Concerts for June 26, 2003
  Scotland's Fèis Stage
5.30 pm - 8.00 pm "Scotland the Real": Concert Launch of New Smithsonian Folkways Recording CD with host Fiona Ritchie, Fiddlers Bid, Alasdair Fraser, Ed Miller, Karine Polwart, Billy Jackson, Iain MacDonald, Adam McNaughtan, Margaret Bennett
 
Other Events
Family Activities John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts Millennium Stage
     
11.00 am Dr. McWhat?: Tartan Time Lord  
11.45 am Scottish Bagpipes  
12.30 pm Appalachian Storytelling  
1.15 pm Appalachian Songs  
2.00 pm Appalachian Ballads  
2.45 pm Scottish Toys & Games  
3.30 pm Malian Names & Greetings  
4.15 pm Malian Puppets  
5.00 pm Malian Music & Dance  
6.00 pm   History in Song: Appalachia, Mali & Scotland Sheila Kay Adams, Ishbel MacAskill, Stanley Robertson, and 2 members of the Ensemble Instrumental
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