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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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July 4 Harmony
Stage		 Heritage
Stage		 Bristol Mural
Stage		 Appalachian
Kitchen
        "Dinner on the Grounds"
11.00 am Appalachian Bluegrass
: The O'Quinn Brothers and the Bluegrass Travelers 		What Is It to Be Appalachian? Songs: Laura Boosinger and
Randy Wilson		 Apple Butter
(L. Childress)
11.45 am *Dance:
The Carcassonne Community Dance Group from Kentucky with Lee Sexton and Ray Slone		 Bluegrass Gospel:
Still Waters		   Fried Chicken
(L. Griffey)
12.00 pm     North Carolina Fiddle:
Rayna Gellert, Joe Fallon		  
12.30 pm Contemporary Appalachian Music: Appalachian Reggae with Ras Alan and Brother Bob Songs from the Coal Fields:
Elaine Purkey and Carl Rutherford		   Cornbread (B. George)
1.00 pm     North Carolina String Music:
Don Pedi and Bruce Greene		  
1.15 pm       *Wild Vegetable Stir-Fry w/Wild Mushrooms & Venison
(S. Bridges)
1.30 pm Galax String Band: The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters African-American Traditions:
Joe Thompson		    
2.00 pm     Mountain Fiddle: Clyde Davenport  
2.15 pm Appalachian Bluegrass:
The O'Quinn Brothers and the Bluegrass Travelers		 North Carolina String Fiddle:
Rayna Gellert and Joe Fallon		   Fried Green Tomatoes
(K. Carroll)
3.00 pm     Mountain Banjo:
Will Keys and Lee Sexton with Doug Dorschug and Rich Kirby		 Apple Pie
(L. Griffey)
3.15 pm Songs from the Coal Fields:
Elaine Purkey and Carl Rutherford		 West Virginia Liar's Contest with Bonnie Collins and Bil Lepp    
3.45 pm       Chess Pie
(L. Childress)
4.00 pm Bluegrass Gospel: Still Waters North Carolina String Music:
Don Pedi and Bruce Greene		 Mountain Fiddle: Clyde Davenport  
4.45 pm Galax String Band: The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters Songs & Ballads: Laura Boosinger   Wild Strawberry Shortcake w/Wild Beverages
(S. Bridges)
5.00 pm     Songs:
Randy Wilson		  
 
Appalachia Evening Concerts for July 4, 2003
  Appalachia's Harmony Stage:
5.30 pm - 6.15 pm Contemporary Appalachian Music: Appalachian Reggae with Ras Alan and Brother Bob
6.15 pm - 7.00 pm Dance Party with the Carcassone Community Dance Group from Kentucky and the Lee Sexton Band
 
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July 4 Bamako Stage Timbuktu Stage Talking Tree Malian Foodways Ongoing Demonstrations
        "Malian Holiday Foods"  
11.00 am Neba Solo:
Balafon Music from Kénédougou		 Baba Larab:
Takamba Music and Dance of the People		 *Musical Storytellers Salade a la Malienne: Khadiatou Sow
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 Tartit: Tuareg Music and Sword Dance Fashion Show    
12.00 pm       Sauce Tomate:
Ami Sow
12.30 pm     Religion in Daily Life Tiakry (Dégé): Kadia Soucko
1.00 pm Mali Festival Program Closed 1:00 - 3:00 for Friday Prayer
3.00 pm Yaya Coulibaly: Puppets & Marionettes Dogon Masked Dance Group Members of the Ensemble Instrumental Fonio:
Fatoumata Sissoko
3.30 pm       Zanmé (rice with fish or meat): Mariam Diarra
3.45 pm *N'goussoun: Bambara Balafon from Bélédougou Groupe Sogonikun: Wassoulou Masked Dancers Malian Jewelry and Metalwork  
4.00 pm       Grilled Lamb: Koumba Kanté
4.15 pm        
4.30 pm Tabital Pulaku: Fulani Pastoral Music So Fing:
Somono Music with Puppets		 Donso N'goni: Hunters' Music  
5.00 pm     *Planning a Wedding Tamarind and Ginger Drinks: Aissa Touré
 
Mali Evening Concerts for July 4, 2003
  Mali's Timbuktu Stage:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Mali Dance Party:
Dogon Masked Dance Group;
Neba Solo: Balafon Music from Kénédougou;
Tartit: Tuareg Music and Sword Dance;
Baba Larab: Takamba Music and Dance of the Sonraï? People;
Groupe Sogonikun: Wassoulou Masked Dancers;
Tabital Pulaku: Fulani Pastoral Music
 
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July 4 Fèis Stage Ceilidh Stage Panto Stage Narrative Stage Scottish
Kitchen 		Ongoing Demonstrations
             
11.00 am Alison Kinnaird & Christine Primrose: Music from Gaelic Scotland Mitchelson Brothers: Highland Dance Demonstration and Workshop Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater *Great Scots: Stories of Kings, Queens & Commoners Calendonian Cream
(Sheena Wellington)
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.
11.45 am Wrigley Sisters:
Music from Orkney		 The Occasionals: Scottish Ceilidh Dance   Growing Up on the Outer Hebrides Stovies (Anne Reid)
12.00 pm     The Singing Kettle:
Scottish Children's Songs		    
12.30 pm Brian McNeill & Friends: Scottish History in Songs & Ballads     *North Sea Oil: Life on an Off-Shore Rigg Banana Loaf (Joyce MacRae)
12.45 pm   Dougie MacLean:
A Contemporary Voice of Scotland		      
1.00 pm     Adam McNaughtan: Songs & More Songs    
1.15 pm Battlefield Band:
Forward with Scotland's Past		     Castle Upkeep 101:
Restoring Scotland's Built Heritage		 Scotch Pancakes with Salmon
(Sue Lawrence)
1.30 pm   Gaelic Concert: Music from Scotland's Highlands & Islands      
1.45 pm     Songs of Quines, Loons & Other Folk from North-East Scotland    
2.00 pm       Robert Burns' Poetry Meat Curing (Western Isles)
2.15 pm Wrigley Sisters:
Music from Orkney 		       
2.30 pm   Ed Miller & Friends:
Songs of Robert Burns & Others		 Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater Life on the Shetland Islands  
2.45 pm         Shortbread (Alexa Reid)
3.15 pm Dougie MacLean:
A Contemporary Voice of Scotland		 Scottish Instrumental Traditions   *Scottish Travellers & Travellers' Culture  
3.30 pm     The Singing Kettle: Scottish Children's Songs   Treacle Scones (Joyce MacRae)
3.45 pm       Scottish Highland Dance:
Talking with the Mitchelson Brothers		  
4.00 pm   Songs of Scotland and America      
4.15 pm Battlefield Band:
Forward with Scotland's Past		     Scottish Tartan: Legend, Lore, and Craft Chocolate Raspberry Brownies
(Sue Lawrence)
4.30 pm     Panto!: Cinderella and Scotland's Traditional Holiday Theater    
4.45 pm       *The Art of Distilling Scotch Whisky  
 
Scotland Evening Concerts for July 4, 2003
  Scotland's Fèis Stage
5.30 pm - 7.00 pm The Occasionals: Scottish Dance Workshop & Ceilidh. Featuring caller Sheila McCutcheon. With special guests The Mitchelson Brothers.

 
Other Events
Family Activities John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts Millennium Stage
     
11.00 am Scottish Toys & Games  
11.45 am Appalachian Stories  
12.30 pm Appalachian Stories  
1.15 pm Scottish Harp  
2.00 pm Appalachian Songs  
2.45 pm Scottish Bagpipes  
3.30 pm Malian Names & Greetings  
4.15 pm Malian Puppets  
5.00 pm Malian Music & Dance  
6.00 pm   String Wizards: Virtuosos from Appalachia, Mali & Scotland Jennifer Wrigley, Hazel Wrigley, Will Keys and Donso N'goni
 
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