Maryland Traditions festival

the maryland state arts council presents: Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival 2012 - music, food, crafts, and living traditions from across the state

Indoor and Outdoor Stages! Saturday, June 16 - 11AM-7PM, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore

Free Admission - Rain or Shine!

Indoor and outdoor music stages, workshops for kids, craft demonstrations, and fourteen performances! Decoy carvers, screen painters, boatbuilders, quilters, stone carvers, arabbers, weavers, and more demonstrate their crafts at this family friendly celebration of Maryland's vibrant cultural heritage presented by Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council.

Musical Performances Will Include: Salsa with personal dance instruction, The Baltimore Salute, African-American Gospel, Bluegrass, The Legendary Orioles, Greek Island Music, Cambodian Classical Dance, Appalachian Gospel, Chinese Guzheng, Mariachi and Mexican Folkloric Dance, South African Percussive Dance

Also featured will be dozens of traditional crafts and foodways demonstrations, highlighting several of Maryland’s folk traditions from both longstanding and new communities. Come celebrate Maryland's living traditions and learn from many of its foremost traditional arts practitioners

The traditional arts are a vital part of our culture, keeping us connected to our heritage and enhancing awareness of Maryland's unique folk artists. The Maryland Traditions program nurtures living traditions, forges bonds to history and inspires young people to be a critical part of this chain of humanity. -Governor Martin O'Malley, State of Maryland

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