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Glyn Collinson of the English Band, Frog Hammer
Glyn Collinson (Frog Hammer) demonstrates some fancy steppin'
 at the Washington Folk Festival

Jump for Joy at FSGW's Washington Folk Festival!

 

Two days of fabulous free fun await you at the 35th Annual
Washington Folk Festival !  Enjoy music, song, dance, storytelling and crafts from more than 450 of DC's finest folk artists who represent cultural traditions from all over the globe.

We have more cultures than Dannon has yogurt!

Five Music Stages, Dance Workshops, Jams,  Storytelling, Crafts Marketplace. 
Schedule & Info: www.washingtonfolkfestival.org
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, 12 Noon - 7 p.m. both days.
Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
Free Satellite Parking and Friendship Heights Metro Shuttle at
GEICO campus parking lot
5260 Western Ave Chevy Chase MD 20815

FSGW DANCES

Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.

FSGW English Country Dance
Joseph Pimentel and Kappy Laning lead the dances while Paul Oorts (guitar, accordion), Tina Chancey (fiddle, viola and gamba), and Colleen Reed (flute) play the tunes
Light refreshments. $10/members; $12/non-members; $5/students
Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Street, Glen Echo, MD
 

Sunday, May 24, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.  (beginner lesson at 7 p.m.)

FSGW Sunday Contra
George and Tim and Swallowtail
Admission: $10/members; $13.00/General Public; $5.00 for Student/Child 

Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 

7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD


 

Wednesday, May 27, 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.

FSGW English Country Dance

Bob Farrall leads the dances to the music of Jeff Steinberg (fiddle), Harriet Kaplan (cello), and Melissa Running (piano)

Light refreshments. $10/members; $12/non-members; $5/students

Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Street, Glen Echo, MD
 

Sunday, May 31, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.(beginner lesson at 7 p.m.)

FSGW Sunday Contra

Ann Fallon with Chirps Smith and Steve Rosen

Admission: $10/members; $13.00/General Public; $5.00 for Student/Child 

Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 

7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD


 
FSGW STORYTELLING
COME HEAR IT ON THE GRAPEVINE!
Winter is gone and with the spring come tales of growth and new beginnings.  Stay tuned to hear about new offshoots from our Grapevine!

Tim Livengood, Noa Baum, and Jane Dorfman host this series of old-fashioned storytelling.  Celebrate the timeless art of the bards with stories of all kinds.  Truths and myths and everything in between! Thursday evenings in Takoma Park.
  • June 4 - Kit Turen & Sheila Arnold Jones 
    Storyteller Kit Turen
    Storyteller Kit Turen
First Thursday of each month, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
$10 suggested donation at the door.
OTHER EVENTS

Thursday, May 21, noon to 1 p.m.
Traditional Chinese Guzheng (Zither) Music
In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Maryland Musician Bing Xia will present a free concert at the Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. 

Thursday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. 
Fendrick & Peck Benefit Concert for Colesville Council of Community Congregations
Mary Cliff writes,  "Their harmonies blew me away. They reminded me of the old "brother harmonies." 
Cost: Freewill Donations.
Epiphany Lutheran Church, 14411 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 
301-384-4244 

Friday-Sunday, May 22-24
Workshops, concerts, & jams
Register by April 15 for early bird pricing
Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Thursday, June 4, 2015. 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Folklife Symposium: Documenting Culture in the Twenty-First Century
Documenting and archiving traditional culture today involves working with technologies, methodologies, ethical challenges, and creative possibilities that were undreamed of when Alan Lomax and other early collectors went into the field. This symposium presents a sampler of innovative contemporary approaches to fieldwork.
Montpelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress

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When you buy through Amazon.com, help support FSGW by using this link,  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-6059782.   When you do, Amazon will make a small donation to FSGW.  Incremental Repetition  is what makes folk songs great, so buy early and often!


Folklore Society of Greater Washington
PO Box 5693
Washington, District of Columbia 20016-5693
fsgw.org