Festival Of Drums News

 
Marblehead Festival of Arts to host Farmers' Market Opening Day June 9
Boston.com
The Festival of Arts will offer an interactive, creative activity for all ages called “Trashy Art.” Big trash drums, painted white and taped off in squares, will provide the backdrop for people to paint their own colorful creations.

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Two days of Irish fun at Shawnee Mountain's Celtic Festival
Pocono Record
One of the highlights of the festival is the Pocono Region Pipes & Drums, a group of men and women who love the Celtic heritage and are dedicated to the conservation of the art of bagpipes, drums, dancing and keeping the Scottish, Irish and Welsh ...

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The Guardian
Festivals guide listings: big UK festivals
The Guardian
... bands and big-name DJs jostle with monster-sized mainstream acts on the beautiful banks of Loch Ness – the world's most dramatic festival setting? Who Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran, Deadmau5, Justice, Biffy Clyro, Friendly Fires, Annie Mac, the Drums, ...


 
CBC.ca
Shakespeare's 'Winter's Tale' engulfed by African fire as part of language ...
Washington Post
Traditional talking drums heighten the suspense and the Yoruba language brings a new melody to this adaptation showing Friday at Shakespeare's Globe as part of a festival staging Shakespeare plays in different world languages.
'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African rebootSan Francisco Chronicle
'Itan Oginintin': 'The Winter's Tale's African RebootHuffington Post

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African Arts Festival celebrates cultural traditions
STLtoday.com
Organizer Kunama Mtendaji was a student of Dunham's, and he has booked a variety of artists who reflect Dunham's passion for dancing, drumming and the diaspora. "They are inseparable in drumming cultures, the drums and the dance," Mtendaji says.


 
3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'
WBRC
The deep, croaking-frog rhythm of the talking drums sound out across the stage as canoeists in animal hide row a condemned servant and royal infant into the unknown. The unified voice of a choir rises above the beats,.

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Canine stars compete for Cannes' Palm Dog
WBRC
The Cannes Film Festival's four-legged stars are in the spotlight with the contest for the event's best canine performance.More >> The deep, croaking-frog rhythm of the talking drums sound out across the stage as canoeists in animal hide row a ...

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