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"Lucida Grande";color:#262626">ArtsFest2011</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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color:#262626">Arts, Music, Food & Fun@Town Center, May 1</span></b></p>
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:#262626">2<sup>nd</sup> Conspiracy, </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">La
Tradicion Grupo, Brulee, Archie Edwards Blues To Perform</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:#262626">RIVERDALE PARK, MD.,
April 1, 2011</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:#262626"> -- The fourth annual
ArtsFest in Riverdale Park is set for Sunday, May 1 at Town Center and will
feature dozens of artists and craftsmen, along with a slew of the area’s top
musical acts including Wayne Brown and 2<sup>nd</sup> Conspiracy and La
Tradicion Grupo.</span></p>
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color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p>
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";
color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Among
the top artists expected to participate in the free, day-long show are Town
residents renowned realism painter Gerald King, popular jewelry craftsman Tina
Van Pelt and award-winning waterfowl woodcarver Robert Kraft.</span></p>
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";
color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";
color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>In
addition to showcasing some of the area’s finest artists, the festival,
produced by the Riverdale Park Arts Council, with feature Wayne Brown & 2<sup>nd</sup>
Conspiracy, a popular Good Times Rock ‘n’ Roll band that has performed at major
venues in the Middle Atlantic for more than two decades. The performance by
Brown, a longtime Riverdale Park resident, is a homecoming of sorts as his
group makes its Riverdale Park debut. </span></p>
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color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande";
color:#262626"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Also
in the line up is</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Grande""> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">Brûlée, a Jazz-Infused, Americana-Marinated Alt-Pop four-piece group that
includes upright bass player Andrew Brown, also a Riverdale Park resident.
Another town favorite set to push the program into full tilt is </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">La
Tradicion Grupo, led by Eduardo Sanchez. The a six-member troop has built a legion
of followers enthralled by the band’s authentic and upbeat regional Mexican
rhythm. Members of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation will be there
to keep Piedmont Blues and down-home musical story-telling alive with
performances and workshops. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#161616">Local theater group, Active
Cultures, is also set to perform Sunday afternoon, with preview performances
also scheduled at the Douglas Development Building on Queensbury Road Friday
and Saturday evenings. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Riverdale Park’s very own </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Elephant Art Gallery at Town Center, which supports
the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Thailand’s </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black">Lampang Province</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> (<a href="http://www.changthai.com/">http://www.changthai.com/</a>), will be open
to visitors while Dr. Delvin Fanning, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">emeritus professor of the
University of Maryland’s Soil Science Department -- better known as “the Dean
of Dirt” -- will present</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt"> his popular soil exhibition and talk – which always generates a crowd
of young and old excited to learn what’s beneath their feet. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In
all, ArtsFest2011, which runs 11 am to 6 pm, offers more seven hours of free,
family-oriented musical and performance entertainment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">ArtsFest2011
is made possible by generous contributions from the Anacostia Trails Heritage
Area (ATHA), Riverdale Lion’s Club, and the Town of Riverdale Park. </span></p>
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none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
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12.0pt">Select artist and vending booth opportunities are available. Contact
Emily Fanning, president of the Riverdale Park Arts Council, reached at </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><a href="file://localhost/tel/301-864-5561"><span style="color:windowtext">301-864-5561</span></a> or <a href="mailto:OurDollMom@aol.com">OurDollMom@aol.com</a></span></i></p>
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