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<p class="" align="center" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype'">The Riverdale Park
Arts Council educates and works for the understanding and appreciation of the arts
for the Riverdale Park community and its residents.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:right"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Contact: Jeffrey Yorke</span></i><i><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:right"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">301-502-1243 or <a href="mailto:Yorkedial@gmail.com">Yorkedial@gmail.com</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:red">ArtsFest2014</span></u></b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:red"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">The
Smokin’ Polecats, Tosin Musik Set For ArtsFest2014 </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">RIVERDALE PARK, MD., March 20, 2014</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> – For most of the last 41 years, Dave Sherman has been belting
out the Blues and loving it. These days he’s the lead singer for <i>The Smokin’ Polecats</i>, a foursome known
throughout the Washington area for their post-WWII sound of Chicago masters
such as Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter and Hubert Sumlin. The group also can
capture the West Coast Jump/Swing sound of Tiny Grimes, Pee Wee Crayton, and
T-Bone Walker along with </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">the soulful Rock'a'Billy sound
of Carl Perkins and Johnny Burnette. Sherman and his ‘Cats will bring it all to
Riverdale Park May 4 when the </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Riverdale Park Arts Council holds its seventh annual ArtsFest2014 in
Town Center at the MARC train station. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">The ‘Cats made their debut at ArtsFest last
year and this year add WAMMIE Award winning artist and Riverdale Park resident
Marianna Previti to lineup. Previti,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> voted best traditional
jazz vocalist in 1999, 2001 and 2002 by the Washington Area Music Association,
was trained as a classical trumpet player but it is her sense of phrasing,
sound quality and interpretation of song that makes her among the finest
singers around.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">"The Smokin' Polecats play the blues in
all styles and for all tastes,” said </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Bill Wax of XM Satellite Radio</span><span style="font-size:11pt">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Silkcity Records’ Andy Allu described <i>The Smokin’ Polecats</i> as "jumping
shuffles, wailing harp, and stinging guitar set against a backdrop of Blues
that ranges from West Coast Swing, Louisiana Swamp, and everything in
between." Says one longtime fan, “trust me, you won't be disappointed.</span><span style="font-size:11pt">”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Drummer and Nigerian native-turned Hyattsville resident Tosin
Aribisala will take the ArtsFest2014 stage as <i>Tosin Musik, </i>offering a blend of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">African
contemporary/traditional music genres</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">,
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">mainly Yoruba rhythms, afrobeat, highlife, neosoul and
jazz</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> with different American styles. Tosin, who has
been </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">artist in residence at the Strathmore Music Center in
Rockville and performed at the Kennedy Center, told <i>The Hyattsville Wire</i> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">he
calls his music </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">“Afrikan Rhapsody.” </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Also on the bill is Fernando Hermoza’s Hyattsville-based <i>Hermoza Latin Quartet </i>with their smooth </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Afro- South American rhythmic concoction of Tuntuna, Saya,
Festejo, Lando</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> and other Latin styles. Filling
out the day will be the renowned <i>US Army
Field Jazz Combo</i> and select members of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage
Foundation. AEBHF is based in Riverdale Park and is wonderful source of free, weekly
blues and jazz entertainment on the edge of Town Center.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">All-News
WTOP-FM anchor-reporter David Burd is “thrilled” to return for his fourth tour
as ArtsFest emcee. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">A Call for Artists, Crafters, Authors
and Vendors can be found at <a href="http://www.rpartscouncil.org">www.rpartscouncil.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Town Center@the MARC Station is at 4650 Queensbury Road in
downtown Riverdale Park. </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Contributions for RPAC maybe tax
deductible through the group's relationship with the Hyattsville Community
Development Corporation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">. </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:red">ArtsFest2014</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> is made possible by the generous support of the Town of
Riverdale Park, the Riverdale Lions Club, Yorke Partners, and Michael D. Herman,
Esq. & Associates. </span></i></b></p>
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