<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203">Sharing this for an awesome group that we helped fund for War of 1812 related commemoration. While the program is in Bowie, it focuses in on the whole of the region and the effects of the War. You wont be disappointed!</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3250">Aaron Marcavitch</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3247">Maryland Milestones/ATHA Inc. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3248"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3249" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><font size="3" face="Calibri">September 23, 2014</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3237"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3236" size="3" face="Calibri">Greenbelt Dance Company Commemorates War of 1812</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3238"><o:p><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3221"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3220" size="3" face="Calibri">Greenbelt, Md. (September 23)—During the War of 1812, the
blurred lines between the battle front and the home front thrust women into
circumstances that tested their bravery and creativity. These women, while not
necessarily in the historical spotlight at all times, made significant
sacrifices and contributions. Greenbelt-based alight dance theater will honor
their stories in a theatrical performance. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3219"><o:p><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3240"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3239" size="3" face="Calibri">Alight dance theater will premiere Frontline: Women of a
Forgotten War on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 3 and 8 p.m. at Bowie Center for
the Performing Arts (15200 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD 20715). Created as a part of
“Star Spangled 200,” a commemoration of the War of 1812, the piece tells the
often-overlooked stories of the era’s women who lived in Maryland or Washington,
D.C. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Through a fusion of dance, music, and narration, Frontline explores
the burdens shouldered and the opportunities seized by women as a young nation
sent its husbands, fathers and sons into war once again. The piece features the
stories based on the following women from the time period:</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">Betsy Bonaparte, a Baltimore socialite and
briefly the sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">Rosalie Calvert, mistress of the Riverdale
Mansion, in present-day College Park, Md.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">Dolley Madison, first lady of the United States
and wife of President James Madison</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3216"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3215" size="3" face="Calibri">Mary Young Pickersgill, the seamstress credited
with constructing the Star Spangled Banner made famous by Francis Scott Key</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3218"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3217" size="3" face="Calibri">Kitty Knight, a folk heroine credited with
saving homes in Georgetown, Md., from being burned by British troops</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">•</font><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">Sukey, a domestic servant of Dolley Madison who
was known to be the first lady’s constant companion during these war years</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Bedlam, a Bowie-based ensemble that specializes in American
colonial vocal and instrumental music, will provide live accompaniment for the
piece.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The program will also feature a reprise of Dependent by
resident choreographer Wayles Haynes. Dependent investigates the public’s
perception and personal experiences of military families in this contemporary
era of war. The piece, which originally premiered in March 2014 at Arena Stage
in Washington, D.C., examines what it means to be a military dependent in modern
times. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Tickets for the performance may be purchased online at
www.alightdancetheater.org and are $15 for general admission, $10 for students,
seniors, and military, and free for children younger than 12 years. Discounted
group rates are also available. Frontline was made possible through generous
funding by Maryland Milestones / Anacostia Trails Heritage Area and Star
Spangled 200.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411569592610_3203"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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