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</font><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2754" size="3" face="Times New Roman">October is a chance to learn
more about the War of 1812 and the Bicentennial with some unique chances to go
“Beyond the Battle.” Local organizations have developed several great programs
to keep interest alive for the War of 1812. Maryland Milestones/ATHA Inc., Star
Spangled 200 Inc., and other partners have provided matching support for these
programs.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2690"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</span></span></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2707" size="3"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2706" face="Calibri">Saturday, October 4: <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;">Alight dance theater will premiere </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS-Italic;">Frontline: Women of a Forgotten
War </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2709">at 3 and 8 p.m.
at Bowie Center for the Performing Arts (15200 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD 20715).
The piece tells the often-overlooked stories of the era’s women who lived in
Maryland and Washington, D.C.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;">Through a fusion of
dance, music, and narration, </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS-Italic;">Frontline
</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2760">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 women from the time period. The program will also feature a reprise of
</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS-Italic;">Dependent </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2705">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. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2690"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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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. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Friday,
October 10: Learn about the Ghosts of Dueling Creek and take a Night Hike at
the Bladensburg Waterfront Park (4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD) starting
at 6:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get some hot cocoa, warm over
a campfire, and hear takes about the Dueling Grounds. Then take a night hike
along the Anacostia River Trail with a guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Free, but advanced reservations are required and space is limited. Ages
7 and up, please. Call Prince George’s Parks and Recreation at 301-927-8819 for
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2737"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2736" size="3" face="Calibri">Saturday,
October 11: Beyond the Battle Symposium: Bladensburg’s History in Context will
bring scholars and community researchers together to discuss their work about
the era around the War of 1812 at the Hornbake Library on the University of
Maryland, College Park campus. The program opens at 8:30am and runs until 5pm.
Scheduled presenters include Maya Davis, Mark Leone, PhD, Dennis Pogue, PhD,
Richard Ervin, Donald Creveling, Noel Broadbent, Peter Brice, Joanna Blake,
Mark Hildebrand, John Peter Thompson, Susan Pearl, Douglas McElrath, and
keynote speaker Alan Virta. Lunch is included with the registration. Details
for registration and costs can be found at </font><a href="http://bladensburgrediscovered.wordpress.com/events/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://bladensburgrediscovered.wordpress.com/events/</font></a><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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</span></span></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2702" size="3" face="Calibri">Saturday, October 11: The Prince George’s
Philharmonic will perform a special concert commemorating the era of the War of
1812 at 8pm at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts (15200 Annapolis Road,
Bowie, MD 20715). Charles Ellis conducts with Mariam Adam on clarinet.
Pieces include: Rossini’s Overture to Tancredi; Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
in A Major, K. 622; Wagner’s Siegfried’s Rhine
Journey from Götterdämmerung; Rodgers’ Victory at Sea: Symphonic
Scenario for Orchestra; and Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory. <br>
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Single Ticket General Admission: $20, Seniors: $18, Age 18 and under free
(ticket required). Single Tickets go on sale the night of the concert beginning
at 7 pm, cash or check only. All seating is unreserved.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Sunday,
October 12: A Tri-National Folk Dance Exhibition presents BicentenniALE at
Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4901 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD between Noon
and 3pm. Morris dance teams from England, Canada and the United States
commemorate the 1814 Battle of Bladensburg and the Burning of Washington.
Special guest teams are the Winchester Morris Men from England and the Toronto
Morris Men from Canada. Local teams include Arlington Northwest Morris Women,
Foggy Bottom Morris Men, Rock Creek Morris Men, and maybe more! Morris dancing
is a lively English folk dance with roots as far back at the 16th century.
Stick dances, "hanky" dances, and dances used in processions and
parades will be performed. The high-energy music is performed live on accordions,
concertinas, fiddles and other acoustic instruments. Program is free, parking
on site. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2699"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2698" face="Calibri"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2697" size="3">Friday,
October 24: Learn about the Pirates of the Chesapeake with a Campfire and Boat
Tour at Bladensburg Waterfront Park (4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD)
starting at 6:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The campfire and cocoa
will warm you, but the scary tales of ghosts and pirates may chill you! Bundle
up and take an exciting boat tour down the Anacostia River, but beware of the
ghostly pirates on shore and on the river waiting to come on board! Free, but
advanced reservations are required and space is limited. Ages 7 and up, please.
Call Prince George’s Parks and Recreation at 301-927-8819 for more details. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2690"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TrebuchetMS;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2739"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2738" size="3" face="Calibri">Saturday,
October 25: The CROP HOP (A Cycling Tour of So. Maryland Farms) is a bike tour
designed to highlight the connection between farms, fresh food and good health,
and to help provide fresh farm foods to low-income families in Southern
Maryland. Prince George’s County, as 2014 host, has included farms where riders
will enjoy food grown and raised locally at each stop and during the after-ride
picnic. The event features four spectacular routes through the scenic Southern
Maryland countryside – a metric century, a 35 mile loop, a 17 mile loop, and a
family friendly route. Registered riders will receive a FREE commemorative
T-Shirt and lunch while supplies last. Rides start and end at historic
Nottingham (Nottingham Road, Upper Marlboro, MD), where additional events will
be taking place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Non-bikers can also participate in
canoeing and kayaking throughout the day. During the War of 1812, armies
marched and fought on farms along the Patuxent River, so in addition to cycling
to farms, canoeing, and kayaking, families will also be able to enjoy
educational, entertaining period re-enactments. For more details see </font><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2750" href="http://www.crophop.com/"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2749" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.crophop.com/</font></a><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2748" face="Calibri"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2747" size="3"> or call 301-274-1922.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412283458505_2690"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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