April 2004

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Festival Slated for September 19

The 2004 Adams County Heritage Festival will take place from noon until 5 PM on Sunday, September 19, at the Gettysburg Recreation Park. Headline performers will include Ulali, a group of First Nation women who sing in harmony songs of their own composition as well as traditional music. In addition, the Silk Road Dance Company will celebrate the legacy of China's traditional trade routes by performing a Central Asian Wedding, complete with dances from many parts of the Asian continent.

A group of fiddlers and cloggers, led by Freya Qually, will introduce a Celtic theme to the Festival and remind us of our Appalachian heritage. Not to be outdone, the Fire City Jazz Band, composed of professors from Mount St. Mary's College, will perform “hot” music originating with African American culture. We will also welcome back the young dancers of Generación Diez , who will entertain with traditional dances of Mexico.

As usual, mouth watering food from many cultures will be featured at the Festival, as well as craft demonstrations and vendors. Non profit organizations are again invited to sponsor booths and make available information about their services and programs. Those wishing to participate in the Festival should contact the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice at 717-334-0752 or visit the festival website: http://www.icpj-gettysburg.org/festival.htm, in order to obtain application forms.

[Note from the webmaster: for more information about the Heritage Festival, email achf@icpj-gettysburg.org]

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