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Entertainment, Music, Dancing and More!
Friday, June 11 - 6PM to 9PM
Saturday, June 12 - 10AM to 4PM
The Waltham Riverfest Committee invites you to join us in celebrating Waltham's historic Charles River with song and dance, and the arts! Performances will be taking place both in Waltham's Embassy Park on Moody Street and across the street at Cronin's Landing by Margarita's Restaurant.
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2010 Performance Schedule
Friday Evening, June 11 - In Concert: The Sugarfoot Band
Cronin's Landing at Margarita's Patio 6:30-9:00PM
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Saturday, June 12 - A Music and Dance Extravaganza!
Cronin's Landing at Margarita's Patio and Embassy Park
Stage #1 - Cronin's/Margarita's
10:00AM - 11:00AM Julian Rundlett (Musician/Songwriter)
10:45AM - 12:00PM Gail Rundlett (Folk Musician/Performer)
12:15PM - 1:00PM Odaiko NE Taiko Drumming
1:30PM - 2:15PM Aron Larget-Caplan (Classic Spanish/Flamenco)
2:30PM - 3:15PM Rhythm Weavers (African Rhythm)
3:15PM - 4:15PM Kalifa & Koliba (African & American Fusion)
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Stage #2 - Embassy Park
11:00AM - 12:00PM Moody Street String Band
12:00PM - 12:30PM Diamond Family Circus & Friends
12:30PM - 1:15PM Steffani Bennett & Mike Verge
1:30PM - 2:15PM Belly Dance Extravaganza
3:00PM - 3:30PM LearnQuest (Indian Musical Instruments Demo)
3:30PM - 4:15PM LearnQuest (Classical Indian Music and Dance)
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Moody Street String Band
"Home grown" right here in Waltham by the banks of the Charles River in the early 90's. The Moody Street String Band play a lively mix of Celtic, Old Timey tunes and more. Being a fixture for many years at the spring Sheep Shearing Festival at the Waltham Gore Place and regulars at the Waltham Farmers Market.
This group's primary instruments are fiddles, banjos, guitars, accordions and bass. Their music is toe-tapping good fun!!
Belly Dance Extravaganza!
Throw your preconceived notions about belly dance out the window! Come watch dancers from all over Eastern and Central Massachusetts show you just how varied belly dance is today. Hosted by Troupe Tassellations.
For more information, go to www.tassellations.com
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Odaiko New England
Taiko Drumming Demo/Performance
Odaiko New England's aim is to make taiko a familiar art form to American audiences, and thereby encourage a greater appreciation and understanding of Asian American cultures. ONE believes the taiko has the power to bring people together in harmony and community.
In the spirit of kumidaiko (ensemble drumming), they drum as ONE voice. Odaiko New England offers classes and workshops in addition to performances for events.
For more information, go to www.onetaiko.org or call 781-938-DRUM (3786).
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Gail Rundlett
Gail Rundlett is one of the real treasures of Boston's thriving folk community. Blessed with a voice that exhibits crystalline purity, honesty and heart-touching soul, she is an endearing and entertaining performer. Gail plays guitar and four-string Appalachian dulcimer and draws her repertoire from both traditional and contemporary sources.
For more information, go to www.gailrundlett.com
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Sugarfoot Band
The Sugarfoot Band is the most versatile Latin jazz band in Boston with thrilling originals AND well-loved hits - from salsa, bossa nova, and samba to jazz, soul and world beat.
For more information, go to www.afrolatin.net
See Sugarfoot in Concert Friday Evening 6:30-9PM!
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Julian Rundlett
Julian Rundlett is a local Waltham musician who is an original artist. He has been playing professionally for five years. He is self-taught on piano, sings and plays violin.
He describes his music as a stylish mix of jazz, rock, pop. R&B, funk, and gospel. Julian plays with a number of local bands, churches and recording studios. Audiences often comment on Juian's stage presence and say it is obvious that music is where his heart and soul is.
Flamenco Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan
Founder of the New Lullaby Project and the classical Spanish music & flamenco dance group Con Fuego!, Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan is a sought after soloist and chamber musician.
A gifted performer and speaker, Aaron has released two solo discs, Tracing a Wheel on Water (2006) and New Lullaby (2010).
Aaron is a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston. His teachers include Dmitry Goryachev, David Liesner, Eliot Fisk and flamenco with Juanito Pascual. Aaron teaches at the New School of Music in Cambridge and has an active private studio. He currently lives in Boston with his wife, Catherine.
For more information, go to www.aaronlc.com
LearnQuest Academy of Music
Classical Indian Music
An introduction to Indian Classical Music and some common instruments used. Short instrumental recitals on the Sitar and Tabla along with description about the performance. A couple of popular songs from Indian Films will be presented.
For more information, go to www.learnquest.org
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Singer/Songwriter Steffani Bennett
Steffani Bennett had a 17 yr. career in NYC as a session singer, TV composer, and songwriter. She won the USA Songwriting Competition, and wrote music for the 2000 and 2002 Olympics. She's appeared on PBS, NPR, and 60 Minutes, and her music is still used on NBC and Fox Sports. She's also been a back-up singer for Lesley Gore, Wayne Brady, and most recently, Kate Pierson of the B52's.
Steffani is most proud of her work with Songs of Love, an organization that writes personalized songs for very ill children. Locally, she's been teaching voice and piano in the Boston area, and writing and singing for American Idol's Will Makar and Ayla Brown.
For more information, go to
www. steffanibennett.com
Singer/Songwriter Mike Verge
Mike Verge's music has been compared to acts such as Tom Petty, Matchbox Twenty, the Black Crowes and the Jayhawks. This Berklee College of Music graduate and Boston native has played gigs from Portland, Maine to the Caribbean, from coffee shops to arenas.
Most recently, Mike has enjoyed success as a songwriter for several independent films. Mike was approached by legendary producer Jack Douglas (John Lennon and Aerosmith) to write a song for the independent film, "This Thing of Ours" starring Frank Vincent, James Caan and Vincencent Pastore.
Mike wrote and recorded the Ball Park anthem, "Let's Go Red Sox" which plays during the Red Sox home game at Fenway Park, and also wrote and recorded the holiday song, "Let It Be XMAS," which he performed at the Boston Common Tree lighting last December with a 30 voice youth choir.
For more information, go to
www.mikeverge.com
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Marci Diamond and the Diamond Family Circus
A mother and daughter team, and their circus friends, will bring acrobatics, contortion, hooping, and other circus arts to the festival this year!
Marci Diamond was a competitive gymnast and studied theater, dance, education and injury prevention, while pursuing a BA and MPA. Her circus training includes study at the New England Center for Circus Arts, San Francisco Circus Center, and Circus Arts Institute with alumni of Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Eloize, Ringling and Big Apple Circus.
A proud member of the Screen Actors Guild, she has performed aerial arts and contortion in fairs, fundraising events, shows, clubs, and a national TV commercial, and taught acrobatics, aerials and performance skills to all ages.
Marci often performs with her teen daughter, an accomplished acrobat, trapeze artist, and clown, who inspired Marci to return to acrobatics and performance, and with her trapeze partner Gina DeFreitas, as
"The Diamond Sisters".
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Rhythm Weavers
Members of this troupe weave together authentic West African rhythms, using dunun drums, played with sticks, as the background melody, and then layering djembe hand drumming on top in polyrhythmic patterns.
Most of the rhythms come from Guinea, as taught by Alan Tauber, director of the DrumConnection in Arlington, and djembe masters such as Famoudou Konate and Mamady Keita inGuinea. This music will make you want to shake and move, so bring your dancing shoes!
Kalifa & Koliba
Bringing together musicians from Africa and America, this Afro-pop band presents a unique blend of traditional and modern styles including West African Rhythms, Hi Life, Reggae, Ska, Zuke and more.
Audiences don't just attend performances of Koliba, they experience Koliba. Come experiance High Spirited International Dance Music to excite your heart so your feet must follow!
For more information, go to www.myspace.com/Koliba
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