this is a beautiful festival site
Cherish the Ladies
the irish dancers' feet were as fast as heart beats of excited audience
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperial
at the CD signing, there were people bringing a copy of Living Blues that has Lil' Ed on the cover. they really come prepared and thrilled
Rob Curto's Forro For All. In this picture: Rob Curto and Nanny Assis
a drumming battle
Gadelle. Those girls can play fiddle while dancing a jig. now she is playing forks.
CD signing
little Gadelle fans
Sooner, the star dog of AFF2009
Brice Chapman, Taxes trick roper
Brice and Sooner waving hello
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friendship built
lots of love garnered
lots of joy created
our extraordinary volunteer made the festival a joyful experience for the artists and earned themselves some good friends too
Clinton Fearon's reggae band, closed the night with high high spirit
Joshua Nelson, kosher gospel
Los Texmaniacs
Modesto Nieves, Puerto Rican cuatro master
that is a glass that is sliding the strings
and he is happy playing
Monika Nieves
there was a cute moment of encouragement among the father and the daughter
the glass sliding again
Maria made a beautiful dancer in the audience
oh, did i mention she is also the artist buddy for Modesto?
and she is also on the festival Board? The festival is truly the people's festival only when it is enjoyed by the people
Music From China. They sounded as good as on the Smithsonian Freer Gallery stage
and it's always encouraging to see how the audience love traditional (Chinese) music
Mythili Prakash, Indian Bharata Natyam Dancer. Her dance is the unity of grace, beauty, stories and life.
Claire Lynch at CD signing
this heater at back stage is a rescuer for the crew at the wet, cold Saturday
our lovely crew, festival family
lobster roll!
back stage ice-cream feast. P.S. that was GOOOOOOD ice cream
Modesto and his band were just waiting for their shuttle, and all of a sudden we heard music. isn't it just great?
in memory of a colorful festival experience
