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Article: American Folk Festival plans coming together
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- February 23, 2006
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BANGOR - It's only February, but preparations for the second
annual American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront Aug. 25-27 are
well under way. The first seven of more than 20 performing groups
were announced Wednesday by festival organizers.
Stymied in 2005 when a flight was canceled by Hurricane Katrina,
the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue finally will make its festival debut in
2006. The revue, based out of south Florida, will bring its
traditional parade, featuring vibrant percussive music and colorful
costumes, to the walkways and streets of the waterfront.
"We were so excited to have them last year, but because of
circumstances beyond anyone's control they obviously couldn't come,"
said ...