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Article: In the groove Drums, tubas, violins and dancing launch second American Folk Festival
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 26, 2006
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The early evening sun shone like a spotlight Friday as the crowd
enveloped the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue. At one point, lime-green plumes
and mirror-studded turquoise headdresses were all you could see of
the group, but the groan of tubas, shriek of whistles and lively beat
of drums let everyone know that the parade - the true kickoff of any
good folk festival - had officially begun.
This crowd knows a good festival when it sees one, or hears one,
as the case may be. With four years of experience - three with the
National Folk Festival, one with the spinoff American Folk Festival -
the throng that gathered along the Bangor waterfront knew what to
expect for year five. There were no surprises, ...