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Article: Smithsonian Folklife Festival Opening Ceremony to be Held Thursday
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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WHAT: Opening ceremony, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
WHEN: Thursday, June 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Music begins at
10:30 a.m.; remarks at 11 a.m.)
WHERE: Forest Service, Culture and Community Stage On the National
Mall, near Smithsonian Metro stop, Washington, D.C.
WHO:
Speakers to include:
-- Lawrence Small, secretary, Smithsonian Institution
-- Sharifa Bint Khalfan Al Yahyai, minister of social development,
Sultanate of Oman
-- Mike Johanns, U.S. secretary of agriculture
-- Dale Bosworth, chief, USDA Forest Service
-- Alice Waters, chef, founder of the Edible Schoolyard
-- Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), Smithsonian regent
-- Fran Maniella, director, National ...