20080: Blanchet: Fw: Haiti: Freedom and Creativity.... (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>

From: PaulGMagloire@aol.com


2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
June 23-27 and June 30-July 4, 2004 on the National Mall

Haiti: Freedom and Creativity: From the Mountains to the Sea will mark the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, a major event which gave birth to the first nation to free itself from both colonialism and slavery at the same time. The program will celebrate and highlight the cultural creativity of the Haitian people that continues to sustain them. Carnival performers from the town of Jacmel, stone carvers at work on the restoration of the Haitian Citadel, and bead workers from Souvenance will join over one hundred Haitian musicians, cooks, storytellers, other traditional artists and community experts in this ten-day independence salute.

How can we present Haitian Culture without Music?



The Music of Haiti combines rhythm, tradition, feeling and history to create a COMPLETE expression of Haitian culture.  Nothing says Haiti like the Haitian sound.



Your donation will help us bring some of the most important Kompa, Toubadou, Rara, Musik Rasin, and Haitian Jazz groups to the National Mall in Washington for special concerts.  We need your help to make this program sing.  Please send your checks to:



Payee:                    Smithsonian Institution

Comment:              Folklife Festival-Haiti

Attn:                       Barbara Strickland

Address:                Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and

                                Cultural Heritage

                                Post Office Box 37012/Victor Building 4100

                                Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone:                   202-275-1151 /Fax: 202-275-1120



OR you can send a credit card donation by contacting Loretta Cooper, Director of Development, at 202-275-1921.



Thank You - For YOUR continued commitment to Haiti!



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Additional information regarding the festival can be found at www.si.edu/folklife