World Sacred Music Festival 2008 -- This Saturday!

[scott]

It's right around the corner! The 2008 festival is this coming Saturday, March 8. Hope to see you there from the opening at 11am to the closing at 9:30pm. Or any time in between. I've pasted the lineup below; it's also available on the festival website, www.olysacredmusic.org

We continue to get inquiries from volunteers and bands and others interested in the festival, and I promise we'll update the festival website with information about 2009 within a month or so. But for now, I hope you will all join me in celebrating the diverse manifestations of the sacred in this year's festival. 

Along with the great music and dance, you'll also find this year's festival has a display of sacred artwork, ethnic food, and more. And did I mention the free parking? From beginning to end, the fourth annual festival is shaping up to be a don't-miss event. 

See you Saturday!

Scott Allan Stevens

Artistic Director, World Sacred Music Festival -- Olympia, USA  - March 8, 2008  

http://olysacredmusic.org

World Sacred Music Festival

Saturday March 8

11am-9:30pm

Minnaert Center, SPSCC, Olympia

Tickets: $20 / $15 low income / kids under 12 free

info: www.olysacredmusic.org

Performance Schedule

Main Stage

11:00-12:05 Che oke' ten (Native American)

12:35-1:25 Mukana Marimba (Zimbabwe marimba)

1:50-2:50 Urvasi (Indian temple dance)

3:15-4:15 Naby Camara & Lagni Susso (West African music & dance)

4:45-5:45 Raga Dharma (ragas from India)

6:35-7:45 Jazz Senators (Duke Ellington’s sacred jazz)

8:20-9:30 Shabava (Persian ensemble)

Stage Two

11:45-12:35 LaVon Hardison & David Rhys Johnson (Gospel-inspired interfaith songs)

12:55-1:45 Sacred Harp/Evergreen Singers (Christian shape note singing)

2:05-3:15 Modibo Traore (Senegal Drumming)

3:35-4:50 Temple (Hebrew chant)

5:10-5:55 Loping Camel (Pagan drum & dance)

6:15-7:00 Kol N’Shama (Jewish choir)

7:20-8:10 Adzido (West African drum & dance)

Workshop Stage

11:30-12:45 Doug Bridges & Ted Hunter (Didgeridoo workshop)

1:05-2:10 Gordon Munro (Multicultural Storytelling)

2:30-3:40 Mukana Marimba (Marimba workshop)

4:00-5:10 Sacred Harp/Everg. Singers (Christian shape note workshop)

5:30-6:40 Mevlevi Order of America (Sufi dance / whirling dervishes performance/workshop)

7:00-8:10 Urvasi (India temple dance workshop)