Discover Strathmore Festival is a free family event at the Music Center at Strathmore with live performances, demonstrations and hands-on activities to educate and entertain children. This year, the Discover Strathmore Festival will highlight Washington area musicians Luke Brindley, The Mancuso-Suzda Project, the 18th Street Singers, St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Chorale and Gospel Choir, The Washington Revels and The Youth Brothers in a variety of styles from jazz to folk to choral to gospel.
The festival will also feature the art of dance with CityDance Ensemble, hip-hop poetry, theater and photography workshops, music classes by the Levine School of Music, a percussion workshop with the Baltimore Symphony, hands-on arts and crafts activities, and demonstrations by local visual artists in Sumi-e painting, watercolor, polymer clay, knitting and sculpture. Restaurant Associates, Strathmore’s in-house food service, will provide light fare throughout the day.
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, N. Bethesda, Maryland.
Admission: The event is free.
Discover Strathmore Festival
By Rachel Cooper, About.com
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