2023-2024 Tours
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Image: Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Credit: Stefanie Delgado.
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company highlights Mexican and Mexican-American heritage through dance and storytelling. They will be presented by:
- Community Action Southold Town, Inc. – CAST, Southold, NY
- Count Basie Theatre, Inc., Red Bank, NJ
- Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, Selbyville, DE
- Ramapo College Foundation – Berrie Center, Mahwah, NJ
- Reading Area Community College – Miller Center, Reading, PA
- Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
- Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania – Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Image: Dupont Brass. Credit: Erica L. Blake, IG: @ericalblake.
DuPont Brass is a unique, soulful, 10-piece brass ensemble hailing from the D.C. Metropolitan area. They will be presented by:
- Bucknell University – Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Lewisburg, PA
- Capitalbop, Inc., Washington, DC
- Cityfest, Inc., Wilmington, DE
- CMCArts, Inc., Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI
- Columbia Festival, Inc., Columbia, MD
- Germantown Cultural Arts Center – BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
- Grand Opera House, Inc., Wilmington, DE
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
- Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc. – Long Branch Festival, Silver Spring, MD
- Old Naval Hospital Foundation – Hill Center at the Old Navy Hospital, Washington, DC
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York Oswego – ARTSwego, Oswego, NY
- Washington Performing Arts Society, Washington, DC
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Image: From China to Appalachia. Credit: Courtesy of the artist.
From China to Appalachia combines roots music from Appalachia to China and beyond, featuring Grammy-winning Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with Chinese hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian. From China to Appalachia will be presented by:
- Floyd Creative Studios – Handmade Music/Floyd Country Store, Floyd, VA
- Howard County Chinese School, Inc., Ellicott City, MD
- Institute of Musical Traditions, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
- Kanawha Valley Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance – Footmad, Charleston, WV
- Morgan Arts Council, Inc., Berkeley Springs, WV
- Norwood Village Green Concert Series, Inc., Norwood, NY
- Old Naval Hospital Foundation – Hill Center at the Old Navy Hospital), Washington, DC
- Old Songs, Inc. – Old Songs Festival, Voorheesville, NY
- The Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA
- Pro-Art Association – A Chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Wise, VA
- The Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Glen Allen, VA
- Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
- The 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Inc., Fredonia, NY
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Image: The Legendary Ingramettes. Credit: Pat Jarrett/ Virginia Humanities.
The Legendary Ingramettes are an all-women gospel group and 2022 recipient of the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship. They will be presented by:
- Bergen Performing Arts Center, Inc., Englewood, NJ
- Bucknell University – Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Lewisburg, PA
- Cityfest, Inc., Wilmington, DE
- Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
- Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance, Trumansburg, NY
- Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc., Flushing, NY
- George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- Hampton Arts Commission, Hampton, VA
- Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, Selbyville, DE
- Lake Placid Association for Music Drama & Art, Inc., Lake Placid, NY
- McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ
- PS21, Chatham, NY
- Smith Center for the Arts, Inc., Geneva, NY
- University of Richmond – Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, VA
- Venture Richmond, Inc. – Richmond Folk Festival, Richmond, VA
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Image: Martha Redbone. Credit: Will Maupin.
Martha Redbone is a Native and African American blues, folk and gospel vocalist, and songwriter originally from Harlan County, Kentucky. She will be presented by:
- ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ
- Bard College – Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson , NY
- Bucknell University (Weis Center for the Performing Arts), Lewisburg, P
- City of Frederick – Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD
- Dumbarton Concerts, Inc., Washington, DC
- Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
- Montgomery County Community College Foundation, Blue Bell, PA
- Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Pittsburgh, PA