Processional
The company lead by
Martin Steingesser on stilts
Dean Buckley, Trickster
Van Williams, Egungun masquerade
from his new suite The Source
Musicians
Jeffrey Densmore, drums
John Titus, drums
Gray Parrot, drums and Kora
Fanga
Patrice Janssen, solo
Arthur Hall, choreography
Two Praise Songs of the Gambia
Jobo Kunda
Gray Parrot, Kora and vocals, Christine Covert, vocals
Liberte
A dance of slavery and freedom
Erma Colvin, Lisa Morgan, Meg Barclay, Katerina Gifford,
Dagney Ernest, Martine Toulouse, Patrice Janssen
Erma Colvin, choreography
Obatala and Shango
Arthur Hall and Cathy Butler-Corish
Arthur Hall, choreography
Yemanja
Van Williams, solo
Arthur Hall, choreography
Jobo Kunda, reprise
Samba
Lisa Newcomb, Eleni Koenka, Kim O'Brien, Erma Colvin, Patrice Janssen
Lisa Newcomb, choreography
Obatala attended by
(l. to r.) Dean Buckley, Lisa Newcomb,
Cathy Butler-Corish
B. Wms. photographs, 1996
Special thanks to
The Caldbeck Gallery
12 Elm Street, Rockport
for providing the improvised, elegant green room
Free Admission
Atlantic Clarion Steel Band
Midcoast Community Band
Fun for the whole family
Art activities ~ popcorn ~ lemonade ~ costumes ~ Museum tours ~ bubble table
Homestead tours ~ Pocket Lady ~ wall painting ~ Movies
Films at the Farnsworth Feature MICA
William Kienbusch, The Coast of Camp Island, 1955.
A retrospective exhibition of works by William Kienbusch will be on view
at the Farnsworth July 14 through September 8, 1996.
Farnsworth Art Museum web site.