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2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTSJULY 6Opening the summer concert series is flute player Nino Reyos, a Native American consultant, musician/composer whois a member of the Laguna Pueblo and Northern Ute Indian Tribe. The band Llajtayku follows, playing the music of the Andes Mountains of South America that has its roots in the ancient Incan Empire. Finally, the dance group Kausachun Peru performs dances from the many regions of their native Peru—from the isolated towns high in the Andes Mountains, the tropical jungles along the headwaters of the Amazon River, from the Pacific coast, and from the cosmopolitan capitol city, Lima.
JULY 13 Tonight’s concert features the traditions of Utahns with Southeast Asian heritage. We begin with dances of the Karen people from Myanmar (also known as Burma) who are some of the newest refugees to live in Utah. Next, the Vietnamese Volunteer Youth present the improvised Lion Dance to the accompaniment of live drumming. To close the evening, LIKHA: The Filipino-American Ensemble of Utah presents dance traditions of the Republic of the Philippines. With over a thousand islands and a hundred spoken languages, this is a region rich in folklore that has been a political and religious crossroads for centuries.
JULY 20Traditions of the rural West are celebrated in this evening’s presentation of Hopi dance and cowboy poetry and song. For centuries the Hopi people have guarded their treasured traditions on their reservation in northeastern Arizona. Tonight the Poeviyaoma Hopi Group presents music and dance which are rarely seen beyond their traditional homeland. Blue Sage continues with music and songs that portray the West from the cowboy’s perspective. The band is joined by cowgirl poet, Sam DeLeeuw, whose recitations reflect the land, the people and the lifestyle of the American rancher.
JULY 27 Tonight’s cultural tour of Latin America begins with Mensajeros del Tiempo who perform favorite South American folk music from bygone eras. Next, we present the Utah Hispanic Dance Alliance whose members work to preserve the ethnic dance traditions of Latin America and elevate the quality of Hispanic folk dance in Utah. With dancers from many different nations of the Western Hemisphere, the group presents dances from Mexico and from South and Central America.
August 3 The Hoop Dance has become one of the favored performance pieces at Native American gatherings across the North American continent. The dance combines precise rhythm and timing with skilled manipulation of as many as two dozen hoops to form images significant to Native culture. Tonight’s Polynesian presentations begin with ancient and modern Hawaiian hula performed by Halau Keahiokamalulani, and continue with music and dance of the Maori people presented by members of Utah’s New Zealand-American Society.
August 10Utah's Brazilian community is featured in this evening's concert. First, the Corcovado Band takes us to the sun-drenched beaches of Rio de Janeiro as they sing quintessential Brazilian bossa nova tunes. Next, Salt Lake Capoeira demonstrates a spectacular Brazilian martial art developed by African slaves in Brazil's Northeast. Capoeira mixes music and dance with acrobatic leaps, turns and somersaults.
August 17Harry James opens the evening with a group of songs that reveal traditional Navajo values of respect, honor, and light-hearted humor. Next, KlezBros presents music that has its roots in Eastern Europe. The band features Klezmer music which is popular at Jewish community gatherings such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. The evening continues with Viva Chile, a performing group that was founded by the Chilean Community of Utah in 2008. They present dances from different regions of Chile and feature the national dance, Cueca.
August 24Our series of concerts culminates in a celebration of intertribal pow wow traditions presented by the drummers, singers and dancers of Lil’ Feathers, an after-school organization in the Granite School District that teaches Native American children to understand, value and respect the ways of their elders. They will demonstrate dances and explain all the components that have made modern pow wows the most popular type of gathering for Native peoples in North America.
For more information on any of the performers, please contact the Utah Folk Arts Program at 801.533.5760 or email Folk Arts Coordinator Craig Miller at cmiller@utah.gov.
Mondays in the Park is presented on the front porch of the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts, located in the middle of Salt Lake City's Liberty Park.
Gated entrances to the park are located at the intersections of 1) 600 East and 900 South in Salt Lake City
Directions Get directions to Liberty Park using: Parking Options Free parking is available inside the gates along the perimeter of the park, as well as on the side streets surrounding the park grounds.
Public Transportation Options Use the UTA's Trip Planner to get to Mondays in the Park UTA bus routes 9, 205, 307, and 320 all pass within one or two blocks of Liberty Park or...walk, run, ride your bike or scooter, rollerblade, or skateboard!
The Utah Folk Arts Program thanks the sponsors of this year's concert series!
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