
Crowds build on the first day of the
Festival. |

Cityfolk Executive Director John Harris,
Montgomery County Commissioner Chuck Curran, Five Rivers
MetroPark Commissioner Irv Bieser and City of Dayton
Mayor Rhine McLin toast the 10th Anniversary of the
Cityfolk Festival. |

Aurelio Martinez from Belize plays
garifuna music in the Reynolds & Reynolds
Dance Pavilion. The multi-talented musician plays guitar
and drums, as shown here. |
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Puero
Rican mask maker Kenneth Melendez led free mask-making
workshops for children each day. Above, you see the
work in progress, and at right a child sports the finished
product.
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At Passport Stations scattered throughout
the Festival site, children did a variety of activities
to earn a stamp on their 'Passport'... |

..and after collecting all stamps,
they got a prize. |
For
the tenth straight year, the K-12 Gallery for Young
People provided free art-making activities for kids.
This year's project was masks made from aluminum trays.
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Each one was one-of-a-kind! |

The Dayton Art Institute showed kids
how to 'Make Art Like Rembrandt' by making block prints
on styrofoam trays. |

On Monday, Rhythm in Shoes led a clogging
workshop in the Reynolds & Reynolds Dance Pavilion.
During their demonstration, one young lady couldn't
wait, and joined in! |

In "Out of the Fire: Made from
Metal, guitar maker Rick Aiello demonstrated the process
he uses to create 'frypan' steel guitars from aluminum.
Above, he readies the mold. The next day, the cooled
aluminum is freed from the mold, ready for polishing. |

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Sculptor Jeff Rutledge displays his
tools in "Out of the Fire: Made from Metal. |

2006 Ohio Heritage Fellow Bob White
discusses his custom-made mandolins. |

The new International Beer Garden tent
featured jam sessions... |

...and street performances such as
Laylia's Belly Dancing throughout the weekend. |

Cityfolk founder Phyllis Brzozowska
announced Malachi Thompson's Freebop Band on Saturday
evening. |

Michael Doucet's fiddles await Beausoleil's
performance on the National City Main Stage. |

On Sunday, Festival-goers enjoyed an
amazing display of Andean music and dance from Inca
Son... |

...and the fiery French gypsy music
of Les Yeux Noirs on the National City Main Stage. |

Over at the Reynolds & Reynolds
Dance Pavilion, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
show some unusual musicianship. |

Later that night, the Pavilion was
rockin' to Latin rhythms. |

At the Artist Party, members of Harmonia,
King Wilkie, the Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet and Aurelio
Martinez joined in a jam session. |

Also at the Artist Party, Puerto Rican
mask maker Kenneth Melendez (seated center) brought
out his masks to show members of Aurelio Martinez's
band. |
  
This year's Ohio Heritage Fellows are
the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society (Community
Leadership), Ray Sponaugle (Performing Arts) and Bob
White (Material Culture). |
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