2006 Cityfolk Festival Photo Gallery

Photos by Tom Underwood

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.

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.

 

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.

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.

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).