Posted: July 17, 2006
WorldFest
Spurlock Museum
Sunday, July 23, 2006
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Mark your calendars!
WorldFest is back with another great opportunity to experience three exciting performances for the price of one! WorldFest, a celebration of cultural fun for the whole family, is coming on Sunday, July 23rd. Play percussion instruments with Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn, hear folktales with Kim Sheahan, and experience Irish music with The Dorians. Multiple performances will be presented in various galleries from 1 to 4 PM, and crafts will also be available for kids of all ages. The suggested donation is $5.00 per person. This event is sponsored in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Call Kim Sheahan at 217/244-3355 for more information.
Our performers:
Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn
Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn are local Champaign-Urbana area favorites who present exciting programs on world percussion that interlink music, history, geography, and humor. Highly accomplished individual musicians and teachers, they have played together since 1998. Their acclaimed duet concerts and workshops have been enjoyed by thousands of people of all ages.
The Dorians
The Dorians are a three-man band from Carbondale, Illinois, specializing in traditional dance tunes and ballads from Ireland and its neighbors. They perform on fiddle, guitar, concert flute, whistle, and keyboard, and have made concert appearances throughout Illinois as part of the Illinois Arts Council ArtsTour program. Each member has also studied music in Ireland and played in sessions there. They are the host band for the annual Southern Illinois Irish Festival.
Kim Sheahan
Kim Sheahan is the Spurlock Museum’s Assistant Director of Education and resident storyteller. She performs folktales from around the world for audiences of all ages throughout central Illinois.