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COLOR FRONT COVER COLOR PAGE 2: Festival COLOR PAGE 3: CG on the Town COLOR PAGE 4 Poem Welcome to our 20th Year! In this catalog you will find a year's worth of events and acvies that will enrich your life. Common Ground on the Hill is a tradional, roots-based music, arts and humanies organizaon founded in 1994, offering quality learning experiences with master musicians, arsts, dancers, writers, filmmakers and educators while exploring cultural diversity in search of common ground among ethnic, gender, age, and racial groups. The Balmore Sun has compared Common Ground on the Hill to the Chautauqua and Lyceum movements, precursors to this now venerable program. Common Ground on the Hill Inaugural Concert, January, 1995. Photo: Richard Anderson Our world is one of immense diversity. As we explore and celebrate this diversity, we find that what we have in common with one another far outweighs our differences. Our common ground is our humanity, oen best expressed by arsc tradions that have enriched human experience through the ages. We invite you to join us in searching for common ground as we assemble around the belief that we can improve ourselves and our world by searching for the common ground in one another, through our arsc tradions. In a world filled with divisive, negave news, we seek to discover, create and celebrate good news. The picture above was taken twenty years ago at our very first concert. At the close of the evening, we sang the encore in a semi-circle. There's plenty of room in this circle for everyone. Come on in! Walt Michael, Founder & Executive Director Welcome 1 Contents 20th Annual Common Ground on the Hill Overview ........................................................................... 3 The Common Ground on the Hill “Village” ............................................................................................... 4 Board of Directors, Directors Emeri and Advisory Board .................................................................................... 4 Staff ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Sponsors ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 Silent Aucon ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Donors & Special Scholarships .................................................................................................................. 6-7 Tradions Week 1 (List of Classes and Events by Category ) ............................................................................. 8 Special Gatherings ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Disncve Lecture Series ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Literary & Performance Arts, Recording ............................................................................................................ 13 DCBU Bluegrass & Old-Time Camp ...................................................................................................................... 14 Music .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Dance ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Human Arts ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 World Village ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Visual Arts ........................................................................................................................................................... 26 Tradions Week 2 (List of Classes and Events by Category ) .......................................................................... 34 Special Gatherings .............................................................................................................................................. 35 Disncve Lecture Series ................................................................................................................................... 36 Literary & Performance Arts, Recording ............................................................................................................ 38 Music .................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Dance .................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Human Arts ......................................................................................................................................................... 50 World Village ....................................................................................................................................................... 51 Visual Arts ........................................................................................................................................................... 51 Tradions Weeks Schedule-At-A-Glance ......................................................................................... 44-45 Instructors, Arsts, Staff & Fesval Headliners .................................................................................. 58 Evening Concerts and Events ...................................................................................................................... 77 General Informaon ............................................................................................................................... 78-80 Earning Academic Credit ...................................................................................................................................................... 80 Registraon Forms ........................................................................................................................................ 78 Common Ground Raffle ............................................................................................................................... 83 2013 Robert H. Chambers Award for Excellence in the Tradional Arts .................................... 84 Common Ground on the Hill Fine Arts & Cras Award ..................................................................... 85 Sponsor Pages .................................................................................................................................................. 86 Photos: Pamela Zappardino, and individual artists/agents/participants. Archival photos on pgs 1 and 7 by Richard Anderson. 2 2014 Common Ground on the Hill 20th Annual Common Ground on the Hill Overview Tradions Weeks I & II at McDaniel College Workshops & Events ~ June 29—July 4 and July 6—11, 2014 Common Ground on the Hill offers two separate Traditions Weeks of courses, performances and activities. Full-time enrollment entitles you to participate in all courses, activities and evening events throughout the week you are attending. Commuters and part-time students are welcome and may select individual evening events, which are also open to the public. We encourage families to attend Common Ground on the Hill. During both Traditions Weeks there is an extensive youth curriculum, “World Village.” For full residential students, arrival and registration is on Sunday afternoon (June 29 or July 6) at the McDaniel College campus in Westminster, MD, followed by a 4:30 PM fine arts reception, Sunday supper, a short orientation meeting and informal gatherings. Both residential and commuter students should attend the orientation and are invited to enjoy the activities of the evening. Monday (June 30 or July 7) is the first day of class. Each evening includes a concert, drama or lecture and on select evenings there will be a dance. All participants are encouraged to join in the various activities that will happen spontaneously during the week throughout the campus. The 17th Annual Common Ground on the Hill Fesval ~ July 12 & 13, 2014 and Common Ground on the Town ~ July 12 from 9 PM—Midnight The Common Ground on the Hill Festival is held at the nearby historic Carroll County Farm Museum. This two-day event features a host of Traditions Weeks musicians and artists, as well as featured performers including Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Professor Louie & the Crowmatix with the Rock of Ages Horns, Guy Davis, Réveillons! From Quebec, Footworks, Sankofa Dance Theater, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Walt Michael & Co., Josh Hisle and many more. Following the last set on Saturday, move into Westminster for Common Ground on the Town where you can relax at Johansson’s Dining House & Restaurant, O’Lordan’s Irish Pub and the Westminster Public Library while enjoying more Common Ground on the Hill musicians! See color pages at the front of the catalog for more information. Seniors