Greetings RAMfans!
This Saturday will be another blockbuster weekend at RAM. We will celebrate Fête de la Musique
, the worldwide music festival which was born in France and celebrates the summer solstice. Fête de la Musique is the perhaps the most popular event of the year in the city of Paris, although it has spread and is now celebrated in hundreds of cities throughout the world. This French-themed day of music at RAM is held in conjunction with the Sister Cities Nantes Committee, Alliance Française, and the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens(which will present several concerts simultaneously with those at RAM). The internationally acclaimed jazz group,Station Mir Trio, is flying in from Nantes, France, and will play on the Crossroads Stage at 2:15. Here is the lineup of great music in store for you: On the River Stage: Belle Fleur String Quartet - 10:30 am
Ancient City Brass Band - 11:30 am
Tammerlin - 12:45 pmOn the Crossroads Stage:
Aimee Boggs - Classical Keyboard -10:30 am
Dalton Cyr - Singer/Musician -11:30 pm
Rebecca Hewitt - Singer/Musician -11:30 pm
Paula Benson - R&B & Jazz Vocalist - 1:00 pm
Station Mir Trio - Jazz - 2:15 pm On the Hilltop Stage:
Tim Vergenz - Keyboard - 10:00 am
Cameron Taghlabi - One-Man Band - 12:30 pmOn the Gateway Stage:
Kathleen Finnegan - Celtic Harp - 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
w/ Bret Blackshear - A Curiously Entertaining Musical Fellow
At the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens:
Ancient City Brass Band -10:30 am
Belle Fleur String Quartet - 11:30 am
Ancient City Brass Band -1:00 pm
It is also World Juggling Day, and we will be featuring three amazing jugglers: David Ferman, the 16-year-old national champion; his dad, Leonard Ferman, who is the National Joggling Champion; and Wacky Chad, the daredevil juggler and pogo stick stunt comedian from Boston. And don't forget Father's Day is this Sunday! RAM's artists will have thousands of perfect hand-made Father's Day gifts on sale for you to choose from. Shop locally, support the arts community, and make Dad happy, all at the same time! Last but not least, it is National Knit in Public Day, and a group of radical knitters are going to Yarn Bomb the Riverside Arts Market -- wait till you see this!! Knitted graffiti - who would a thunkit? So come to RAM, buy some art, get your fresh veggies, eat lunch with Dad while you listen to over five hours of continuous music on five different stages.No wonder Folio Weekly called RAM "the coolest thing ever!" See you under the bridge!Wayne Wood
Interim RAM Director
