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Date: June 23, 2015 at 4:23:36 PM EDT

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It's the month you've all been waiting for! Traditions Week    Festival    Motorcycle Ride   Common Ground on the Town   Other Events   Donate July 2015 TRADITIONS WEEKS & FESTIVAL!! The Flagship Programs of Common Ground on the Hill  TRADITIONS WEEKS Traditions Week 1: June 28-July 3 Traditions Week 2: July 5-July 10 It's not too late to sign up, but don't wait too long! There are still many great options left to fill your days with inspiration and creation. Traditions Week 1 - Get a touch of Latin glamor with Brazilian Guitar & Song (available in both Wks 1 and 2), brush up your fiddle skills with Bluegrass Fiddle and Old-Time Fiddle, explore your bass options with Bluegrass and Old-Time Bass and Electric/Acoustic Bass Guitar, dabble in Dulcimers, warble with wind instruments like the Tin Whistle, Melodica, and Recorder, glam up a hat in Hat Making, or beat a drum you've made in Bodhran Construction - these options and more await your creative touch! Traditions Week 2 - Keynote speaker, poet and medical doctor Fred Foote takes you on a journey through Healing and the Poetry of War, experience the unexpected stories behind some of classic and influential roots music with Hidden Voices, energize to your guitar with Blues and the Electric Guitar, find out why it's all about that bass with the Acoustic Bass Tutorial, try something a little different like the Autoharp, Harmonica, English Concertina, Dulcimer, or Riqq, whistle a happy tune on the Tin Whistle, delve into the world of the nykelharpa, Swedish fiddle, and Scandinavian song with Scandinavian Music, conquer the hills of Westminster on your Bicycle, get sculpting with Custom Vinyl Toys and Decorative Imagery for Ceramics, build your own Mountain Dulcimer, create a Fashion Fantasy Collage, or bead the day away with Loom Bead Weaving - there are opportunities galore! And don't forget nightly Staff Concerts, weeknights at 8 PM. This is a chance to hear an extraordinary collection of musicians playing together! Click HERE for more information. COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL FESTIVAL Saturday, July 11 from 10 AM - 9 PM Sunday, July 12 from 10 AM - 6 PM Carroll County Farm Museum 500 S Center Street   Westminster, MD   21157 4 stages of bluegrass, blues, Celtic, old-time, West African, Native American, folk, rock, and world music and dance! Food vendors, juried arts & crafts, the wine/beer garden, and fantastic performances! 2015 Common Ground on the Hill Festival Preview Headliners: Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Bruce Molsky, Guy Davis, Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore, Ronstadt Generations, Sankofa Dance Theater, Footworks Percussive Dance and many more!  Click HERE for more info and videos of the performers! VETERANS INITIATIVE MOTORCYCLE RIDE Saturday, July 11 Check-in 10 AM; Kickstands up 11:30 AM Rev up your engines and take a trip for the troops! When you participate in this Ride, you raise money for the Veterans Initiative at Common Ground on the Hill! Starting Point: Winebrenner's American Motorcycles 50 N. Forney Ave. Hanover, PA  17331 Ending Point: Common Ground on the Hill Festival Carroll County Farm Museum 500 S. Center Street Westminster, MD  21157 LIKE, JOIN and SHARE our Facebook event HERE or see our webpage for more information HERE. COMMON GROUND ON THE TOWN Saturday, July 11 from 9 PM - Midnight Following the close of Professor Louie & the Crowmatix's 7 PM set at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, the after-party continues at 6 venues in downtown Westminster, each within easy walking distance of the other! More info HERE. Eastman String Band Alt Grass at the Westminster Public Library 50 E Main Street Christopher James Electric Blues at Johanssons Dining House and Restaurant 4 W Main Street Baltimore Red Trio Acoustic Blues at Maggie's 310 E Green Street Wherligig Celtic at O'Lordans Irish Pub and Restaurant 14 LIberty Street Tim Jenkins Quartet Jazz at the Carroll Arts Center 91 W Main Street Harry  Orlove & the Eric Byrd Trio Jazz at  Rafael's Restaurant 32 W Main Street WORLD FOLK MUSIC ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE Sunday, July 12, 7 PM Join our promotional partners at the World Folk Music Association as they present a very special showcase at the El Golfo Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD. This showcase will feature Chuck Mitchell, a multi-talented singer, songwriter and actor. Chuck first appeared on the folk music scene in the 60s, singing in coffeehouses with his then wife, Joni Mitchell.  His credits include A Prairie Home Companion, and repertory theatre in Texas and England.  He has played Harold Hill in The Music Man, and Woody Guthrie in Woody Guthrie's American Song.  Most recently, he wrote and produced Mr. Foster & Mr. Twain, in which Stephen Foster joins Mark Twain for an evening of story and song. In addition, the showcase will feature the talented local singer-songwriter, Collin Warren and the final showcase appearance by the WFMA "houseband," Side by Side.   More information at http://wfma.net/eg1507.htm DONATE TODAY ~ Help Us Make it Happen ~ Did you know that one-quarter of Traditions Weeks attendees come on scholarship, including Native Americans; children at risk; Appalachian, inner-city and migrant students; single parents; and military veterans? Your donation makes it happen! Common Ground on the Hill is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and your donation is tax-deductible. Stay Connected 2 College Hill, McDaniel College  · Westminster, MD  21157  · 410.857.2771 commonground@commongroundonthehill.org

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