Entertainment
|
This is our line up for 2013. Be sure to check out both Main Stage and Arts in Motion artists. The line up is subject to change. You can find more information about the entertainers by clicking their names and visiting their websites.
|
| Grupo Konde Norteño |
Mexican Music Group
Friday 6:30 pm This 5 member Columbus based group integrates different regions of Mexico into their norteño music, with both classic and modern songs of the genre. The accordion and the bajo sexto are the norteño genre's most characteristic instruments. Norteño is a style of Mexican country music and thus has a more rural sound. |
| Hank Poole |
Child Elvis Tribute Artist
Sunday 2:30 pm There’s a new Elvis tribute artist in the Mid-Ohio Valley. And he is only 6 years old. Hank Poole of Vienna made his Elvis Presley Debut July 17th, 2012 at the Belpre Civitan Park. Hank joined veteran Elvis tribute artist Steve Sams of Belpre, who has been performing as the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” for 15 years. Hank, a second grader at Vienna Elementary School, has been accompanying his father, Bill Poole, to Sams Elvis shows ever since he was a newborn. |
| Ken & Mary |
German Accordion Musicians
Saturday 11:00 am Ken and Mary have worked as an accordion duo for many years, playing all varieties of music for events mostly around the Midwest. Ken brings over 40 years of music experience to the accordion duo. His music background includes not only playing the button-style accordion but also the tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, and mandola. Ken had his own rag/jazz band for many years, playing in and around Ohio as well as performing in the German Pavilion at Disney's Epcot Center and at the Altstadt Fest in Goslar/Harz, Germany. He adds to the "Ken and Mary" duo his expertise on the 5-row diatonic harmonika, also called the button box or button accordion. Mary's music career has spanned over 30 years, playing both the organ and the piano accordion. She has performed at numerous festivals, banquets, and for parties. She currently brings to "Ken and Mary" her magical talent on the standard piano accordion. |
| Lady D & MI$$ION |
R&B, Classic, Dance & Urban Blues Music
Saturday 7:00 pm Mi$$ion combines R&B, Classic, & Urban Blues and "feel good" dance music to create a sound that is 'so'-not ordinary. With soulful, steamy vocals, driving percussion, jazzy keys, thumpin' bass and wailin' guitar, Lady D and Mi$$ion are ready to set the world on fire. Lady D is a singer, songwriter,actress, director and playwright. She is West Virginia's "First Lady of Soul." Lady D is also the winner of the 2005 FestivALL Charleston Song Contest with her song, "It's A Charleston Thing." Lady D's theatre credits include six years with Theatre West Virginia, numerous performances with the Charleston Stage Company and Kanawha Players. She has traveled her one-woman show, "The Lady and the Empress" around W.Va. and other states along with the condensed school version, "Bessie's Blues." |
| Maidens IV |
Celtic Music Group
Saturday 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm Growing up in a musical family of eleven, Havilah, Heather, Abigail and Tabitha began performing in their family quintet at a young age. This Ohio based all sister band's repertoire flavor is of Irish and Scottish traditionals with a spellbinding glaze of original and contemporary Celtic tunes by the band members themselves. Maidens IV's high-octane, heartbeat shows share one celebratory purpose: to unite one and all in the merriment of Celtic music. Celticly contagious, Maidens IV kicks up high-action Celtic and Folk Rock music mixed with World, Gypsy and a rock solid sister sensibility. Layer classically trained fiddlers, a sweetly hard core guitarist and acappela virtuosa, infuse one pulse-peddling percussionist with eight dancing feet and you've stirred up a fancy dessert of Celt rock Celebration. |
Michael Jacobs |
Native American Singer/Songwriter
Saturday 1:00 pm Sunday 1:00 pm Award-winning Cherokee recording artist Michael Jacobs creates a compelling musical mixture of Native American, roots rock, pop, and folk. He doesn't just address Native American culture or issues - he addresses human issues: peace, justice, suffering, the environment, relationships, personal responsibility, and wholeness. His passion and insights into the "human condition" are obvious. And while the songs are fruits of a well-traveled soul, they do not reflect a jaded one. His music will soothe, encourage, and challenge you - it may even take you places you've never been before. But don't just take our word for it; listen for yourself. It's certain you will never be the same. |
|
||
WV Storyteller and Folk Musician
Saturday Noon For the past 25 years, Mick Souter has distinguished himself as one of West Virginia's most highly-regarded, widely-touring performing artists. Souter has made thousands of appearances in theaters, state parks, schools, festivals and other venues. Nicknamed West Virginia’s “Bard of Education,” master storyteller and entertainer Mick Souter will bring us his presentations of musical heritage. His touring one-man interactive musical theatre productions demonstrate his versatility as an actor, musician, storyteller and educator, as well as a versatile multi-instrumentalist who accompanies himself on banjo, guitar, dulcimer, violin, auto harp, mandolin, piano, recorder and harmonica.
|
|
||
Bagpipe Band
Sunday 2:00 pm The Pipes and Drums of St. Andrew, is a civilian bagpipe band based in
Parkersburg, WV. The band is currently under the direction of Drum Major Curt
Mitchell and Pipe Major Carl Henson. The band members come from Eastern and
North Central WV and Southern Ohio, and range in age from 16-80. The members
have many diverse backgrounds but are brought together by their love of
Scottish culture and music. The Pipes and Drums of St. Andrew were formed in
1997 by Pipe Major “Seamus” McFadden, and were under the long time direction of
Pipe Major Joe Quick. In honor of Pipe Major Quick the band wears the Ferguson clan
tartan. The band performs at numerous parades and festivals each year in
West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. Their honors include awards from parade
performances as well as being the host band for the Scottish Festival and
Celtic Gathering in Bridgeport, WV since its’ inception. Individual members of
the band perform solos at weddings, funerals, church services and other special
occasions as well as school educational programs. The band is currently
recruiting pipers/pipe students, drummers and color party members.
|
| S. H. Kang's Tae Kwon Do |
Traditional Korean Martial Arts Demo
Saturday 4:00 pm This team trains at the ELITE Sports Center in Parkersburg and is a branch of Grand Master Sok Ho Kang's Tae Kwon Do Academy in Charleston, WV. Tae Kwon Do is a form of self-defense which includes blocks and punches, while putting greater emphasis on kicking techniques. The translation for Tae Kwon Do is “the way of the hands and feet”. The demo team consists of all ages and ranges in skill levels from beginners to instructors with over 30 years of experience. The team entertains with traditional forms, self-defense routines and free sparring. Most exciting is the breaking demonstrations which include boards and concrete. The demo is narrated to include the audience through education. This display of discipline and dedication shows that even with personal limitations, anyone can attain their own personal best. |
| Sogbety Diomande |
African Drummer
Sunday 3:00 pm Sogbety Diomande, native of the Ivory Coast in West Africa, is a professional drummer and dancer and has been performing since he was a child. He has been a member of Ballet National de Cote d’Ivoire, Kotchegna Dance Company, and has been featured with many troupes in NYC and around the US. Sogbety started his own troupe in 2005. His troupe performs at festivals and in colleges throughout the U.S. He spends most of his time working as a solo artist doing drum workshops, assemblies and lectures in schools, universities, community centers, and juvenile correctional facilities. Sogbety is happy to share his culture with groups all over the country so that people can get a glimpse of life in a different land. |
| The Sweetback Sisters |
American Roots Music
Sunday 4:00 pm Sweetback Sisters Emily Miller and Zara Bode may not be blood relations, but their precise, family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the Everlys to The Judds, as well as the spirited rockabilly energy of Wanda Jackson, one of the band’s role models. Like the artists they admire, the Sweetbacks are concerned with the traditional subjects of heartbreak, revenge, remorse and staying strong in the face of relationships gone wrong, albeit with a contemporary sensibility. “We’re a renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” explains Bode. And while the music may be energetic and sassy, sentiments of heartache, loss and longing are dominant. |
| TarabRaqs |
Middle Eastern Music & Dance
Saturday 5:00 pm Since 2004, Based out of Berkeley Springs, WV, TarabRaqs has been delighting audiences young and old with the traditional arts of belly dance and live music on ethnic instruments. From the living room to the school gymnasium and the coffee house to the concert stage, TarabRaqs reveals the thrill of travel, the celebration of culture and the excitement of live performance for every audience. Combining the Arabic words for ecstasy in music (tarab) and dance (raqs), the group brings together the age-old art of making music and belly dance in the improvisational spirit of the roots of Near Eastern music. |
Arts In Motion Stage
|
||
Acoustic Jam Session Sunday 2:30 pm Appalachians have been picking and strumming together in the mountains and valleys for generations upon generations, and we will be doing the same this year at the Mid-Ohio Valley Multicultural Festival! Come down to the Arts in Motion tent on Sunday afternoon for our first-ever all-acoustic jam in the Appalachian tradition with local musicians Austin Alexander (The Get Down) and friends. If you play an instrument, then bring it down and join in for a number or two (or three, or four...) If you don't play, no problem--just come enjoy the sounds! Also, be sure to stop by the Arts in Motion information table to find out where you can catch our local musical talent outside of the festival, as they perform locally/regionally in various projects.
|
|
|
Hula-Hoop Instructor
Kid's Workshop Saturday 3pm in Pavilion All Ages Hoop Jam Saturday 8pm Angie Iafrate is a certified (hula-)hoop instructor and founder of Mid-Ohio Valley Hoopla, an organization that promotes hooping as a fun, creative exercise combining dance elements with the manipulation of a hoop. Even at its most basic, hula-hooping carries both physical and emotional benefits for participants of all ages, and Angie believes that anyone can learn to keep a hoop moving around their waist with an attitude of positive persistence! She offers weekly classes and various workshops around the region, regularly participates in local festivals/fairs, and gives demonstrations in public schools and other children's groups to share hooping with the community. This will be Angie's first year at the festival as a demonstrator, though she has participated as a spectator for more than a decade.
|
|
|
Percussionist & Drum-making Workshop
Saturday 12:15 pm Teaching, studying and performing for over 30 years, Baba Jubal began his music training at the age of 14 when a local musician taught him how to play Afro-Cuban percussion. Baba Jubal has performed throughout the United States and West Africa and is currently a master craftsman in the Ohio Arts Council traditional artist apprenticeship program. Baba Jubal has been bringing the joy and excitement of music and percussion to children in Northeast Ohio schools, universities, art centers and festivals for more than 20 years. He is the founder of the Inner Peace Drum Circle, an intergenerational percussion group in Cuyahoga County.
|
|
|
Bokwa Cardio Demonstration
Saturday 4:30 pm Bokwa® is a new approach to group exercise that is rapidly spreading across the globe. Bokwa® participants draw letters and numbers with their feet while performing an energizing and addictive cardio workout routine. Moving together to today’s most popular music, participants off all ages draw the Bokwa® L, 3, J, K and dozens of other steps. It was developed by international fitness personality Paul Mavi, a leading Los Angeles based Group Fitness Instructor. Tapping into his native South African roots as a dancer and musician, he develop Bokwa® for his own classes. Brickhouse Cardio Club Parkersburg is a studio specifically designed for cardio fitness. Toni Holbrook and her daughter Tiffanee are both instructors at Brickhouse and they are the first 2 Bokwa®
Instructors in WV. |
|
|
Theatre Makeup Demonstration
Saturday 1:30 pm Jeff is a professor in the Education & Humanties Division at WVUP. His course is designed to give the student an elementary command of theatre makeup through a study of the human face, light and shadow, color, equipment, construction and makeup types. At the festival though, he wants to be able to make up whatever he wants to do....pun intended!
|
| Major Martin Delany |
History Alive! Presentation
Sunday 1:30 pm & on Festival Grounds until 3:30 pm African-American Civil War officer, Martin Delany, will be portrayed by Joseph Bundy. The presentation is possible through the History Alive! program of the West Virginia Humanities Council. Born in Charles Town, Delany’s family moved to Pennsylvania when his mother was threatened with imprisonment for allowing her children to learn to read and write. He was a leader in the anti-slavery movement and a superintendent of the Underground Railroad. He co-edited an abolitionist newspaper with Frederick Douglass and attended Harvard Medical College. Delany was a recruiter for the U.S. Colored Troops and in 1865 became the first black field officer when commissioned a major. Delany is one of the many available character presentations offered through the West Virginia Humanities Council’s History Alive! program as a means of exploring history by interacting with noteworthy historical figures. These programs provide audiences with the opportunity to question those who have shaped our history. This West Virginia Humanities Council program is being hosted by the MOVMCF and is supported with additional financial assistance from the Office of the Secretary, West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.
 |
|
||
Salsa Dance Instruction
Friday 7:30 pm Sherri Killen of Mama Lotus Dance Studio will be providing a Salsa dance demonstration/lesson on our opening Latin Themed Night. The studio is located in Vienna, WV and teaches Middle Eastern style dance. Sherri has been dancing for 25 years and teaching for 10 years. In addition to dancing and teaching Middle Eastern style, she also has a background in Ballroom and Latin dance. She believes that there is a spiritual connection that happens with dance. Join her on our opening night to try your hips at some Salsa dancing!
|
|
||
Purveyor of Preposterous and Provoking
Entertainment Ventures Various Times on Sunday & 4:00 pm at Arts in Motion Professor Bubblemaker, played by John Gradwohl, Jr., will bring back the memory of days gone by taking audiences into his fun and educational world of soap bubbles. John's bubbling career started by accident. He wanted to perform bubbles as part of a stand up comedy routine. As he learned more about bubbling he began to practice and before long the stand up comedy went by the wayside and a new bubble show was born. All of his shows are motivating, silly and above all else, FUN! He hopes that audiences will walk away not only feeling entertained, but also motivated to go out and do whatever it is that is inside of them no matter how "silly" they think it is. The wonder of bubbles take us all back to a day before distractions of modern technology. A time when one could relax and just watch the bubbles floating by.
|
|
||
Stained Glass Making
Saturday 6:00 pm Phoenix Glass makes affordable stained glass items for individual sale. Greg Fleeman is the artist and he can create custom orders. He also has pieces currently on sale at the Norwood Antique Mall on Greene Street in Marietta Ohio. All items are handmade in Greg's kitchen! Join Greg as he demonstrates what goes in to making these beautiful delicate pieces of art.
|
|
|
|
||
Zumba Demo/Class
Friday 6:15 pm Sami Marrero currently teaches Zumba at Anytime Fitness in Vienna. She also does special events around the area. Zumba classes feature exotic rhythms set to high-energy Latin and international beats. She is passionate about teaching Zumba and will be kicking off our Latin theme opening night by offering a free class.
|
|
||
The Zoot Suit Magician Various Times on Festival Grounds & Sunday 12:45 pm at Arts in Motion Thousands of people have laughed with his humor and been amazed by his magic for over two decades. Steve entertains with magic that is quite literally in his hands and more often than not, in your hands as well. His magic happens literally inches away from your eyes, everyone watching will have the opportunity to share in this unique and intimate experience. Steve performs with warmth and humour, captivating his audiences and leaving them totally spellbound with his mysteries. |
| TarabRaqs |
|
Middle Eastern Music & Dance Drum Circle
Saturday 3:00 pm Since 2004, Based out of Berkeley Springs, WV, TarabRaqs has been delighting audiences young and old with the traditional arts of belly dance and live music on ethnic instruments. From the living room to the school gymnasium and the coffee house to the concert stage, TarabRaqs reveals the thrill of travel, the celebration of culture and the excitement of live performance for every audience. Combining the Arabic words for ecstasy in music (tarab) and dance (raqs), the group brings together the age-old art of making music and belly dance in the improvisational spirit of the roots of Near Eastern music. |
|
|
||
|
||
Hair Braiding Demonstrations
Saturday 6:00 pm Rachael Hanlon joined us last year for our Celtic Opening Night and shared her hair styling talents with us. It was a big hit and she will be back again this year to offer up her abilities to willing guests and spectators. She will be working along side Greg Fleeman as he demonstrates his stained glass making.
|
| Voices of Triumph |
Community Gospel Choir
Saturday 11:15 pm The Voices of Triumph Gospel Community Choir represents the cultural, racial and religious diversity of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Members include students, parents, grandparents, office workers, caregivers and ordinary church members of all ages who share a passion for a ministry of singing. The ensemble began in 1999 with members representing churches from throughout the area. Its name is derived from Psalm 47: "O clap your hands, all ye people: shout unto God with the voice of triumph." |
The festival has been entertaining young and old alike for the past 18 years. Cultures of all kinds have been featured at the MOVMCF year after year. Here is a look at some of their performances.
cache/wst.opf.2655069.xml
