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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Montana lures National Folk Festival to Butte (AP)

From The Associated Press through USA Today:

By Susan Gallagher, Associated Press Writer

HELENA, Mont. — The National Folk Festival comes to Montana this summer, bringing the event's mix of "music, dance and tradition from across America" to historic Butte in Big Sky country.

The three-day festival changes venues every three years. For the past three summers, it was held in Richmond, Va. The National Council for the Traditional Arts chose Butte over 22 other cities that bid to host the multicultural event for the next three summers.

The dates for this year's festival are July 11-13. The 24 acts, which will perform on seven stages, will include Washington's Wylie & the Wild West, a Western music group featuring Yahoo! yodeler Wylie Gustafson; Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas from Louisiana; the Alex Meisner polka band from Pennsylvania; and New York's Yuri Yunakof Ensemble, performing Bulgarian wedding music.

There is no charge for admission to the festival, which features continuous performances, participatory dancing, children's activities, ethnic foods and craft exhibits.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-04-22-national-folk-festival_N.htm

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