Favorite Folk Festival moments
It was another GREAT Folk Festival! The weather cooperated, the city looked great, the food and music were outstanding and the people you met, whether on the dance floor or in line for food, were all in a great mood. I always discover one act or band that I wouldn’t have planned to see that turns out to be a favorite; this year, it was the Armenian group, Aravod Ensemble. I was passing by St. Anne’s Churchyard and was drawn in, partly by the shade and the $1 bottles of water, but also because of the rhythmic, infectious music. It has an almost Greek sound and the traditional dancing demonstrated by 20 or more local Armenian Americans had a Greek look to it, as a line of dancers joined hands and moved in unison to the music. They lent such vibrancy to the music, as they kept in time, circling, moving with certainty and grace and liveliness, despite the heat. It was one of those perfect Folk Festival moments.