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“CONSISTENT QUALITY OF PRODUCTIONS AND INTEGRITY OF THEME AND PRESENTATION.”
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
“A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST, INTO OUR SOULS, WITH WIT AND GENUINE AMERICAN INGENUITY.”
The Annenberg Center, Philadelphia PA
“...THE OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF YOUR WORK SHINES BRIGHT.”
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach FL
News and Events

06.02.10
Hot 8 Brass Band to be featured in new Spike Lee film for HBO
The Hot 8 Brass Band is featured in the upcoming Spike Lee film entitled "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise."

05.24.10
Viver Brasil wins Lester Horton Dance Award
Viver Brasil recently won the Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in World Dance

Performance Highlights

07.30.10
Christopher O'Riley
Caramoor International Music Festival
Spanish Courtyard- Katonah, NY

08.05.10
ETHEL
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, NY

08.28.10
Turtle Island Quartet
Waterstage - Grand Performances
Los Angeles, CA

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Freedom Bound
Come Be Here By Me
I Don’t Love Nothing But a Dream of Freedom
Wings of Courage
Smack Dab
Calm, Cool, Ready

Tours & Projects

John Henry - Touring 10-11-12

John Henry is a well-known figure of American folklore. Born in poverty in rural West Virginia, John Henry’s incredible size and strength became legendary as he worked laying track for the railroads that crisscrossed the countryside in the late nineteenth century. No one could match his skill or his endurance, until the invention of the steam-powered driver, that is. We remember John Henry for his famous contest with this newfangled machine. John won the day, but died soon afterwards of a broken heart. John Henry realized that ordinary men could not compete with the iron workhorses of the industrial revolution and that the days of men like him were numbered. John Henry, uses storytelling, drama, and music to bring the story of an American legend to life. It is a tale that speaks to young and old alike and carries a strong contemporary parallel about the importance of our humanity in the face of changing technology.

Age Appropriateness: 3rd Grade and up
Duration: 50 minutes plus a Question and Answer session
Number of performers: 2 actors plus stage manager
Music: contains live music (electric guitar)