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Follow on Google News | Holly Brewer's The Folks Below and The Squeezebox Stompers: music headliners for MusketaquidHolly Brewer's The Folks Below and The Squeezebox Stompers: music headliners for Concord's Musketaquid Earth Week festivities -- week of April 21-27, 2013
By: Musketaquid Arts & Environment 
Holly Brewer, photo by Doug Glass ARTS AND ENVIRONMENT celebrates EARTH WEEK IN CONCORD which runs APRIL 21-27, 2013 featuring musical headliners for Musketaquid Earth Day held on Saturday April 27 THE FOLKS BELOW w/ HOLLY BREWER and THE SQUEEZEBOX STOMPERS along with drum circle facilitator Julie Corey of The Village Drum “The Musketaquid, or Grass-ground River, though probably as old as the Nile or Euphrates … It will be Grass-ground River as long as grass grows and water runs here; it will be Concord River only while men lead peaceable lives on its banks.” (excerpt from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau) (Concord, MA 01742) Musketaquid Arts and Environment announces the details of its 23rd annual Earth Week festivities that pay homage to International Earth Day, celebrated every year worldwide on April 22nd. Earth Week in Concord commences on Sunday April 21 with the Artists’ Reception for Musketaquid’ All Earth Week events will be presented in Concord, with many based at Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts located at 40 Stow Street in Concord. Everyone is welcome to join in Musketaquid Earth Day and Earth Week, either as a participant or as an active observer. More information can be found at http://www.emersonumbrella.org/ The Schedule for Musketaquid Earth Day, the culmination of all Musketaquid Earth Week activities: [All Musketaquid Earth Day events are free and open to all.] Saturday, April 27, 10 am-2 pm: Musketaquid Earth Day ☼ 10-10:45 am (rain or shine) River Ceremony All are welcome to join in at the Lowell Road Boat Launch located in Concord. Developed by participants in the river ceremony workshops, the ceremony will feature the Voices for the Earth Chorus, drums, floating sculptures and River and Land Sprites with watery sound, movement and song. The Earth Day Parade proceeds from this location. ☼ 10:45 am-noon (rain or shine) Earth Day Parade All are welcome to join in the Parade! Participants will line up by 10:45 am at the Lowell Road Bridge, near the Boat Launch. At 11 am, the Parade will travel from Lowell Road Bridge through the center of Concord to Emerson Umbrella. Large dancing puppets will be accompanied by stilters, La Piñata dancers, Alice Heller’s Dancers and several musical groups such as the Musketaquid All-Star Brass Band (led by Billy Novick) and AfroBrazil (led by Marcus Santos). Parade participants include environmental, school and community groups, friends, families and all those passionate about celebrating the Earth. Side Shows, including folk rockers Snow Crow, will take place along the parade route starting at 10:30 am. ☼ 12 to 2 pm (in case of rain, the festival moves indoors) Arts & Environment Festival Music headliners for this year’s festival are award-winning vocalist/composer Holly Brewer (of Humanwine fame, http://www.humanwine.org) and her new band The Folks Below (http://www.thefolksbelow.org). Their debut album, being recorded in early April, will be released in May. Also on the bill are The Squeezebox Stompers (http://www.squeezeboxstompers.com) ☼ The Schedule for Musketaquid Earth Week leading up to Musketaquid Earth Day: [All Musketaquid Earth Week events (except for the Rory Block concert on April 26) are free and open to all.] Each year, Musketaquid chooses a theme that best speaks to its passion for discovery within both art and nature. “EDGES: Where Habitats Meet, Where Habits Meet” is the theme for this year, and Musketaquid activities that began in mid-January in preparation for the Earth Month Art Exhibit (which runs from April 13 through May 5) and Earth Week activities, are all tied into the need to recognize and deepen one’s connection and respect for their natural surroundings and finding a way to express that connection in an artistic manner, whether it be through the visual, performing, or literary arts. Sunday, April 21, 1-4 pm: River Ceremony Workshop Led by artist and certified InterPlay trainer CC King. This workshop, the second of two (the first to be held on Sat. April 13) will explore the many ways one can construct a floating sculpture out of natural branch and grass fibers. These sculptures will then be launched during the Earth Day River Ceremony, held the morning of April 27, providing a peaceful flotilla that makes its way down the Concord River to destinations real and imagined. The workshop location will be determined in early April. Sunday, April 21, 5-8 pm: Earth Month Art Exhibit Artists’ Reception A non-juried art show which runs in the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts Gallery from April 13 through May 5. The exhibit features craft and fine art in two and three dimensions, as well as photography, video, and multi-media. The artists’ reception will showcase live performances of music and spoken word. The winner of Musketaquid’ Wednesday, April 24, 7:30-9 pm: Puppet Dress Rehearsal Final touches on preparing puppets for the Musketaquid Earth Day Parade. Led by puppet-making artist Morningstar Medaye and the Musketaquid Parade Team. Last minute participants welcome. Friday, April 26, 8 pm: Rory Block In Concert Presented during Musketaquid Earth Week by Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts and sponsored by Concord-based Reasons To Be Cheerful (http://www.cheerful- End
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