maryland traditions folklife festival

THE 6TH ANNUAL
MARYLAND
TRADITIONS
FOLKLIFE
FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016 BALTIMORE
THE FOLKLIFE PROGRAM OF THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL
A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN
WHAT IS FOLKLIFE?
WHAT IS MARYLAND
TRADITIONS?
Dear Friends:
Welcome to the 6th annual Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival. Maryland Traditions, the folklife
program of the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), has been working statewide with communities
for 15 years to support and celebrate living traditions through fieldwork, partnerships, grants,
research and public programs. Today, we come together to highlight the rich cultural traditions that
are practiced and expressed from the Chesapeake to Appalachia.
Folklife is the embodiment of community wisdom, which relies on the dedication of key individuals
to maintain its vibrancy and relevance. Our musicians, dancers and culinary and craft artists are
invigorating folk and traditional arts by handing them down to the next generation through word of
mouth or example. We are fortunate to experience their arts firsthand through their performances
and demonstrations.
Walking around today, you may hear the sacred sounds of The Sensational Royal
Lights, a group that’s rooted in African-American Gospel traditions, passed down
over generations and expressive of far more than just beautiful harmonies. You
may stop and talk with Rich Smoker, an award-winning master duck decoy carver,
and experience the knowledge and skills he uses to keep decoy making alive. Your
children may make piñatas, gaining the basics from Artesanas Mexicanas, who have
learned from their families over time. These are living traditions, or what we call
folklife, handed down from one generation to another through word of mouth
or example. They may be verbal, musical or visual, occupational or religious. They
may be Indigenous or have found a welcoming home in Maryland in recent years.
Folklife strengthens cultural identity and senses of place, providing ways to gather
together for linking past, present, and future. Folklife comprises cultural practices,
expressions and beliefs that are dynamic and ever-changing, responding to new
situations and contexts, and expanding to make room for newcomers all the time.
Please join me in celebrating outstanding individuals who are passing on the living traditions that
make Maryland communities distinct and bridge our past to a promising future.
Sincerely,
Governor
The Maryland State Arts Council, an agency of the Maryland Department of Commerce,
Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts, is dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community
where the arts thrive. The mission of the council is to encourage and invest in the advancement
of the arts for the people of Maryland. Maryland Traditions is a collaborative statewide folklife
partnership program of the Maryland State Arts Council with support from the National
Endowment for the Arts, designed to create a lasting infrastructure for the documentation,
promotion and safeguarding of traditional cultures in Maryland.
Creative Alliance at the Patterson provides support to artists and advocates for cultural
expression rooted in a sense of place. Wide ranging programs are found within the walls of this
former movie theater, including local film, modern dance, neo-burlesque, puppetry, hip hop,
improv comedy, experimental and traditional music.
Today’s festival is produced in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional
Arts (NCTA). Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, the NCTA is a private, not-for-profit corporation,
dedicated to the presentation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States. Founded
in 1933, it is the nation’s oldest producing and presenting organization with such a focus.
O N COV E R :
N O R W E G I A N R O S E M Å L I N G (D E CO R AT I V E PA I N T I N G O N WO O D) BY M A S T E R A R T I S T L I S E LO R E N T Z E N
S H E P H E R D ’S B E LT, O J C Z Y Z N A P O L I S H DA N C E R S
ABOUT THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL
Maryland Traditions is the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council.
We’re a team of folklorists, spread across the state, working to document,
promote and sustain traditional arts and culture. Our partners include the Coastal
Heritage Alliance (Chesapeake Tidewater), Frostburg State University
(Mountain Maryland), the National Council for the Traditional Arts (Metro DC
and Statewide), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Metro Baltimore
and Statewide), Sandy Spring Museum (Montgomery County), and the Ward
Museum of Wildfowl Art (Lower Eastern Shore). Together, we strive to learn from
cultural communities and to work with them through grant programs and public
events as a means of safeguarding living cultural heritage.
One core program of Maryland Traditions is its Master-Apprenticeship Grants, which
support the passing on of cultural knowledge, skills and meanings from masters
to apprentices in a wide range of living traditions. Indeed, the festival serves to
highlight the past year’s master-apprentice teams, so we encourage you to engage
with all that they have to share.
Enjoy the festival!
Michelle Stefano and Chad Edward Buterbaugh
Co-Directors, Maryland Traditions
MARYLAND
TRADITIONS
APPRENTICESHIP
AWARDS
DJs K A R I Z M A A N D BA R O N H AW K
IN THE STUDIO
Many of the participants in today’s festival have been recognized through the
Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award, given annually since 2004 to master
traditional artists to pass their skills on to the next generation. This year’s recipients are:
M A S T E R A PPR E N T I C E
TRADITION
Joung Sook Park Chae
Joseph Cho
Christopher Clayton
Baronhawk Poitier Williams
Tyrome Elliott
Ryan Elliott
Dennis Klima
Maksymilian Bondyra
Lise Lorentzen
Michele Wimmers
Prem Raja Mahat
Roshan Pratap Rana
George Pappas
Lauren Pappas
Frances Riale
Ann Porcella
Leslie Trageser and Jeff Smith
Noreen “Freddy” Herbert
Chu Shan Zhu
Alexander Butman and Sean Tan
Korean buk and jangoo drum
Baltimore club (Bmore club) music
African-American gospel quartet
Polish mountain dance
Norwegian rosemåling
(decorative painting on wood)
Murali (Nepali flute)
Easter chocolate making
Old time music
German sour beef and dumplings
Chinese opera
FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS
East Avenue Stage
Forrobodó – Brazilian music and dance
The Sensational Royal Lights –
African-American Gospel Quartet BA LT I M O R E
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
T H E S E N S AT I O N A L R OYA L L I G H T S
CO U N T Y Tyrome Elliott is an original member of the
Sensational Royal Lights, steeped in the tradition of
African-American sacred music and founded more
than sixty years ago in Cambridge (Dorchester County).
Tyrome and his son, Ryan, who has spent the past year
apprenticing to his father, represent the third and fourth
generations of the Elliott family’s shaping of the tradition
and “preaching the gospel through song.”
FO R R O B O D Ó
Orishabo – Afro-Cuban rumba
Charm City Klezmer – Klezmer Music
CHARM CITY KLEZMER
BA LT I M O R E C I T Y Drawing on multiple musical
traditions, Charm City Klezmer pairs Judaic sounds
from Eastern Europe with the influences of jazz, funk,
and blues. The six-piece band includes husband-andwife duo Michael Raitzyk, a longtime member of the
Baltimore music scene, and his wife Judith Gellar, who
sings and plays keyboards.
ORISHABO
DA N Z A G UA DA LU PA N A D E M A RY L A N D
METRO DC
The richly patterned percussion of Orishabo, an AfroCuban drumming group in the Yoruba tradition, is
known as rumba. Though the group highlights the
history of rumba, it describes its work with the phrase la
rumba no es como ayer, which means “rumba isn’t how
it was yesterday.” Orishabo’s music is secular, but its
name hearkens to the term orisha, which is connected
with a number of Afro-Cuban sacred practices, including
ceremonial drumming.
Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys –
Honky tonk B A LT I M O R E C I T Y Raised in Cambridge
Danza Guadalupana de Maryland –
Indigenous Mexican Dance BA LT I M O R E C I T Y
Originally from Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo
León, Danza Guadalupana de Maryland is a Baltimorebased, devotional dance group in the Christian tradition.
Also known as Matachines del Tepeyac, which reflects
the Indigenous heritage of its members, the group’s
dances honor the Virgin of Guadalupe.
M E T R O D C Based in Metro DC with members from
both Maryland and Virginia, Forrobodó performs dance
music in the Brazilian tradition of forró (pronounced
“fo-ho”). Forró originated in northeastern Brazil, but
its popularity has spread throughout the country. Its
up-tempo rhythms are most often accompanied by a
two-step dance.
ARTY HILL AND
T H E LO N G G O N E DA D DYS
(Dorchester County), Arty Hill lives in Baltimore and is a
former apprentice to Mel Price, Maryland’s senior veteran
of country music. Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys
have recorded six albums of honky tonk music. Their
latest album is titled Another Lost Highway.
indoor theater stage
Washington Chu Shan Chinese
Opera Institute – Chinese Opera M O N TG O M E RY
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
WA S H I N G T O N C H U S H A N C H I N E S E
OPERA INSTITUTE
P R E M R A JA M A H AT P L AY I N G
T H E N E PA L I SA R A N G I
Frances Riale and Ann Porcella
– Old Time Music C E C I L CO U N T Y/ B A LT I M O R E
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
DJs K A R I Z M A A N D B A R O N H AW K
Urban Artistry – Dance Battle!
FRANCES RIALE AND ANN PORCELLA
M O N TG O M E RY
Last year’s hit head-to-head dance battle
is returning, brought to you once again by Urban
Artistry, an organization dedicated to art forms
inspired by the urban experience. Urban Artistry’s
Founder, Junious Brickhouse, is a Maryland Traditions
master of house dance and will be leading a House/
Club dance workshop in the Marquee Lounge.
Ojczyzna Polish Dancers
– Polish Folk Dance W I CO M I CO CO U N T Y/
CO U N T Y
U R B A N A R T I S T RY
Winfield Parker – Rhythm & Blues
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
O J C Z Y Z N A P O L I S H DA N C E R S
Now celebrating his 58th year as a performer, the
legendary Winfield Parker is a mainstay of the Maryland
R&B, soul, and gospel scenes. Parker has influenced
countless musicians and collaborated with the likes
of Etta James and Little Richard. He performs today in
support of the vinyl release of “Mr. Clean: Winfield Parker
at Ru-Jac,” celebrating his recordings for Ru-Jac Records,
a Baltimore-based label that was one of nation’s first to
be owned by an African-American, Rufus Mitchell.
B A LT I M O R E C I T Y The Ojczyzna Polish Dancers are a
fixture of parish life at Holy Rosary Church on Baltimore’s
east side. Master Dennis Klima performs today with his
apprentice, Maksymilian Bondyra, and several other
members of Ojczyzna.
Prem Raja Mahat and Roshan
Pratap Rana – Nepali Flute B A LT I M O R E C I T Y
BA LT I M O R E
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
CITY
W I N F I E L D PA R K E R
Frances Riale has been playing old time, country,
and bluegrass bass since the 1940s. As a key member
of the rich musical scene of Northeastern Maryland,
which became infused with the musical traditions of
Appalachia during the early 20th century, she notes that
the songs she knows are “old time hymns” with lyrics
that represented real events. She will perform and tell
stories today with her apprentice, Ann Porcella, an old
time and bluegrass musician and singer for more than
30 years.
CITY
DJs Karizma and Baronhawk –
Baltimore Club Music BA LT I M O R E C I T Y
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
The tradition of Baltimore Club, or Bmore Club, is a
style of bass-heavy dance music that gained both its
uniqueness and widespread popularity through city
DJs in the 1990s. One of Baltimore Club’s most notable
artists is DJ Karizma (Chris Clayton), who will perform
today with his apprentice, Baronhawk Poitier Williams.
CO U N T Y The Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera
Institute is dedicated to performing and teaching opera
traditions from North and South mainland China and
Taiwan. The group’s namesake, master Chu Shan Zhu,
is a fourth generation performer. Today, he performs
segments from “Monkey King and the Red Boy” and
“Dream of the Red Chamber,” with a troupe including
his two apprentices, Sean Tan and Alex Butman.
P R E M R A JA M A H AT A N D R O S H A N
P R ATA P R A N A
The murali, a flute, is a common instrument in Nepali
musical traditions. Heralded on NPR as the “Bob Dylan
of Nepal,” master Prem Raja Mahat has been playing the
murali, and many other traditional Nepali instruments,
since he was a child. He performs today with his
apprentice, Roshan Pratap Rana.
workshops and drop-in activities
Ken and Brad Kolodner
Marquee Lounge – ALL AGES
Ken and Brad Kolodner open and close the
Marquee Lounge with their innovative take on
Appalachian mountain music. Join the fatherand-son team for songs and stories in the early
afternoon, and for an open jam later on. For the
jam, all are welcome to bring their instruments
and join in!
Poetry Slam!
Youth Team vs. Adult Team
P O L I S H FO L K DA N C E W I T H O J C Z Y Z N A P O L I S H DA N C E R S
Marquee Lounge – AGES 10 & UP
Hosted by Slangston Hughes of the Baltimore
City Youth Poetry Team and Dew More
Baltimore, young competitors will go up against
their coaches in a series of tense poetry and
spoken word battles!
Dance Lesson with Urban Artistry
Peace Mission Korean Dance
Group – Buk and Jangoo Korean Drumming
and Dance M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y The Peace
A PPRE N TICE SH I P
P E AC E M I S S I O N KO R E A N DA N C E
GROUP
Mission Korean Dance Group specializes in the rhythms
of traditional Korean drumming, including those of the
buk, or barrel drum, and the jangoo, or hourglass drum.
Master Joung Sook Park Chae appears today with her
apprentice, Joseph Cho.
Yebahil Dankira Buden – Ethiopian Music
and Dance D C M E T R O/M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y
Composed of members of the vibrant Ethiopian
community in Montgomery County and Washington,
DC, Yebahil Dankira Buden uses traditional Ethiopian
music and dance as inspiration for its exhilarating
performances.
Y E B A H I L DA N K I R A B U D E N
Marquee Lounge – ALL AGES
Learn body movements and dance steps
directly from master dancers from Urban
Artistry.
M A M A L I N DA
G O S S AT T H E
2015 M A RY L A N D
TRADITIONS
FO L K L I F E
F E S T I VA L
Cambodian jewelry-making
with the Asian Arts and Culture Center
TOWSON UNIVERSIT Y
Upstairs Classroom – AGES 8 & UP
Join the team from the Asian Arts and Culture
Center for Cambodian jewelry-making
workshops.
Screen painting with The Painted
Screen Society of Baltimore
Upstairs Classroom – AGES 8 & UP
The painted screens are arguably one of the
most recognizable living traditions in Baltimore.
During two workshops, learn how to paint your
own screen!
Storytelling with Mama Linda Goss
Upstairs Classroom – ALL AGES
Expand your imagination and storytelling
skills with Mama Linda Goss, co-founder of the
National Association of Black Storytellers.
Other Demonstrations
and all-day workshops:
Drop in all day for demonstrations and
workshops in piñata making, Cambodian crown
making, Baltimore’s Globe poster printing,
basket weaving, blacksmithing, duck decoy
carving, and Chesapeake skipjack restoration.
Maryland Traditions Folk life Festival 2016 schedule
TIME
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
1:00
EAST AVENUE
STAGE
NOON ON STREET Danza
Guadalupana Mexican dance
12:30 - 1:15
Sensational Royal Lights
African-American Gospel
quartet
1:45
2:00
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
1:30 - 2:15
Charm City Klezmer
Klezmer
2:15 ON STREET Danza
Guadalupana Mexican dance
4:00
Forrobodó
Brazilian forró
3:45 - 4:30
Orishabo
Afro Cuban/Yoruba drumming
4:15
5:00
5:15
6:00
6:15
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:15
7:30
Upstairs Workshops
Arty Hill & the
Long Gone Daddys
Honky tonk
5:45 - 6:30
DOWNSTAIRS
GALLERY & LOBBY
Crafters & Exhibits
MEDIA LAB
Upstairs
Workshops
CRAFTS TENTS
Outside Workshops
FOODWAYS
DEMO TENT
12:15 - 1:00
Washington Chu Shan
Chinese Opera Institute
Chinese opera
12:15 - 1:00
Brad & Ken Kolodner
Old time music talk/demo
Frances Riale &
Ann Porcella
Old time music
2:15 - 3:00
Prem Raja Mahat &
Roshan Pratap Rana
Nepali flute and strings
Asian Arts &
Culture Center
Cambodian jewelry making
ages 8 & up
12:30 - 1:00 Momos
12:30 - 1:30
ALL DAY
(Nepali dumplings)
with Nepal House
Wake Up Imagination
with Linda Goss
Storytelling | all ages
Slangston Hughes
Poetry/spoken word slam!
1:00 - 1:45
Globe Poster
Poster making
ALL DAY
2:00 - 3:00
Asian Arts &
Culture Center
Cambodian jewelry making
ages 8 & up
ALL DAY
Wide Angle
Youth Media
Exhibition
2:30 - 3:30
Wake Up Imagination
with Linda Goss
Storytelling | all ages
Artesanas
Mexicanas
Piñata decorating
& sales
DJs Karizma & Baronhawk
with Urban Artistry
6:15 - 7:00
Bmore club/dance battle
Yebahil Dankira Buden
Ethiopian music and dance
6:30 ON STREET Danza
Blessed Coffee
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
2:00 - 2:30 Tamales with
Alejandra Martinez &
Artesanas Mexicanas
2:00 Neighborhood
painted screen tour
departs Meet at
Creative Alliance Entrance
2:45 - 3:15
Ethiopian Food with
Taste of Ethiopia
Urban Artistry
Club/House dance lesson
3:30 - 4:30
Painted Screen Society
of Baltimore
Screen painting
ages 8 & up
3:30-4:15 Sour beef and
ALL DAY
3:00 - 3:45
Blessed Coffee
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
dumplings with Zion
Lutheran Church
Edwin Remsberg
Master/Apprentice
Photo Exhibit
4:30-5:00
Collard sandwiches with
Rosie’s Bakery
ALL DAY
Peace Mission
Korean Dance Group
Korean drumming
1:15 - 1:45 Food
traditions conversation
with Mary Zajac
3:15 - 4:15
4:15 - 5:00
5:15 - 6:00
G. Krug & Son
Ironworks
Blacksmithing
1:45 - 2:45
Ojczyzna Polish Dancers
Polish dance
3:15 - 4:00
12:30 - 1:30
EAST AVENUE
SIDEWALKS
ALL DAY
Kathi Beauchesne
Basketry
4:45 - 5:30
5:30
5:45
CLASSROOM
ALL DAY
Strung Together
World Strings: Nepali, klezmer,
and US
4:30
4:45
Workshops
2:45 - 3:30
3:30
3:45
MARQUEE LOUNGE
1:15 - 2:00
1:15
1:30
THEATER
STAGE
Starting at 5:00
Brad & Ken Kolodner
Open jam - old time music
5:00 - 6:00
Painted Screen Society
of Baltimore
Screen painting
ages 8 & up
Frank Bittner
Wood graining
ALL DAY
Cumberland
Marbles Team
Marbles competitions
5:00 -5:45
5:15-5:45
Pierogies with
Agnieszka Krajewski
Blessed Coffee
Ethiopian coffee ceremony
ALL DAY
Lise Lorentzen &
Michele Wimmers
Norwegian rosemåling
Guadalupana Mexican dance
7:00 - 8:00
Winfield Parker
R&B/soul
ALL DAY
Gary Eddington
Sign Painting
7:45
A B OV E : R O S H A N P R ATA P R A N A’S N E PA L I F LU T E S
occupational and craft traditions
Maryland boasts a rich diversity of occupational and crafts-related cultural practices. Some are
distinctive to towns, cities and regions within Maryland, while others have found a new ‘home’
here recently. Certain traditions are closely tied to the vocations of working Marylanders, while
others serve as more of an avocation for those who know and practice them today.
A PPRE N TICE SH I P Lise Lorentzen and
Michele Wimmers H A R FO R D CO U N T Y Norwegian
rosemåling is the highly intricate tradition of decorative
wood painting – on everything from boxes to
furniture – with unique styles representing certain
regions in Norway. Lise Lorentzen grew up in the
Norwegian-American community of Staten Island
and began rosemåling at a young age; since then, she
has won many awards at local and national levels. For the past year, she has been teaching her
apprentice, Michele Wimmers, at her home studio in Bel Air.
In Baltimore, Globe Poster, which closed its doors in 2010, is now the Globe Collection and
Press at MICA. Globe has produced everything from carnival posters to its famous R&B show
posters since 1929. G. Krug and Son Ironworks is run by 5th generation Krugs, Peter and
Stephen. The Krug family aesthetic has adorned the city for more than 190 years. East Baltimore
is the home of the living tradition of Painted Screens, which stretches back to 1913 when it
was realized that painting window screens provides privacy from onlookers. Frank Bittner,
a master wood grainer living on the Eastern Shore, learned the skills of wood graining, or faux
finishing, from his grandfather, whose artistry helped to transform the windows, doors and
vestibules of numerous Baltimore row houses.
M A S T E R R O S E M Å L E R , L I S E LO R E N T Z E N , I N H E R H O M E S T U D I O
MARK WIEST
From the Eastern Shore, Coastal Heritage Alliance
(Talbot County), represented today by Mark Wiest, is
dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the
cultural heritage of commercial fishing families in North
America. Featured will be the restoration of skipjack boats,
the traditional oyster dredging fleet of the Chesapeake Bay.
In Somerset County, Rich Smoker is a master duck decoy
carver who began in the late 1960s and, in 2008, won the
Ward World Championship in the Shootin’ Rig category.
Dr. Kathleen Beauchesne is the President of the
P I Ñ ATA M A K I N G W I T H
ARTESANAS MEXICANAS
D R . K AT H L E E N B E AU C H E S N E
CUMBERLAND MARBLES TEAM
Center for Research Basketry, Inc., which is a non-profit
organization dedicated to research on basketry and
the lives of basket makers. Her research objective is to
reestablish Maryland basketry history and traditions as an
art and craft. Wide Angle Youth Media is a non-profit
organization providing Baltimore youth with a chance to tell
their own stories and engage with local communities. Join
them today for a chance to map your own food traditions.
Artesanas Mexicanas (Baltimore City) will teach you to
make your own piñata! In southeast Baltimore, the Latino
community uses piñatas to celebrate Christmas, New Year’s,
Children’s Day, and Mother’s Day. You will also have the
chance to compete in a series of marbles challenges against
the expert champions of the Cumberland Marbles
Team (Allegany County). Cumberland boasts a city
tournament dating back nearly a century, public marbles
rings, and a strong presence in regional schools, where the
tradition is still taught.
George and Lauren Pappas –
Easter chocolates A L L E G A N Y CO U N T Y ChocolateA PPRE N TICE SH I P
making has been a Frostburg Easter tradition since
the 1920s. For four generations, the Pappas family,
proprietors of Princess Restaurant, have treated locals
to chocolate rabbits, eggs and other sweets, all made
by hand and without artificial cooling. Master George
Pappas has been passing the tradition on to his
apprentice and daughter, Lauren Pappas, this past year.
New this year, the foodways tent on East Avenue will host live demonstrations of Maryland’s
food traditions all day. Visitors can learn how to make momos, or Nepali dumplings, with Nepal
House (Baltimore City); tamales with members of Artesanas Mexicanas (Baltimore City);
traditional Ethiopian delicacies with Taste of Ethiopia (Metro DC); sour beef and dumplings
with members of Zion Lutheran Church (Baltimore City); Lumbee collard sandwiches with
Rosie’s Bakery (Baltimore City); and pierogies with members of Holy Rosary Church
(Baltimore City).
Visitors will also have a chance to experience a traditional
Ethiopian coffee ceremony with Blessed Coffee
(Montgomery County). Blessed Coffee’s ceremonies
encourage dialogue, and remind us that coffee is not just
a beverage.
C H O CO L AT E E A S T E R R A B B I T S AT P R I N C E SS R E S TAU R A N T I N F R O S T B U R G
Foodways traditions
Festival-goers can also enjoy traditional foods from
Baltimore’s Nepal House, owned by master musician
B L E S S E D CO F F E E
Prem Raja Mahat; Caribbean food by PJ’s Restaurant
on Wheels of Baltimore; Ethiopian food by Taste of Ethiopia, serving Metro DC; south
Mediterranean gyros and falafel by Baltimore’s Halal Food Cart; Reubens and deli sandwiches
from Corned Beef King of Olney; and for dessert, Prigel Family Creamery, offering
outstanding ice creams from their 120 year-old family farm in Glen Arm.
A good example for understanding how cultural traditions are passed on between people is
to think about food – how we get it, prepare it, and consume it. The recipes and techniques
needed for creating and enjoying the wide range of culinary dishes and specialties from around
the world often come from those before us – whether it’s our grandmother’s recipe for spaghetti
sauce, or our community’s love of all things crab! There is no denying that food brings people
together, that it is deeply tied to our understandings of cultural identity and senses of place, and
is an integral part of many cultural traditions that range from the religious to the secular.
in the gallery
A PPRE N TICE SH I P Leslie Trageser, Noreen “Freddy”
Herbert, and Jeff Smith BA LT I M O R E C I T Y Located
Design by Evins Design, Baltimore
downtown, Zion Lutheran Church’s tradition of hosting
a sour beef and dumpling dinner is almost a century
old. The annual event fosters fellowship among
churchgoers and celebrates the city’s German heritage.
Today, Maryland Traditions Masters, Leslie Trageser and
Noreen “Freddy” Herbert, will demonstrate how to make sour beef and dumplings and answer
questions about this delicious, German-American tradition.
Edwin Remsberg’s Portraits of Maryland Traditions
Edwin Remsberg began documenting Maryland Traditions Master-Apprentice teams in 2008.
These timeless images can be found throughout this publication, in the Creative Alliance gallery
today, and online. Edwin travels extensively to capture agricultural work and life in America.
His publications include Maryland’s Vanishing Lives (Johns Hopkins Press, 1995) and Dishing Up
Maryland (Storey Books, 2010).
For more information on Maryland Traditions, visit:
www.msac.org/programs/folk-traditional-arts
Chad Edward Buterbaugh, PhD,
Co-Director, Maryland Traditions
Michelle Stefano, PhD,
Co-Director, Maryland Traditions
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Alliance, MSAC staff, Edwin Remsberg, Elaine Eff, Julia
Evins, Tebabu Assefa, Prem Raja Mahat, Mary Zajac,
Marina Fishbein and our festival volunteers, as well as
Obrecht Commercial Real Estate and Brewer’s Hill.
Boyd Rutherford
Lt. Governor
R. Michael Gill
Secretary, Commerce
BA LT I M O R E PA I N T E D S C R E E N U P C LO S E
Larry Hogan
Governor
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