JULY 18, 2012 – Local Group Ruže Dalmatinke performs at “Homegrown: The Music of America”
12noon, Coolidge Auditorium Thomas Jefferson Building
6 p.m., Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center
Local Group, from Washington State, Ruže Dalmatinke performs at “Homegrown: The Music of America”, July 18, 2012. The popular “Homegrown: The Music of America” concert series is presented by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. The series brings the multicultural richness of American folk arts from around the country to the nation’s capital.
Traditional music and dance drawn from communities across the United States will be showcased on the historic Coolidge Auditorium stage at the Library of Congress throughout the summer. All concerts are at noon in the Coolidge Auditorium on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets are required. Performances are recorded and most are later made available on the Library of Congress web site. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/index.html
For complete summer schedule, visit: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-134.html
The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation. http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/
Ruže Dalmatinke – Traditional Croatian Singing from Washington State – Wednesday, JULY 18
Ruže Dalmatinke, from Seattle, Washington. Deep passion and intense devotion to Croatian musical heritage have kept the group active since 1981, and have inspired the group’s lead vocalists, sisters Binki and Alma, since childhood. Binki Franulovich Spahi (lead voice) and Alma Franulovich Plancich (second voice) lead Ruže Dalmatinke in singing, and are responsible for the group’s adherence to traditional purity in their music. From the town of Vela Luka on the island of Korčula, Dalmatia, Croatia, they immigrated with their family to the United States after World War II. Having sung together since childhood, the sisters brought with them their lifestyle of singing, as well as an oral tradition, generations old. Their voices are accompanied by instrumentation, adding to the vocal harmonies. The band members, also vocalists, along with Binki and Alma, perform music from the many different regions of Croatia – from the tranquil Dalmatian ballads to the strident melodies of the interior.
Library of Congress: 12noon http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1112-folklife.html#jul18
Kennedy Center: 6:00pm http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=86813&source_type=B