PEOPLE & PLACES
The Return of ClydeFEST
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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL
kicked off ClydeFEST in the Wild with a live performance, sharing the music of West Africa as he traveled by truck and trailer through the neighborhoods of Love’s Creek and Pony Farm Road. The Chatham Arts Council's 19th annual art festival celebrating Bynum-based folk artist Clyde Jones was held from April 20 through May 2, taking on a different format than years past. The two-week event included Diali’s Senegalese singing, Takiri Folclor Latino dancers and a mobile Critterville that brought arts activities to kids across the county. On May 1, families picked up “critter kits” with readyto-paint cutouts from the Chatham County Partnership for Children’s drive-thru Day of the Books/El Dia De los Libros celebration at Bray Park. CM Diali Cissokho
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PHOTO BY DIANE SWAN
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1 Geoffrey Neal creates large bubbles from a truck bed as Finn Calder-Bloun attempts to catch them during one of the traveling performances. 2 Volunteers Nightingale Pergolotti, a student at Horton Middle, and Gabby Collazos, a Northwood High student, mix paint at ClydeFEST at Briar Chapel. 3 The Hardin family — Nathan, 7, Chad, Lia, 6, and Christina — at a ClydeFEST event at Briar Chapel. 4 River Jester, 8, and Charlie Jester, 12, paint critters at Briar Chapel. 5 Traveling performances included Takiri Folclor Latino dancers Nidia Ramírez, Pilar Rocha-Goldberg and Ana María Díaz Rocha as well as music by Diabel Cissokho and Diali Cissokho. 6 Carolina Lightnin' band members Alan Barnosky, Stephen Fraleigh, Rick Lafleur and Alice Zincone performed at ClydeFEST in the Wild on April 25 at Southwest District Park. 22
CHATHAM MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2021