DEL CASTILLO - LATIN ROCK WORLD MUSIC
Del Castillo draws from an infinite well of sonic landscapes, gracefully fusing old world "gitano" with an intoxicatingly rhythmic combination of new world flamenco with rock & blues. Bringing a balanced mix of ballads and higher-intensity tunes sung in English and Spanish, Del Castillo has become a symbol of the cross-cultural power of music with their eclectic blend of Flamenco, Rock, Latin, Blues, and World Music.
www.delcastillomusic.com
Sponsored by
Texas Commision on the Arts
WARREN HOOD AND THE GOODS
WITH EMILY GIMBLE
With a natural, beguiling style, the 25-year old songwriter and violinist has been a fixture on the Austin roots scene for nearly a decade, carrying on the legacy of his late father, Champ of Uncle Walt's Band. Hood has style to burn, too, with a knack for composing songs as ageless as they are pleasing to hear ("Calm Down," "When You are Near"). The band dynamic turns on Hood's seamless duets with keyboard player Emily Gimble, granddaughter of Johnny Gimble. Gimble's understated style belies powerhouse vocals and keyboard skills to match, taking Hood to that higher plane of musical satisfaction.
Sponsored by
Texas Commision on the Arts
MAHENWAHDOSE - NATIVE AMERICAN PERFORMANCE
Mahenwahdose, a Muscogean word meaning "True Native American Theater," is a Native American Indian performance company comprised of talented performing artists dedicated to performing accurate, educational and traditional stories of Native America.
Sponsored by
Texas Commision on the Arts
Mid America Arts Alliance
National Endowment for the Arts
Community Race Relations Board
CLASSIE BALLOU – LOUISIANA BLUES LEGEND
As a lifelong journeyman musician, Lake Charles guitarist Classie Ballou is a zydeco pioneer who is fluent in musical languages, from blues and R&B to mambo and rock ‘n’ roll. But Zydeco - is the sound he helped put on the map by backing Boozoo Chavis with the recording of the infamous
“Paper in My Shoe”.
www.myspace.com/classieballouband
HORTON DUO - WORLD MUSIC
The Horton Duo plays many different styles of music - Celtic, Spanish, Portuguese, American Jazz Standards, Renaissance, Greek, Christmas and other world music using a variety of instruments including soprano and alto recorders, guitar, lute, mandolin, bouzouki, requinto, flute, and percussion
www.myspace.com/hortonduomusic
MARK WOOD - ENERGIZE YOUR STRINGS
Violinist Mark Wood performs with student groups from WISD. Excited about the potential of the electric violin in contemporary music and fueled by his passion for designing newer and better electric violins, Mark devotes full time to following careers in composition, performance, music education, and violin making.
www.markwoodmusic.com
Sponsored by
WCAF Friends of the Festival
Texas Commision on the Arts
AMBASSADORS STEEL DRUM BAND - A.J. MOORE ACADEMY
The Steel Drum Ambassadors have played at venues throughout Waco as well as other places in the state and nation.
www.wacoisd.org/ajmoore
Sponsored by
WCAF Friends of the Festival
MIA OROSCO - FIDDLER
Award-winning, classically trained fiddler, Mia Orosco plays Texas-style fiddling. Finishing her senior year of high school, her fiddling goals are to continue to preserve the Texas fiddling style as it was fifty years ago. Her points of reference are the old-time masters; Benny Thomasson, the Solomon brothers, Major Franklin, Orville Burns, “Texas Shorty” Chancellor, Terry Morris, and other more recent fiddlers who have adhered to the original formula.
www.miaorosco.com
STONEHENJ - RENAISSANCE PLAYERS
A not-for-profit organization of actors, stage combatatnts, dancers and singers from North TExas and Central Texas Regions. Music is all A Capella versions of pirate shanties, English traditionals, Celtic ballads and contemporary patriotic tunes. The show is family with each performer garbed as as interactive character, so the audience may sing and play along.
OTHER SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY:
Central Texas String Academny
Waco Children's Theater and Waco Civic Theater
Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra