Festivals
In 1997, Zentz represented America and its folk traditions at the Shanty Tour in Finland. In 2002 he was an instructor at the inaugural Common Ground, Scotland and performed at the Scottish National Folk Festival. Also in 2002, he composed and performed "Ode to the Schooner Virginia" at the keel-laying ceremony at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, and performed it again in 2004 at the launching ceremony.
In 2004, Zentz was a featured U.S. artist at the Australian National Folk Festival in Canberra and performed in Auckland and Wellington for the New Zealand Maritime Museums. Also in 2004, he was a featured performer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Since that time Zentz has also been a regular member of the faculty each summer at Common Ground on the Hill, held at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.
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Famous quotes containing the word festivals:
“Why wont they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, cant they use birth control on time? I want an interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet, never stopping—rising to little monotonous peaks in our imaginations at festivals like New Year’s and Easter and Christmas—But, goodness, why need they do it?”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“This is certainly not the place for a discourse about what festivals are for. Discussions on this theme were plentiful during that phase of preparation and on the whole were fruitless. My experience is that discussion is fruitless. What sets forth and demonstrates is the sight of events in action, is living through these events and understanding them.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)