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By Rhonda Reinhart
Staff writer
F rom Native American tribal
dancers to Tejano musicians
to Irish folk bands, FestiFall
’97 offers a world of discovery.
FestiFall is a two-day festival
held in downtown Bryan to in
crease the awareness of arts in
and around the Brazos Valley.
The eighth annual festival ti
tled “World of Discovery” begins
on Saturday, October 11 and runs
through Sunday, October 12. Ad
mission for all performances is
free of charge.
FestiFall is a celebration of the
visual and performing arts. Be
sides being able to experience
the music of 15 bands, festival at
tendants can view the work of
artists specializing in mediums
including watercolor, pottery
and wood-carving.
Karen Rogers, performance
chair, said the festival organizers
wanted to have a diverse group
of performers with an interna
tional influence.
“What we really wanted was
quality music,” she said. “We’ve
improved as far as diversity and
quality. We’ve been able to bring
in more out-of-town people.”
Rogers said there were about 50
applicants just for musical talent.
The bands playing at FestiFall
come from as far away as San
Francisco.
Thomas Escalante, lead singer
of The Suspects, a ska band from
Houston, said the band members
like playing at festivals where dif
ferent genres of music are offered.
“I think the public, as a whole,
needs a dose of different types of
music,” he said. “It broadens peo
ple’s horizons. There’s a lot of good
music we aren’t exposed to.”
Escalante said festivals like
FestiFall are positive and give
people a chance to experience
seeing bands they would not
normally see.
The Suspects play Saturday at
5:30 p.m. on the Bryan St. Stage.
After the band’s afternoon per
formance, The Suspects will play
at the Dixie Theater at 11:30 p.m.
Lisa Tingle, a rock and blues
musician from Austin, said out
door festivals are her favorite
places to play.
She said the outdoor acoustics
are great, more people can see
the shows and the fresh air puts
people in better moods.
FestiFall is Tingle’s first big
show since a car accident she
had several months ago, and she
said she cannot wait to come
back to Bryan-College Station.
“I’m ready to tear it up,” she
said. “It’s been months since I’ve
played.”
Tingle said the multicultural
music featured at FestiFall will
give the musicians a chance to
learn about other styles of music.
“It’s really good for musicians
to hear all kinds of music at all
times,” she said. “It keeps writing
capabilities growing.”
Tingle will play on Saturday at
7:30 p.m. on the Bryan St. Stage and
later that night at 3rd Floor Cantina.
Bands playing at FestiFall in
clude Miss Molly and the Whips,
Lewis, The Dynatones, The Blue
Valentines and many others.
There will also be street per
formers who will go around play
ing music for tips.
Amy Klinkovsky, youth stage
manager and a volunteer in the per
formance division, said the main fo
cus of FestiFall is to allow local artists
to showcase their talents.
“It is a tremendous opportu
nity for the artists and the audi
ence,” she said. “It’s educational
in that a lot of people don’t com
prehend the amount of talent
there is in our community.”
Klinkovsky said she tried to
get the youth more involved in
this year’s festival.
“One of the goals I was going
for was finding acts that would
interact with the children instead
of just perform for them,” she
said. “They’re not only being en
tertained, but they get to interact
with the performers.”
Acts directed toward the youth
will include the Native American
Student Association teaching trib
al dancing, a professional juggler
from Louisiana, a puppet show by
MSC Hospitality and some perfor
mances by the ’Magineers from
’Magination Station.
Klinkovsky said FestiFall also
gives people a chance to see
some of the improvements in
Downtown Bryan.
“It’s a time for the communi
ties of Bryan-College Station to
go to Downtown Bryan and see
some of its renovations and that
it is becoming a tourist attrac
tion,” she said.
FestiFall ’97 spans the globe,
offering multicultural awareness
of art, food and music.
From the first bite of a turkey
leg to the final performance of
the Karaoke Cafe, FestiFall will
give audiences a taste of the
world.
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