NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL

• Where: Downtown Dayton

• Cost: Free

• Sponsored by: City-folk and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.

• For more information: Call City-folk at 223-3655

• The Blind Boys of Alabama, featuring Clarence Fountain: African-American gospel music with roots in Alabama.

• Blue Highway: Bluegrass from Gallatin, Tennessee.

• Rosyln Bresnick-Perry: New York City-based Jewish story-teller born in Byelorussia.

• Cherish the Ladies: An all-women's ensemble of traditional Irish musicians and dancers from along the East Coast.

• The Corndrinkers: Dayton-based old-time string band.

• The Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band: Cajun music from New Orleans.

• The Dry Branch Fire Squad: Traditional bluegrass band based in the Dayton area.

• Gaupasa and the Oinkari Basque Dancers: Basque music and dance ensemble from Boise, Idaho.

• Samba Ngo: Zairian composer, singer, guitarist, percussionist and player of the likembe thumb piano, now based in Santa Cruz, Calif.

• The Ohio Jazz Masters: Guitarist Cal Collins of Cincinnati, Ohio, organist Hank Marr of Columbus, Ohio, alto saxophonist Norris Turney of Dayton and drummer Jim Rupp of Columbus are veterans of some of Jazz's best ensembles.

• Ann Peebles: Memphis, Tennessee soul singer who recorded Part Time Love and I Can't Stand the Rain.

• The Richens-Timm Academy of Irish Dance: Irish dancers from Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and Dayton.

• Gayle Ross: Cherokee tradition storyteller from Fredericksburg, Texas.

• Sabor Latino: a 15-member salsa and merengue orchestra from Youngstown, Ohio.

• Tang Liangxing: New York City-based master of the Chicago pipa, a fretted instrument related to Western lutes and guitars.

• Valahia with George Trimbitas: Traditional music from the Transylvania mountain region of Romania.

• Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band: Classic honky-tonk, Texas swing and country-western from Austin, Texas.

• Zivili: From Columbus, Ohio comes the only ensemble in the world devoted exclusively to the dance, music, song and costume of several Southern Slavic and European nations.

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