{"id":25668,"date":"2015-06-18T11:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=25668"},"modified":"2015-06-18T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T19:31:35","slug":"folk-fest-a-feast-for-the-senses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/06\/18\/folk-fest-a-feast-for-the-senses\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Fest a Feast for the Senses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>ValleyBiz Story |<\/p>\n

Approximately 2,000 people attended the Swan Valley Folk Fest on June 12 & 13, 2015 at the Swan River Curling Rink.<\/p>\n

The curling rink was filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of 13 different countries and cultures.<\/p>\n

Click any picture for a larger version.<\/p>\n

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<\/br>The entertainment lineup featured a variety of traditional songs, music and dance from a variety
\nof countries and cultures. <\/p>\n

Children from several schools joined the audience during some of the Friday performances.
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\nSpanish Dancers – The Spanish Club of Winnipeg Dancers<\/strong>
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Metis Square Dancers<\/strong>
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Ukrainian Danceres – Dolyna Dancers<\/strong>
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Irish Dancers – McConnell School of Dance<\/strong>
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Ukrainian Dancers – Benito Vesselli Dancers<\/strong>
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Bavarian Musik Werks – The Band of Octoberfest<\/strong>
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The booths featured items, food and information depicting the history and heritage of each of the featured cultures.<\/p>\n

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\nBooth pictures courtesy of Gillian McGrath<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ValleyBiz Story | Approximately 2,000 people attended the Swan Valley Folk Fest on June 12 & 13, 2015 at the Swan River Curling Rink. The curling rink was filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of 13 different countries and cultures. Click any picture for a larger version. The entertainment lineup featured a variety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,13,16,15],"class_list":["post-25668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-coverage","tag-life","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}