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2014 Global Foodways Fellowship Award
Fri. Oct 10: 11am-10pm
This years’s Fellowship winners are Lila Sideras and Evaristo Ramirez Barajas—a
husband and wife team, residents of Tucson, with two young children. They both
come from families of cooks. Their cooking has focused on the rich culinary
traditions of Evaristo’s homeland of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Over the span of
more than 20 trips to Guadalajara, they have done research, conducted oral
history interviews, and participated in market shopping and cooking with family
members. In their Tucson home, they keep hens and grow a garden. The food menu
they are offering is tied to the regional specialties of Guadalajara.
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Welcome to the 41st edition of Tucson Meet Yourself!
Visit their food booth in Jacome Plaza, on the gravel area near the Pima County
Library’s entrance.
COMMUNITY MATTERS
Make sure to visit this area where local nonprofit human service agencies, small businesses, nontraditional craft vendors and some of our Sponsors share information and sales. It is an area we
have added to the festival the last 4 years in response to the demand from the community.
For a complete list of the 75 exhibitors in Community Matters this year, go to our webpage:
www.tucsonmeetyourself.org or scan the QR code on the left.
2014 Partnerships
An activity “passport” for kids; your
guide to discover art, culture and traditions. Get a copy at all Folk Arts Tables.
In partnership with
Western Passport
Center, U.S. Dept
of State. Visit their
booth at Church &
Pennington.
Show-and-Shine Lowrider Car
Show, presented by Dukes Car
Club. Old School DJ, bikes and
prizes. (Church and Pennington)
Meet Your Farmer: The Wong Family
Celebrates 75 Years of Farming in
AZ. Featuring organic White Sonora
wheat grown at BKW Farms (Marana).
Presented in collaboration with
Chinese Cultural Center.
2014 PRESENTING SPONSORS
Look around you: this is a beautiful mass of humanity. Diverse.
Culturally-authentic (according to how each community defines
authenticity). Fully democratic and hopeful. An important reminder:
this festival is a fundraiser for all the cultural groups you see—to help
them transmit their culture to newer generations. This is the heart and
soul of who we are as a community: an imagined, idealized society that
lasts 72 hours. Learn. Have fun. This is your festival, Tucsonans!
FIND THE
CABEZUDOS!
Find local versions of the Big
Heads, based on traditional
artwork from the fiestas
in Cataluña, Spain, walking
around the festival.
Make a donation (no gift is too
small or too large) and get a
sticker to help you connect
with your own traditions.
Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D.
Executive Program Director
2014 Featured Performers
Look for the PINK blocks within the performance
schedule for specific times and stages.
We are trying something new this year. In order to expand our investment in artists and education, this year our Music Director invited 6 groups to stage select
performances. Each year we will rotate with 6 different featured acts. With this year’s presentations we acknowledge the diverse influences and traditions that
co-exist in our region.
Don’t miss these exciting happenings!
AIDSWalk Tucson: Honoring
those who’ve passed and
raising awareness today.
Sunday 7-11am (Church St.
Stage) Presented by SAAF.
Sun. Oct 12: 11am-6pm
2014 Schedule & Program
This year, TMY offered the first ever “Global Foodways Fellowship” Award for a
new food vendor who has never sold food at the festival before. Heritage-based or
ethnic single cooks or families were eligible to apply.
Lila Sideras and Evaristo Ramirez Barajas
Sat. Oct 11: 11am-10pm
Gabriel Ayala Quintet
Polish Fiesta
Internationally-acclaimed Native American
guitarist Gabriel Ayala brings his Quintet for a
special showcase of a genre he calls: JazzMenco.
This style fuses the improvisational and chordal
structure of Jazz with the driving rhythmic force
of Flamenco.
Direct from Wroclaw, Poland, we welcome Jedliniok –
Polish Student Folk Group. Presented by our local group
Lajkonik. A total of 32 dancers from Poland and USA
gracing the stage.
Waila and Tohono O’odham
Culture Showcase
Nine bands over three days, featuring dance couples
directly from the Tohono O’odham Nation. MC Andrea
Ramon will offer educational commentary.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Arizona
Commission
on the Arts
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Mideastern Traditional Dance
& Music
Local company Xanadu presents guest artists Helena Vlahos, Greek dancer and Gamal Gomaa, Egyptian
vocalist and tabla player in workshop format. Local
dancer and UA scholar of Middle Eastern traditional
arts Danielle Van Dobben will offer commentary.
Global Carnival
The thunderous sounds and sights of different world
pageantry traditions. Featuring Trinidad & Tobago
(Sticky Fingers and Sonny Salina), Japan (Odaiko
Sonora), Brazil (Axe Capoeria and Sol Axe), Mexico and
Latin America (Viva Arizona) and West African “moko
jumbie” stilt acrobatics (Flam Chem).
Old Time Music
Old-Time Music and Bluegrass are separate but
related styles with strong roots in the Southern
Appalachians. TMY festival founder Jim Griffith will
serve as MC. Performances by The Crucial County
Band, The Pick and Holler Band, Old Time Fiddle
Styles by Robert Dutton, Jacqui Wohl and Darwin
Long and The Greg Morton Band.
FESTIVAL MAP
YMCA
FOOD VENDORS
EL PRESIDIO
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VASA Tucson Lodge 691 (Swedish)
CeeDee Jamaican Kitchen
King Corn
San Ignacio Yaqui Council
Club Costa Rica
Wat Buddhametta (Thai)
Foundation for Intercultural
Dialogue (Turkish)
• Café Santa Rosa
• Club Colombia
• Danish Club of Tucson
JOEL D. VALDEZ
MUSEUM OF ART
MAIN LIBRARY
PIMA CO.
AIDS QUILT & RIBBON
Exhibit
JACOME PLAZA
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Alliance Francaise of Tucson
Thai Tucson
Laos Academic Organization
Lajkonik, Inc. (Polish)
Sonoran Sno Cones
Oaxaca Home Cooking
Filipino American Sampaguita Club
Gethsemane COGIC Women (AfricanAmerican)
• Tucson Chinese Christian Church
• Club España de Tucson
• Tucson Invitational Games (Burgers
and Hot Dogs)
• Safe Mission (Jamaican)
• Lil Orbits (American Donuts)
• Bosnian Grille
• U of A Hawaiian & Pacific
Islander Club (HAPI)
• Daughters of Penelope (Greek)
• Los Chiquilines (Aquas Frescas)
• Dishes & Stories (Global Cuisine)
JACOME PLAZA
EL PRESIDIO PARK
• Don Pedro Peruvian Bistro
• Tucson Chinese Association
• Yoeme Barrio Libre Community
Council
• Saffron Indian Bistro
• Tortilleria Arevalos
• New Delhi Palace
• Thriratana Tucson Buddhist Temple
• Filippino American Students
Association
WESTERN PASSPORT CENTER
Booth
MEET YOUR FARMER
Exhibit
PIMA COUNTY
GOV. BLDG.
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Iranian-Student Cultural Assoc
Western Smoke BBQ
D’s Island Grill (Jamaican)
Vietnamese Alliance of Tucson
Hawaiian Shave Ice
O’odham Ladies
Santa Cruz Catholic (Mexican)
Corn Roasters
Just Churros
Matilde’s Sonoran Home Cooking
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Haiti Rebuild
Guadalajara (Fellowship)
Iskashitaa Refugee Network
Frankie’s South Philly Cheesesteak
Frost Gelato
PERFORMANCES
FRI. OCT 10 (11AM-10PM)
SAT. OCT 11 (11AM-10PM)
CITY HALL
CHURCH STREET
GLOBAL RHYTHMS
CULTURAL KITCHEN
11AM
Bouncing Czechs
(11-12)
Southwest Soul Circuit
(11-12)
Gabriel Francisco (classic guitar)
(11-12)
Priscilla Mendenhall: Dishes &
Stories (11-12)
12PM
Tom Walbank (blues harmonica)
(12-1)
Huachuca Jazz Project
(12-1)
Tony Kuya (Sitar)
(12-1)
Manerva Bashta,
Faeza Hililian: Dishes & Stories
(12-1:30)
Delfina Cameron
(1:30-3)
1PM
2PM
3PM
4PM
5PM
Linda Lou & The Desert Drifters
(4-5)
Polish Fiesta (5-6)
Jedliniok
6PM
7PM
8PM
9PM
Gay Pride Parade Closing
(6-6:30)
Arizona Balalaika Orchestra
(6:30-7:30)
Sounds of Thunder (7:30-8)
Leikarring Norwegian Dancers
(8-8:30)
Tesoro (8:30-9)
Libre (Cuba) (9-9:30)
Cuban Guys (9:30-10)
So. AZ Old Time Fiddle Assn. (4-5)
Marie Bampamluolwa, Adut
Ruai: Dishes & Stories
(3-4:30)
African Student Assn. (5-5:30)
Bufflegrass (5:30-6)
Aztral Folk (5-5:30)
Tucson Highlanders (5:30-6)
Joe Sotomayor: Jozarellis; Linh
Nguyen: Banh Mi Sandwich
(4:30-6)
Waila & Tohono Showcase
(6-8)
Belly Dance Tucson
(6-7)
Tucson Fiddlers; Pick Up Kings; Gertie &
the T.O. Boyz; Southern Country
Trima Musikante
(7-8)
Kathi Huhtaluhta & 5Horses4Winds
(4-5)
Gabriel Ayala Quintet
(8:30-10)
*CULTURAL KITCHEN MENU
USA: Gluten-free Classics: Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brownies (11-12)
Iraq/Egypt: Variations on a Dolma (12-1:30)
Sand Papago of Tohono O’odham Nation: Heritage Recipes: Chwami Bread and Organ Pipe Preserves (1:30-3)
Congo DRC/South Sudan: Flavors of Africa: Sweet Potato Greens and Fufu; Sambusas (3-4:30)
Italy, Vietnam: Food Truck Faves: Pesto Chicken Piada; Red Pork Banh Mi (4:30-6)
12PM
1PM
2PM
3PM
4PM
5PM
6PM
7PM
OFF SITE PARTNER
Scottish Rite Temple
Tucson Chamber Artists
“America the Beautiful”
Concert
(7:30-8:30)
CHURCH STREET
Mustafa Kilcak (Turkey) (11-11:30)
The Maguire Academy of Irish Dance
(11:30-12)
Capoeira Mandinga (12-12:30)
Tir Conaill Academy of Irish Dance
(12:30-1)
Scatter the Dust (1-1:30)
Aloha Islanders & Hula Halau
‘O Ki’inani (1:30-2:30)
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
(11-12)
Polish Fiesta
(2:30-4:30)
Annon & The Late Show (2-3)
Lajkonik with Jedliniok
*See below for specific food demo information
AZ Dance Hands (8-9)
Planet Djembe and Mamaxe
Dance Collective (9-10)
11AM
CITY HALL
Tucson Sino Dance (12-12:30)
Tucson Sino Taiji (12:30-1)
Suerte Musical (1-2)
GLOBAL RHYTHMS
Ballet Folklorico Showcase
(Cordinated by Carmen Bonillas)
(11-1)
MidEastern Traditional Dance & Music
(1-2) Xanadu; Helena Vlahos; Gamal Gomaa;
Danielle Van Dobben
Garcia Brothers (3-4)
Vox Urbana (2-3)
Fadi Iskandar (Syrian Violin) (3-3:30)
Grupo Danza Xunutzi & Grupo Danza
Masehua (Sonora) (3:30-4)
Lost Hombres
(4-5)
Celtic Minstrels (4:30-5)
Waila & Tohono Showcase
(4-6)
Learn to Tango (5-5:30)
VASA Swedish Folk Dancers (5:30-6)
C.R.W.; Valenzuela & Company;
Southern Country; Gertie & the T.O. Boyz
Chile Canta y Baila (5-5:30)
Tenedos (Balkan) (5:30-6)
Halau Hula O Ualani & Menehune
Dancers (6-7)
Parade
(6:30-7)
Seven Veils Belly Dance (6-6:30)
Arirang Dance Group (Korean)
(6:30-7)
Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Co.
(7-7:30)
Club Colombia (7:30-8)
Seven Pipers Scottish Society and
Tucson District Pipe Band (7-7:30)
Philippine Mubahay (7:30-8)
8PM
Old Time Music (8-10)
9PM
The Crucial County Band; The Pick and
Holler Band; Old Time Fiddle Styles;
Robert Dutton; Jacqui Wohl;
Darwin Long; The Greg Morton Band
Global Carnival
(7-10)
Sticks & Fingers; Sonny Salina; Odaiko
Sonora; Axe Capoeria; Sol Axe;
Viva Arizona; Flam Chen
CULTURAL KITCHEN SCHEDULE
Regional Mexico: A Corn Breakfast Delight: Gorditas con Champurrado (11-12)
Turkey: A Trio of Treats: Tantuni, Menemem and Baklava (12-1:30)
Sweden: Apple Cake (1:30-2:30)
SUN. OCT 12 (11AM-6PM)
CULTURAL KITCHEN
Ileana Swanson
(11-12)
Hart Gokcen, Anne Gulsum,
Durmaz Hakan: Turkish Cultural
Center (12-1:30)
Linda Berzok
(1:30-2:30)
Robert Stawicki,
Agnieszka Stawicka,
Anna Villanueva: Polish Cottage
(2:30-4)
Rani Olsen: Food for Ascension;
Sara Jones: Tucson CSA; Liz
Delgado: Prep and Pastry
(4-5:30)
*See below for specific food demo information
Danza Azteca Calpulli Tonantzin
(6-6:30)
On lawn in front of kitchen stage
Old Pueblo Brass Band
(8-9)
FILM: Deaf Jam
(9-10)
Poland: Our Specialties: Potato Pancakes and Pierogis (2:30-4)
Regional USA: Women Chefs of Tucson: Heritage Grain Pasta; Seasonal
Vegetable Fritters; Chicken Toast (4-5:30)
11AM
12PM
1PM
2PM
3PM
CITY HALL
CHURCH STREET
GLOBAL RHYTHMS
CULTURAL KITCHEN
Grupo Tradiciones (11-11:30)
Sahuaro Strutters (11:30-12)
Filipino-American Sampaguita
Club (11-12)
Aris (Irish) (11:30-12)
Laurie Melrood: Lambidar Foods
(11-12)
Ted Warmbrand (12-12:30)
Ragazona (12:30-1)
Grupo Inaru (12-12:30)
Arizona Kyudo Kai (12:30-1)
The Redhouse Dancers (11-11:30)
So. Hopi Sinom Dance Group
(11:30-12)
MidEastern Traditional Dance & Music
(12-1) Xanadu; Helena Vlahos; Gamal Gomaa;
Mzekala Balkan Ensemble (1-1:30)
Islamic Center of Tucson (1:30-2)
Steve McPherson (African
American Musical Showcase:
Mark & Arlette Willis; Ursula
Cook; Soul Formula)
(2-4)
4PM
Yaqui Traditional Dances & Blessing
(4-5)
5PM
Indian Desert Dancers (Tohono
O’oham) (5-6)
a’i hegai
“that is all”
Waila & Tohono Showcase
(1-3)
Tucson Fiddlers; Desert Spirit;
Pick Up Kings; Combo of all band
members, Jam.
Mexico Sights & Sounds
(Cordinated by Julie Gallego)
(3-5)
K-Bass & Farafina Musiki
(5-6)
Danielle Van Dobben
Tango for All (1-1:30)
World Beat Jam Session (in partnership
with Refugee FOCUS) (1:30-2:30)
Tucson Int’l Academy Ballet
Folklorico (2:30-3)
Holy Resurection Orthodox
Christian Church (3-4)
Mari Kaneta Suzuyuki-Kai Dance
(Japan) (4-5)
Grupo Folklorico Miztontli (5-5:30)
Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc
(5:30-6)
Cesar Lopez: Barrio Bici
(12-1:30)
Yewbdar Ergete: Dishes &
Stories (1:30-2:30)
Joy Soler: Revolutionary
Grounds; Kim Didra: Cartel
CoffeeLab; Conor Jensen: Five
Points Market
(2:30-4)
Duwayne Hall: D’Island Café;
Rick Pintor: Just Churros
(4-5:30)
*See below for specific food demo information
It has been the tradition at TMY that the last word spoken and heard at the festival be in the O’odham language. According to
O’odham creation stories, this is where they came to when they were led out of the Underworld; many older O’odham believe
that they were made by the Creator out of the specific soil of this place. The rear guard is a place of danger, but also of honor: it
represents the defense against attacks; the possibility of surviving and carrying on tradition. In that spirit, at 6pm on Sunday,
we’ll say: “It is done!”
CULTURAL KITCHEN SCHEDULE
Sonoran Desert: Eating Well With Mesquite: Pancakes and Milkshakes (11-12)
The Borderlands: Mexican Candies and Food Justice – Alegrias and Dulce de Nopal (12-1:30)
Ethiopia: Krumba Wot: A Spicy Cabbage Stew (1:30-2:30)
Regional USA: Café Sweets and Savories: Vegan Carrot Cupcakes; Savory Scone; Plantanas Flanster (2:30-4)
Jamaica/Mexico: Carnival Cookery - Oxtail Stew; Churros (4-5:30)