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FESTIVAL ;. . <br /> `CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A <br /> rest assured-there-wilb be some-, <br /> thing good,wherever they go. , <br /> Up-and-corners like Bevel Sum- <br /> mers,I Morning Brigade and the <br /> Virgins Family Band will provide _ <br /> fresh blood. Jazz bands such as i I <br /> the Doug Largent-Trio,Triangle <br /> <f <br /> Jazz Orchestra and Erich-Lieth& . <br /> One Sun will perform. Fantasti= <br /> co!,whose raucous closing set at <br /> the Southern Rail.capped last <br /> year's festival,will take the same = lj* ra <br /> stage at:9 p.m. 4� <br /> What's in a name? <br /> The program-is a trove of cre- <br /> ative band names. There are lyr- <br /> ical.ones, like Jefferson Hart & � <br /> � I <br /> the Ghosts of the Old North <br /> State <br /> Band names that strive for cle- <br /> verness z: <br /> e <br /> verness like See No Weevil and <br /> Tea Cup Gin. Raleigh bands like. <br /> Barrowburn, spinners of Celtic - <br /> jigs and reels, and Suinmerglen, z " } <br /> an unlikely marimba=and trom <br /> bone duo.Evocative,rough-hewn J MARK SCHULTZ.-mschultz@newsobserver.com <br /> names like the New Town Dial!Cissokho and Kairaba(not pictured) performed music inspired by th.e We9t African.griot <br /> Drunks, or Near-Blind James & tradition during a recent Carrboro Music Festival. <br /> Harmonica Bob. Quirky names <br /> like Banana Seat.Names that say lots of other great local bands, News this Sunday or go to'carrbo- Weave: Street, and Friday the <br /> it all,like Too Mady Mandolins. though. They may not be brit- romusicfestival.com. Bull Town Strutters will bring <br /> Pinkerton Raid,the hand front- liant,and they may not get a rec For the second year, The Carr- their E ignature New Orleans <br /> ed by former Chapel Hill News re- ording contract, but they've got boro Recreation and Parks De= sound to the Modern Fossil Park- <br /> porter Jesse James DeConto,per- talent." partment will offer a "Music on ing Lot. <br /> forms at the Station at 10 p.m. -At the Town Commons, the the Streets" program, a.week of Organizers try to host"as many <br /> "A lot of people say, `I've never Kidzu Children's Museum will free 6 p.m.concerts leading up to different styles as we can, as <br /> heard of these bands,"'said event host a booth from 1 to 4 p.m. A the festival. many different age-groups as we <br /> organizer Gerry Williams, who free bio-diesel bus will shuttle be- On Wednesday,the Boat Exclu- can,".Williams said. "It was that <br /> listens to every audition and tween the Carrboro Plaza park- sion and Parafilm will play Weav- way when it was Fete'de la Mu- <br /> chooses the acts. and-ride lot and downtown from er Street Market. Thursday eve- sique; end we try to do the'same <br /> "There are 10 or 20 or 30 bands noon to 8 p.m. ning'Ladies of the Lake will per- thing today." <br /> around here that get talked about For a full list of bands and activ- form Celtic music on the front <br /> all the time," he said. "There are ities see the The Chapel Hill porch of the TABLE food bank on Hartwell:504-251-6670 <br />