Hey there friends,
We are getting ready for the Ocrafolk Festival this next weekend (June 7-9), on Ocracoke Island. Our little village is all abuzz with the fast approaching celebration! In the middle of this next week, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald will arrive from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to do some school residencies and sail with our friend, Bob Zentz, aboard the Skipjack Wilma Lee Ocrafolk Festival Admiralty Cruise (Thursday night). Friday afternoon, Donald Davis's storytelling workshop crew will tell some stories at 4 PM at our Deepwater Theater, and then at 5 PM the Festival Feed begins with great local fish from the Pony Island Restaurant. The evening brings an Art Auction and musical performances.
On Saturday there are performances by musicians, storytellers, puppeteers, and more, and appearances by artisans from eastern Carolina and beyond. Saturday night there is a traditional Ocracoke Squaredance and more music!
Sunday kicks off with Yoga at Deepwater Theater and a gospel sing at the Live Oak Stage and music until 4 PM.
Because it is the festival and summer season, of course Molasses Creek has to release the new festival album that we have been working on all winter! We are very excited about this one and will soon make it available online. We are planning a national release of this album in the fall for radio promotion, so stay tuned!
Here is the festival poster. Click on it and you will go to the Ocracoke Alive website where you can see all the details about this year's Ocrafolk Festival!
