Folklife off to mellow start

From our newspartner The Seattle Times

Northwest Folklife Festival off to a mellow, multicultural start 

An on-the-scene report from the opening day of the 2014 Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center, by music critic Paul de Barros.

Plus a photo of Lake Forest Park residents Majid Worthen and Dancing Bear Bennett dancing to Jazz Underground.

According to de Barros, the crowds were light and very mellow on the first day of Folklife. There are indoor events, including contra and country dancing.

There were a few out of town acts, but most were Northwest favorites.

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