Barry Dove Percussion Trio The trio’s members – Barry Dove, John Thomakos and Robert Jenkins – have performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, Richmond Symphony, the Washington Contemporary Music Forum, and The National Theater. Members also teach at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Loyola College. Mr. Dove is a past winner of the Peggy and Yale Gordon Concerto Competition and is a Gordon Artist.		Caryl Henry-Alexander, Visual Artist Caryl has been commissioned to create murals, sculptures, site-specific installations and paintings both here and abroad. She has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and at the American Cultural Center in Ibadan, Nigeria. She was a lecturer at the California College of Arts and Crafts teaching West African YORUBA Art and Culture and Mixed Media painting. Caryl has recently been distinguished as a Master Teaching Artist by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
	Downtown Rythm Express Founder Al Saunders has been with the ensemble since its inception and has performed for hundreds of thousands of Maryland's students. He has a Bachelors Degree in Education from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Over the years he has played with many well-known artists including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Gregory Hines, Elvis Presley, the Fifth Dimension, the Four Tops, the Temptations, the Supremes, and James Brown. He is currently on the music faculty of The Children's Guild in Baltimore.		Illstyle & Peace Productions, Hip-Hop Dance Brandon "Peace" Albright and Forrest Webb founded Illstyle & Peace Productions in 2002. Their affiliations and performing credits inclide Crew Scanner Boyz, Boys II Men, Will Smith, Ll Cool J, and Renee Harris Pure Movement. The company, based in Philadelphia, PA, is a multicultural, mixed-gender dance company whose work focuses on the movement and spirit of hip-hop with a variety of performance disciplines such as ballet, jazz, and tap. The company delivers a positive message of individual expression to worldwide audiences young and old.
	Linda Fang, Storyteller A storyteller since the age of ten, Linda has been featured at The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, The National Theater, the Smithsonian and at storytelling festivals in Canada, Austria, Singapore, and the Caribbean. Linda is the award-winning author of The Ch’i-lin Purse, a collection of Ancient Chinese stories. In 1998, she was named the National Storyteller of the Year and, in 2004, received the Solo Theatrical Performer Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.		Jali-D, the "Drum Talker" David Foreman, a.k.a. Jali-D, is a longtime percussionist and performance poet originally from Washington, D.C. A graduate of Howard University, he is the creator of "Rappercussions" an art form that combines intelligent and educational rap with African style drumming. He has performed nationwide at numerous colleges, festivals and nightclubs. He also performs with YAMD artist, Maria Broom, the “Story Dancer. “
	Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble Footworks has toured nationally and internationally since 1979, including a Smithsonian Institution tour of Japan, and as guest artists with Riverdance in London. Founder and Artistic Director Eileen Carson is a National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellow. She has been awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Choreography grant and was honored with an Annie Award from the Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County.		Carolyn Kroerber, Puppeteer/Storyteller Since 1969, she has been presenting puppet theatre that excites the imagination. A truly unique and outstanding artist, storyteller, and puppeteer, Carolyn reaches the hearts and minds of everyone in her audience. She has appeared at The Smithsonian, The National Theater, and thousands of schools, libraries and community centers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
	Kevin Gift, Pianist Kevin began studying the piano at the age of four in Caracas, Venezuela; first performing in public at the age of seven. He received his professional training at Emory University and the Northwestern University School of Music. A winner of a Steinway Society Grant, he has presented recitals in Annapolis, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Atlanta. He’s performed concerts for arts education organizations including the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Arts Excel Program.		Mark Lohr (as MR.Jones), Actor/Vaudeville Mark Lohr as MR. Jones is an entertainer who has trained and mentored with one of the greatest, modern Physical Comics, Thomas Dougherty. He has fine-tuned his craft through two decades of entertaining audiences across North America. Mark has performed everywhere from the prestigious stage of The Kennedy Center and the Center Ring of the Circus to the sophisticated Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. MR. Jones is known for his ability to hilariously communicate volumes with or without words!

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