QuinTango, a chamber tango quintet (two violins, bass, cello and piano) based in metropolitan Washington D.C. will perform at Arts Alive Saturday, May 3rd at 7:00 pm. at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
QuinTango has brought thousands of new fans to the music of tango by engaging audiences with their sizzling, mind-opening fusion of traditional South American tango repertoire and classical chamber music style. In keeping with their mission to bring tango to new audiences, QuinTango concerts blend musicianship, audience connection, and great story telling. Patrons leave a QuinTango performance with not only a new-found love of tango, but with an understanding of the heart and history of this art form.
Visit QuinTango's website to learn more. For a full fledged Tango music experience join QuinTango for their July Costa Rica six concert tour - information here
About Arts Alive:
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Prince William County Arts Council and the Hylton Performing Arts Center of Manassas, Va. are hosting their fourth annual ARTS ALIVE Festival, a free, family-fun event that features local, Prince William County dancers, singers, artists, and performances, on Sat., May 3 from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, at 10960 George Mason Circle Manassas, Va. Admission and parking are free. For an up to date schedule of events, call 703-221-2150.
The ARTS ALIVE Festival features more than 30 indoor and outdoor events, workshops, displays, performances and children’s activities. Performances include: Gainesville Ballet, Showcase Dance, NOVA Youth Ballet, Asaph Dance Ensemble, Woodbridge Dance, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, Youth Orchestras of Prince William, Prince William Community Band, Manassas Chorale, Celebration Singers, New Dominion Choraliers, Osbourn High School Guitar Ensemble, Woodbridge Community Choir, Ben Lomond Community Center Dancers, Dance, Etc., Woodbridge Music, Castaways Repertory Theater, Bull Run Cloggers, Lou Rosgen, Magnificent Belly Dance, Old Bridge Quartet, Gainesville Middle School Drama Club, Creative and Performing Arts Center Sankofa Singers, Dumfries Elementary School Chorus, Shenandoah Sounds, Write by Rails writers, Coles Elementary Step Team, a Jazz Vocalist Master Class lead by Donna Brown, an open rehearsal and Introduction by Quintango, Pied Piper Theater and the Bull Run and Unitarian Universalists Mime Troupe.
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Fine art displays will be presented by: Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory, Manassas Warrenton Camera Club, Cabin Branch Quilters, Stone House Quilters Guild and Prince William Art Society.
ARTS ALIVE will showcase many children activities. The Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory’s lead actors of Pied Piper Theatre’s Peter Pan, Jr. will be performing and singing throughout the crowds, Cabin Branch Quilters leads the 4H Make and Take quilting project, Edgemoor Art Studio offers painting. The onsite Open Air Market will also sell food, refreshments and crafts.
For a full schedule of events visit the Hylton Center Arts Alive page. http://hyltoncenter.org/events/artsalive.html
