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Family Music Festival: New School of Music

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Dates:	Sunday, June 1, 2008
Hours:	12:00-3:00pm
Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor, Outdoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Outdoor games, crafts, face painting and a musical instrument 'petting zoo.' Indoor performances include African dance and drumming at noon by Jerry and Lisa Leake, the nationally-celebrated Latin music ensemble Sol y Canto at 1pm (paid concert; advanced purchase recommended. $5 kids/$10 adults), and popular children's performer Vanessa Trien at 2pm.

COST

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Activities & some performances free; Sol y Canto Concert ($5 kids/$10 adults)

WEBSITE

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www.newschoolofmusic.org/html/eventsnsm.html

LOCATION

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25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-492-8105

By Public transportation:

>By Bus
Take the 71 Watertown or 73 Waverly bus to Mt. Auburn Hospital. Walk around the corner to Lowell Street. The school will be on the left, number 25.
>By T/Foot
From Harvard Square, take either Mt. Auburn Street (1/2 mile) or Brattle Street (3/4 mile) and walk several blocks until you reach Lowell Street. From Mt. Auburn St., turn right on Lowell St. We are number 25, immediately on the left hand side. From Brattle St., turn left onto Lowell. Number 25 will be at the end of the block on the right hand side.

By Car:

>From Harvard Square
Take Mt. Auburn Street out of the square, heading a half mile west (toward Watertown). Turn right onto Lowell St., just before the Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.

>From Rt. 2
Follow Rt. 2 east past the Alewife T station and around the Fresh Pond rotaries (Rt. 2 becomes Fresh Pond Parkway.) Stay on Rt. 2/Fresh Pond Parkway, crossing Huron Ave. At the next stop light, turn left onto Brattle St. Take the third right onto Lowell St. Park in the lot on the right, just past the school entrance.

>From the Mass Turnpike (Rt. 90)
Take the Cambridge/Allston exit. Bear right off the exit ramp, toward Cambridge. Go straight through two sets of lights, and over the bridge. Get in the left lane. Immediately after the bridge, turn left onto Memorial Dr. Stay on Memorial Dr. for about one mile. Bear right onto Hawthorne St., then take the next left onto Mt. Auburn St. Turn right onto Lowell St., just before Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.

REVIEWS

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Enjoyable Afternoon

While this family festival wasn't very large, it was cute and our kids (6 & 4)had fun. Highlights for them were the face painting, spin art, fishing for magnet fish at the pond, and the live music. There was also a unique climbing structure that they kept going back to. Vanessa Trien performed at 2:00pm and she had the kids smiling and dancing. Early on there was a drumming/dancing performance which demonstrated lots of different drums and dances from Africa and Puerto Rico. All in all, while it wasn't the most exciting festival for adults, it was a pleasant afternoon being outside with the kids.

Very Poor Event

There was no life to this 'festival', unprofessional, unmanaged, no excitement. without trying to be mean, it was very lame and pointless, quite a waste of time driving there and getting the kids ready for it. Our son was so excited about the instrument petting zoo that I told him would be there, and getting there, both him and I were confused to see this 'zoo' being a total of 4 recorders being passed around 3-4 kids' mouths. Altogether, boring and a big disappointment.