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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Franklyn Riley <friley914@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 25, 2025 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Halverson <jwh100@outlook.com>; Renee Valdez <reneerome@yahoo.com>; Christine Grassman <cfgrassman@icloud.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Follow up from the Folklife Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share forwarded email with great information and details provided by Diane Nutting for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival next week.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Frank, your friendly NFBVA Potomac Chapter Board Member <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> "Nutting, Diane" <NuttingD@si.edu><br>
<b>Date:</b> June 25, 2025 at 12:11:55<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Franklyn Riley <friley914@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Follow up from the Folklife Festival</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I'm so sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Things have been a bit hectic here as we are now at T-7 days to the Festival!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If traveling to the Festival site, the closest drop off point to the Accessibility Tent would be 12<sup>th</sup> and Madison Drive. You would want to get out on the South side of Madison Drive and head directly
South on the sidewalk that runs North / South towards the center of the National Mall. Travel down the sidewalk about 100 or so feet and the Accessibility Tent will be to your right. It is flanked on either side by our Volunteer Tent and Media tent. All
these tents are staffed by Festival staff and volunteers, so anyone you encounter should be able to point you toward the Accessibility Tent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Additionally, below you will find a listing of all the events that will have audio description. They are each hyperlinked to go directly to their schedule listing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://festival.si.edu/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D184623805" target="_blank" title="https://festival.si.edu/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D184623805">Visual Description
Tour - Streetwise Tent (lowrider and skateboard culture)</a> July 3 at 11:00 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://festival.si.edu/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D184623798" target="_blank" title="https://festival.si.edu/schedule?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D184623798">The Ride Ahead -
film screening w/ embedded AD</a> - July 3 at 1:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Session - "Walk Through our Garden"</a> - July 4 at 12:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tour - Streetwise Tent</a> (lowrider and skateboard culture) July 5 at 11:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tour - Festival Highlights</a> - July 5 at 2:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tour - Festival Highlights</a> - July 6 at 1:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Session - Roping Demonstration</a> - July 6 at 4:00 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please note that the film screening of The Ride Ahead does require pre-registration. The hyperlink goes directly to the registration page. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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said, if you want to see how the day(s) work out that is fine too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please don't hesitate to reach out if I can answer any other questions or provide further information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We look forward to seeing you at the Festival!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Diane <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121">Diane Nutting
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</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://festival.si.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">Smithsonian Folklife Festival</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:NuttingD@si.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">NuttingD@si.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"> /
202-633-7488<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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