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Welcome to the Riverdale Park Community Wiki -- a community space where residents, friends and neighbors of Riverdale Park MD come to share and get information and discuss matters of mutual, local interest, whatever they may be. This Wiki can be anything you want -- our bulletin board, Welcome Wagon, community calendar, scratch pad, scrap book, photo album, file cabinet, encyclopedia, yellow pages, Rolodex, 'Whole Earth Catalog,' entertainment guide and community center -- all rolled into one. Whatever we make it.	Fourth Annual Riverdale Park MULTI-CULTURAL ArtsFest Sunday, May 1, 11am-6pm Fun and free for the whole family. Spaces are filling up quickly. If you're an artist/artisan, consider applying for a space here. Riverdale Park Festival of Lights Saturday, December 12 Vendors & Live Music: 12 noon to 8 pm Festival Trolleys: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm (last trolley leaves at 8 pm) Unique Holiday Gifts Food, Hot Cocoa & Cider Live Holiday Music Free Pictures with Santa “Festival of Lights” Trolley Rides More info? see http://www.rpholidaymarket.com/ Are you suffering from the I-Can't-Wait-til-April-for-the-Farmers Market-to-open Blues? No need to wait! The vendors will bring the stuff you want to you - on SATURDAYS! NEW WINTER DELIVERY MARKET TO RUN DEC. 5th - MARCH 27th Place your order by Tuesday and pick it up at the market on Saturday (Every other Saturday) More info? see RP Farmers Market Wiki page *** Puts Stimulus Dollars to Green Use: "Let's Keep Building the Great Society" "Green streets have been built in Seattle and Portland, Ore., but they're novel in small towns such as Edmonston..." Washington Post article highlights innovative steps to enhance the quality of life for town residents; read more here.
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Riverdale Park Sings the Blues and we're ecstatic! . Click on Blues Heritage Foundation to see our RPwiki page about the Archie Edwards Blues Hertitage Foundation new home and its Saturday afternoon jams in RP, or click on the image/paragraph below to visit the Foundation's homepage. (Pictures at left and right are from a recent jam in RP taken by Don Lynch.) We are saddened by the recent passing of N.J. Warren, seen above on the right. A great musician and one of the original members of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation.

Holiday Market music videos on YouTube! Check out these music videos featuring several Archie Edwards Blues Heritage stalwarts -- and some of our favorite musicians -- from the Holiday Market Music Stage. These were filmed and produced by Don & Melissa Avery and uploaded to YouTube:

1) Michael Baytop and Riverdale Park's own Nicholas Spicer doing "Don't Let Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLRWbCeZi8&feature=channel

2) Rick Franklin performing "Ain't Goin That Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78fvQXr_Bzc&feature=channel

3) Eleanor Ellis singing "CC&O"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLySG7U86c&feature=channel

4) and last but not least, BanjerDan and Miles Spicer accompany Joe
Uehlein singing the old Commander Cody tune "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (that
cigarette)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwn-eFWl__I&feature=channel


10/12/08 MSG The Acoustic Blues Trio -- the band of Riverdalian blues musician Miles Spicer -- has a new CD out entitled "Done Spoke My Mind." (You may have heard them on the lawn at Riversdale Mansion.) To get your copy grab Miles when you see him, or go to their website to order your copy. It's a great album, featuring mostly original material.





Photo album from the 1st Annual ArtsFest (2008) here.

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