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16th RIVER CITY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Saturday 24 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

11:00AM - Historic Rowlesburg School/Szilagyi Center Auditorium - Donation at the door


Actor - Storyteller - Writer

DOUG RILEY


Presents a living history program

MARK TWAIN:

The Early Years


Sponsored by the WV Humanities Council

LUNCH AT THE RIVER CITY CAFE - by donation

1:00PM - Historic Rowlesburg School/Szilagyi Center Auditorium - Donation at the door


Actress - Storyteller - Writer

JOANN PETERSON


Presents a living history program

FRANCES PERKINS:

 American workers-rights advocate  


Sponsored by the WV Humanities Council

"SPRING AWAKENING"

A program of Opera and all time favorites

3:00PM - Historic Rowlesburg School/Szilagyi Center

$15.00 Admission - Free for Students 

LUCAS TANNOUS

Tenor  Lucas Tannous is a Graduate in Music and Vocal Performance from  Westminster Choir College. He also holds a Master of Music degree  from  The University of Illinois School of Music, and a Graduate  Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins  University.

   Mr.  Tannous has performed lead tenor roles in the classic opera repertoire  with theaters in several U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C.,  Portland, OR and Houston, TX.  He has also participated in several  European summer programs including the University of Miami’s School of  Music Program in Salzburg, Austria, Le Academie de Cimiez de Nice Pour  Chanter, Nice, France and Le Sessione Senese per La Musica e l’Arte,  Siena, Italy.

   In  addition to his musical career, Mr. Tannous holds a Master of Arts  degree in speech-language pathology from Lehman College, CUNY.  As a  speech-language pathologist, he is certified by the World Learning SIT  Graduate Institute in TESOL, and has taught as an ESL teacher in the  Professional Department of the Rennert School for English in New York  City, as well as at the Lehman College, CUNY Department of Continuing  Education.

Dr. THOMAS J. NASSIF

 Dr.  Thomas Nassif began piano studies as a child in his native town of  Rowlesburg, WV, under Naomi Hooten, continuing with Ruby Ward of  Kingwood, WV and later with Oliver Manning and Miriam Gainer Goder,  while completing pre-medicine studies at West Virginia University.  

   He  completed his first two years of medical studies at West Virginia  University and received his M.D. degree from the University of  Pennsylvania. He was an associate professor of anesthesiology at George  Washington University in DC.

   A  former flight surgeon and now retired colonel of the U.S.A.F., Dr.  Nassif’s tours of duty included Spain, where he studied Spanish  repertory with Concepcion Badia and Carmen Coll and more recently, in  the U.S. with pianist Miguel Valdés.  He has accompanied his wife,  Cristina Herrera de Nassif, their daughter, Cristina Nassif,  and other  soloists, in numerous recitals here and abroad.

MOTOWN STRUTTERS

7:00pm - Historic Rowlesburg School/Szilagyi Center Auditorium - Donation at the door

SENIOR TAP DANCE ENSEMBLE

 A variety of songs with a swift change of fabulous outfits!

Additional performance of Juniors from the Morgantown Dance Studio 


The Motown Strutters  will be performing  some military and other numbers.  It will be an entertaining hour long  evening of dance. 

 

The ladies in Motown Strutters are from Morgantown, Mt. Morris, and Kingwood.

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Art Exhibit - Emporium: Antiques & Collectibles 

World War II Museum - Preston County Sports Museum

B&O Centennial Bridge Exhibit 


Visit Historic Downtown 

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Refreshments also available at Sidetracked and Carrico's 

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