The 2014 Blues Festival, hosted by Mimbres Region Arts Council, was in full sound in Gough Park on Saturday. The first performer was Aya Khan, who immediately brought out the dancers with the beat of his music. The park was filling up fast with some shade structures to replace the dead trees that were cut down last year. Vendors of goods and food lined both sides of the park, and a beer garden served adults on the west side of the park.
The festival continues today, Sunday, May 25, with acoustic blues on tap.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
2014 MRAC Blues Festival
2014 MRAC Blues Festival
Dancers strut to the music of Aya Khan
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vendors line the street
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more vendors on the cross street
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Johnny Lopez mans the Mis Amigos Doggie Day Care.
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Janet Lee paints Siobhan Pyper's face
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Katherine Miller of Alabama seems to enjoy her turn on the bucking bull.
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Kathy Anderson spins next to the booth promoting the Silver City Community Theater group.
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Kendra Milligan speaks into the mike for Lori Ford of Community Access TV of Silver City to record her
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Rnady Salars, Silver City Gospel Mission manager, signs up folks for a drawing for a vintage blues package.
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