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The 27th Annual 2010 MayFair in Harvard Square
Emerges
For an Exquisite Day of Entertainment and Dancing in the STREET!

The 27th Annual MayFair in Harvard Square features six stages of live entertainment: The Main Stage in the Super Crosswalk featuring “The Emerging America Parade –  A Moving Festival,” A charity Hair-Cut-A-Thon, Chalk on the Walk; A Dance Stage; Roaming Railroad Train Rides; A Harvard Student Activities Festival, Hot Air Balloon Rides with donations to charity, Beer Gardens; and two-hundred thousand happy people.

Sunday, May 2nd 2010 from Noon until 6:00pm.
(Rain date – Sunday, May 16th 2010)

New Events this year:
• A “Moving Festival” Parade of Artists, a Rally, and Sideshow Performances celebrating the launch of the Emerging America Festival.
• The Harvard College Student Activities Zone with Free Activities, Lessons and Performances! 

In addition to Six stages of live music and dance, MayFair features over 200 artisans and merchants with colorful tents displaying handmade clothing, art, jewelry, and sidewalk sale items. MayFair is the ultimate “taste of” event, offering over 40 booths featuring international cuisine, festival favorites, delicious desserts and free samples!

Stages at MayFair include – Main Stage in the Super Crosswalk, Club Passim Stage on Brattle Street, May Fair Dance Stage, BANDFEST- Holyoke Center Outdoor Stage/ Forbes Plaza (an Art’s First Stage!), A Buskers Stage, Border Cafe Stage on Church Street, and SIDESHOW Stages featuring performances celebrating the “Emerging America Festival,” a collaboration between The American Repertory Theater, The HuntingtonTheatre Company and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES - 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, in the Cambridge Common. The RE/MAX Destiny will offer Hot Air Balloon rides to benefit the Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund. Cost is $10 Children and $20 for Adults. For more info and a look at last year’s event: http://blog.insidedestiny.com/?p=54 

SPRING HAIR CUT-A-THON!
Get a new spring ‘do for $20 at the MayFair Cut-a-Thon where our very own Harvard Square award-winning salons: Plan b; Salon Bella Mar; and Floyd’s Barber Shop have joined together to spring-up everyone’s look with a new charitable ‘do! All of the proceeds go to The Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital. Anyone who wishes to donate long braids to Locks of Love with not have to pay entry fee!

KIDS FESTIVAL on CHURCH STREET offering face painting, KIDS CHALK ZONE, Roaming Railroad Train rides, and Matchbox car racing.

CHALK ON THE WALK: Stroll Church Street when the entire block becomes a gallery of Chalk Art. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cambridge and local businesses…last year’s business sponsored artworks raised over $25,000 for local literacy programs!
http://www.cambridgerotary.org/ChalkOverview.cfm
http://www.cambridgerotary.org/2009ChalkPhotos.cfm 

THE HARVARD COLLEGE STUDENT ACTIVITIES ZONE: featuring free activities, lessons and performances all day long!

MAYFAIR ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE:

MAIN STAGE: In the “Super Crosswalk” in front of Out of Town News!
12:00 pm - DreadRocks - http://www.myspace.com/dreadrocksboston
1:00 pm A “Moving Festival” of Artists celebrating the launch of the Emerging America Festival.
1:30 pm - Todd Thibaud  www.myspace.com/toddthibaud
2:30 pm - The Downbeat 5 http://www.myspace.com/thedownbeat5
3:25 pm - Action Verbs http://actionverbsmusic.com/
4:15 pm - Apollo Run http://www.apollorun.com/
5:00 pm - Marcus Santos and AfroBrazil http://www.afrobrazil.org/
All Day - Main Stage - DJ Mistaker http://www.myspace.com/mistaker

Cambridge Common Stage 
12:00 pm - Robert Struthers Quartet
12:30 pm - Sophie Vilker and friends, Violen Duos
12:50 pm - Jonathan Cohler and friends
1:10 pm - String Quartet - Clay Hoener, Scott Woolweaver, Brian Clague, Eugene Kim
1:30 pm - Vocals - Liz Anker and friends/Louise Grasmere
2:05 pm - Brahms Sonata
2:15 pm - Instrumental Ensemble
2:35 pm - The Hillers , Violen Duos
 

BORDER CAFÉ STAGE in the Church Street Parking Lot
3:00 pm – Darlingside http://www.myspace.com/darlingside
4:00 pm - Love in Stockholm http://loveinstockholm.com/
5:00 pm – Oranjuly http://www.myspace.com/oranjuly
 

DANCE STAGE AT MAYFAIR: Eliot Street and Mount Auburn.
Ballet Theater Youth Works - 12:30pm www.ballettheater.org 
Tamara Williamson - 12:35
Ballet Theater Youth Works - 12:40
The Dance Inn 12:45 www.thedanceinn.com
Boston Tap Company - 12:50 www.bostontapcompany.org
Cambridge Youth Dance - 1:05 www.cydp.org
Dance'n Feet - Peggy Wacks - 1:30
Neena Gulati - Triveni Dancers - 1:45pm www.trivenidance.org
Valdalna Tribal Dance - 2:00 pm www.vadalna.com
Kinetic Synergy Dance Co - 2:15
Aqua de Coco - 2:30 – www.aquadecoco.com
EgoArt, Inc - 2:45 www.egoartinc.com
Cambridge Youth Dance - 3:00
Stonehill College Dance Co - 3:20 www.stonehill.edu/danceteam
Studio 3 Flamenco/Marissa Wallace - 3:30pm
Rainbow Tribe - 15 min - 3:45 www.rainbowtribe.org
Oberon Dance Battle 4:00-4:30pm
www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Boston Elite Fitness - 4:45 www.bostonelitefitness.com

The MayFair Dance Stage is graciously produced by Deborah Mason.
For more info: www.deborahmasonschoolofdance.com and Cambridge Youth Dance www.cydp.org

BANDFEST - Holyoke Outdoor Stage/Forbes Plaza (in front of 1350 Mass. Ave.)
Noon – 12:50 pm Clay Miller
1:00 – 1:20 pm      The Valleys of Neptune
1:30 – 1:50 pm J.Y. Miller http://www.myspace.com/jymiller
2:00 – 2:20 pm       Gnome
2:30 – 2:50 pm   Recklez http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/recklez/
3:00 – 3:20 pm  Laura Livingston II
3:30 – 3:50 pm Dan Masterson http://danmasterson.blogspot.com/
4:00 – 4:20 pm   The Mount Auburn Quartet
4:30 – 4:50 pm    Express Lane
5:00 – 5:20 pm Onyx Cave
5:30 – 5:20 pm Chas Gillespie

The BANDFEST Stage is part of the Arts First Festival at Harvard University and is graciously produced by Harvard Real Estate.

PASSIM STAGE – On Brattle Street in front of City Sports
12 pm - The Last 55s - http://www.myspace.com/thelast55s
1pm - John Shade with the Neave String Quartet - www.johnshademusic.com
2pm - Margaret Glaspy - www.margaretglaspy.com
3pm - Anne Heaton - www.anneheaton.com
4pm - Railbird - www.myspace.com/railbirdmusic
5pm - David Wax Museum - www.davidwaxmuseum.com

The Passim Stage is graciously produced by Passim.

MayFair is free and open to the public!
For more info: (617) 491-3434 www.harvardsquare.com

Featured Vendors:

Chez Henri
http://www.chezhenri.com/

Sturtevant Illustrations
http://sturtevantillustrations.com/

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
http://www.harvardvanguard.org/

Rusell House Tavern
http://www.russellhousecambridge.com/

Hooked Productions
http://www.hookedproductions.com/

Mill Fudge Company
http://www.themillfudgefactory.com/



MayFair is Sponsored by: Dunkin Donut’s, XFinity, Sam Adams, Nantucket Nectars, Corona Beer, Re-Max Destiny, Boston’s Weekly Dig, Yelp, WZLX, Renewal by Anderson, Owens Corning, Grafton Street, The Border Cafe, The Upper Crust Pizza, Café of India, Sonic Bids, Pilgrim Parking, Harvard Real Estate, The American Repertory Theater, Club Passim, Newbury Comics and the Harvard Square Business Association.

Pictures Available upon request!
http://www.harvardsquare.com/Home/Slideshows/MayFair-2007.aspx