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Denton Arts & Jazz Fest Looks Like It Was A Ton Of Fun, Huh?

Wow! Apparently there weren’t scores of noteworthy performances at this weekend’s 28th Annual Denton Arts & Jazz Fest--because so far the only performance uploaded to Youtube is this kid’s solo: . Slightly more entertaining, the video of the “Freeze Mob” organized by the Denton-based group United Aid:...

By Pete Freedman

April 28, 2008

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Wow! Apparently there weren’t scores of noteworthy performances at this weekend’s 28th Annual Denton Arts & Jazz Fest--because so far the only performance uploaded to Youtube is this kid’s solo:

.

Slightly more entertaining, the video of the “Freeze Mob” organized by the Denton-based group United Aid:

Five members from the activist group persuaded about 30 festival attendees to stand around for five minutes symbolizing the five years of the Iraq War. Tantalizing stuff from this music and arts festival, huh? --Daniel Rodrigue

Pete Freedman

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