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The tour started in Frostburg, where the secretary discussed economic-development issues with Allegany County officials. He later presented a Governor's Citation that saluted the Allegany Arts Council, the City of Frostburg, Frostburg First: A Maryland Main Street Community and Frostburg State University for their efforts in establishing the Mountain City Arts & Entertainment District – the first cooperative folk-art gallery in the state. After
an overnight stay at Savage
River Lodge, Johansson visited Adventure
Sports Center International (ASCI) in McHenry. ASCI is
the site of the world's only pump-driven, re-circulating
white-water course situated at the top of a mountain. It's
located near
Deep
Creek Lake close to the Wisp ski resort.
Federal effort to clean up Bay will tap heritage trails President Obama issued an executive order yesterday calling for a stronger federal effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay and its ecosystem, while promoting public accessibility. The order requires coordination with state and local agencies in the watershed area, and such programs as: Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network (CBGN), and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. The War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission has been awarded funding from the Maryland Office of Tourism and the CBGN to improve access, stewardship and interpretive opportunities for water-trail portions of the Star-Spangled Banner Trail. Gov. Martin
O’Malley also announced yesterday that he
plans to use a series of two-year milestones to accelerate Maryland’s
effort to clean up the Bay. He added that he intends to have
local governments, businesses and citizens take a more active
role. Maryland Traditions project leads to public-radio program Maryland State Arts Council folklorist Cliff Murphy collaborated with WYPR Radio host Aaron Henkin to present a program about Olla Belle Reed, the Appalachian songwriter and singer who moved to northeast Maryland from North Carolina during the Great Depression. One of Murphy's roles at the Arts Council is to canvass the state's folk- and traditional-arts landscape on behalf of the Maryland Traditions program – a partnership between the Arts Council and the Maryland Historical Trust that receives partial support from the National Endowment for the Arts. "I was talking one day with Aaron about his program Tapestry of the Times, which features music from the Smithsonian Folkways record catalog, and he told me how much he enjoyed the music of Ola Belle Reed," Murphy says. "I had just started working with Ola Belle's family up in Cecil County and was so excited about what I was hearing up there that I offered to take him along." The broadcast that resulted is on the WYPR web site, along with a related five-minute video. Murphy says he and Henkin "plan to do additional features on artists or traditions in Maryland that intersect with the Folkways catalog." More than 140,000 Marylanders work in the tourism industry. According to a recent economic-impact report, visitor spending totaled $13.6 billion in 2007 – generating $1.7 billion in state and local taxes. In fact, Maryland's entire leisure and hospitality industry, which includes tourism, employs 8.5 percent of all the non-agricultural workers in the state. The message from the U.S. Travel Association for this 26th annual event is "Travel Matters." In March, the advocacy group initiated its "Meetings Mean Business" campaign – an effort to show how business travel creates a positive economic impact on communities throughout the U.S. Running Hare Vineyard, a 300-acre winery in Prince Frederick that opened last August, won a gold medal at the 25th annual Dallas Morning News Wine Competition in April. The winery's 2008 pinot grigio was at the top of a category that included 95 entrants. "A prize like this shows how much the Maryland wine industry has matured over the years," said Kevin Atticks, director of the Maryland Wineries Association. "For Running Hare Vineyard to compete and win against major international brands in an event like this is quite an accomplishment." Wineries from 31 states and 21 countries entered more than 3,000 wines at the Dallas-based contest. Running Hare is one of five Southern Maryland wineries on the newly opened Patuxent Wine Trail. The others are: Cove Point Winery, Lusby; Fridays Creek Winery, Owings; Perigeaux Vineyards and Winery, St. Leonard; and Solomons Island Winery, Lusby. Tourism Board member on track to become US SAILING president Gary Jobson, a member of the Maryland Tourism Development Board, was nominated by US SAILING - the national governing body for sailing since 1897 - to become the organization's next president. Jobson, who resides in Annapolis and has served on the Olympic Sailing Committee, is a world-class sailor, television commentator and author. He has written 16 sailing books. In 2003, he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame. In an article for Sailing World, Jobson discusses plans for a National Sailing Hall of Fame that will be located in Annapolis. Jobson says the vision for this project "has expanded from a simple hall to include a museum that will be a center for environmental expositions, and an educational center for sailing." Also, the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore has received accreditation from US SAILING for its adult-education programs. The community sailing center is an 11-year-old nonprofit that offers sailing instruction and access to sailing to anyone interested in the sport. Arts
Council's new logo available for publications and ads
Kennedy Center president discusses current arts environment Take a War of 1812 fieldtrip in Southern Maryland The conference is the first in a series of meetings – designed for War of 1812 bicentennial stakeholders – that will take place during the next two years around the state. Call or e-mail Kate Marks, 410-767-6974, for more information and to register. Deadline is May 29. Join the 1812 Commission's listserv Still time to vote Frederick Artist Market features basket auction Grants for arts presenters
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