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MD named co-director for 2016 Shawano Folk Music Festival
Chicago’s official troubadour, Mark Dvorak, will be heading back to Shawano, Wisconsin next summer for the 38th Shawano Folk Music Festival, August 12 through 14, 2016. Dvorak was a main stage performer at this year’s gathering, which takes place annually in beautiful Mielke Park each summer.
Each year, an aritst is named honorary "co-director” for the following year’s festival. Dvorak will join Nicole Hanquinet, Becky Van Buren and Rhonda Bellamy in planning the 2016 event.
“2015 marks my twnetieth anniversary of performing and teaching at the Shawno Folk Music Festival,” said Dvorak, who succeeds the trio …