"Squares of a quilt"

The NVP worked with the Mattatuck Museum to produce the Brass Valley Music Festival, which showcased musicians and dancers from the Naugatuck Valley’s many ethnic groups.

"It's like the squares of a quilt.  You get all of these beautiful squares, and they're off by themselves.  And they don't get woven together.  When you put them together, you give everybody a chance to see what the other group is doing, and you develop an affinity for all the different traditions that you might not come in contact with.  It was the greatest thing to see what somebody else was doing, and to hear the richness of their music and their dance."

    - Theresa Francis