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A resident of Troy, NY, Maria Zemantauski is one of the world's few heralded female flamenco-style guitarists, and one of even fewer female flamenco composers. She has performed in Spain, Italy and across the continental United States to great acclaim. Her albums, Mrs. Laughinghouse (1997), Seeing Red (2000) and Under the Lemon Tree (2005), have received stellar reviews from music critics around the world. Beginning in 2004, the City of Troy and the River Street merchants formed the River Street Festival to help showcase all the great things going on in the downtown area, in particular the special places located up and down River Street. Unlike the commercially established festivals you see today, the River Street festival has a grassroots arts and antiques theme.