Welcome! The 3rd Annual Massachusetts Walking Tour is Scheduled for June 13-24, 2012 with Special Guest Dan Blakeslee (Please see 2012 for more info) 2012 Poster

Our Mission: A Conversation... The Walking Tour is managed by Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards with the help of people from surrounding communities, our friends and families. The positive and supportive reaction received in 2010 persuaded Mandeville, Richards and Gandy to continue the Walking Tour vision, expanding the walk into an annual event. With the anticipated release of Gandy's documentary, the Walking Tour will proceed to reach greater and broader audiences with our message and music in tow. With each visit, a community has pulled together and taken part in a dialogue which serves to strengthen local investment in the arts. Our travels introduced us to many of the local cultural volunteers throughout Massachusetts and with them we have shared our vision - to encourage support for the arts on the local level and to celebrate Massachusetts' artists of any discipline. (i.e. visual artists, musicians, dancers, poets, photographers, etc.) Why Art?? ( Part II from 2011 with Spencer Public Access Television ) By walking through, laden with heavy packs and dangling musical instruments, our presence in these towns provided an example of how far some are willing to go in support of an idea.