World Party

Springville

If you’re performing in World Folkfest, the annual weeklong festival that features dancers and musicians from around the globe, don’t worry about finding a place to stay. It will find you. For 30 years, residents of this community in the foothills of the Rockies have opened their homes and their hearts to the performers. “I made friends for life from all over the world, and I am still in contact with my American family,” says Barbara Sjerps of the Ralda Dance Group in the Netherlands. “That is what they are—family.”