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Triad Juneteenth Celebration 2008

High Point     Winston-Salem     Greensboro

Envision

Performing at the High Point,

Winston-Salem and 

Greensboro Festivals

 

“ JUNETEENTH- A New Beginning”

Reenactment of  June 19, 1865

Performing at the High Point,

Winston-Salem and  Greensboro Festivals

 

Tony Love and Evolution

Performing at the Winston-Salem

Festival

 

Juneteenth Festival - High Point

Friday, June 20, 2008

 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mendenhall Station Transportation Terminal

220 East Commerce Avenue, High Point, NC

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Main Stage

5:00 pm -    Festival Opening

5:30 pm -   Temple Memorial MIME Ministry

5:45 pm -    Juneteenth: A New Beginning (skit)

6:00 pm -    Young Fletcher and Swag (Hip Hop)

6:15 pm -    Aisha Lewis - Triad Idol Finalist

6:30 pm  -   Williams Memorial Praise Dancers

645 pm -     Drum Circle

7:00 pm -    Spirit Community Praise Team

7:15 pm -    Envision - Old Skool/R&B

 

Food Booths and Coke Products

Interactive Community Art Project

Exhibits, Displays, Craft Vendors

Community Agencies

Youth Entertainment - Face Painting, Bounce House, Monster Basketball

 

Juneteenth Festival - Winston-Salem

Saturday, June 21, 2008

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Rupert Bell Park

1501 Mt. Zion Place, Winston-Salem, NC

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Main Stage

10:00 am - Festival Opening – Ceremony,

                  Vendors, Youth Area, Concessions

10:15 am - The NC Association of Black

                   Storytellers, Poetry, Teresa Hairston

11:00 am - Big Four Gospel Choir

11:15 am - Community Dialogue – The Significance of the November Presidential Election:  What It Will Take To Get A Black American in the White House

12:00 pm  -  The Community Talent Showcase

                    NC Black Repertory Teen Theatre

                    T&J Dancers

                    Aisha Lewis –

                     Triad  Idol Finalist

1:00 pm - Tony Dove and Evolution –

                R&B/Old Skool

1:45pm - BYC (Hip Hop Band)

2:15 pm - Juneteenth: A New Beginning

2:30 pm - Positive Image Performing Arts (Dance)

2:45 pm - ENVISION – R&B/Old Skool

4:00 pm - Festival Closes   

 

All Day Activities:

Youth Pavilion

Health Screenings

Food Booths

Final Score - Games from the 80's for Adults

Community Displays

Black History Displays

 

Juneteenth Festival - Greensboro

Saturday, June 28, 2008

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Festival Park

200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro, NC

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11:00 am -  Welcome - Ron Johnson, MC

                    - Negro National Anthem

                      Frank Fortune

                    - Reading of Proclamation

                       Mayor Yvonne Johnson

11:10 am -    Mattie Alston & the Voice of Praise

11:30 am -    NC Steppers/Chicago Style Stepping

12:00 noon - Olivia Brooks - Gospel

12:10 pm -    The Comedy of Ron Johnson

12:40 pm -    Darren "Dika" McGill - Spoken Word

12:45 pm -    Donavan Rogers - Gospel

12:50 pm -    Freeman Murphy - Spoken Word

1:00 pm -      Bishop Sho "Nuff Preaching -Comedy

1:15 pm -      Juneteenth Essay Contest Winners

1:35 pm -      Special Tribute

1:40 pm -      Page High School Gospel Choir

2:00 pm -      Aisha Lewis, Triad Idol Finalist

2:20 pm -      Grace Lutheran Church Hand Bell

                     Choir and Youth Choir

2:45 pm -      Juneteenth - A New Beginning

3:00 pm -      St. Paul's visible glory Mime Team

3:15 pm -      Envision RB/Old Skool

 

All Day Activities:

Youth Pavilion

Health Screenings

Food Booths

Community Displays