PROGRAM

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Saturday, June 21, 2008
FREEDOM PARK
on the corner of Route 235 and Tulagi Place

• 12:00 - 1:30 — Grand Opening of Juneteenth Celebration (Monument Stage)
  Mistress of Ceremonies – Nichole Denee Hill
  Posting of Colors – St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department
  First Missionary Baptist Church Choir – Sherrie Fenwick, Director
  Invocation: Bishop Lee Roy Mc Duffie, Gospel Tabernacle of Prayer
  Gospel Tabernacle of Prayer Choir
  Welcome – Mike Brown, Event Director
  St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir – Roy Johnson, Director
  Proclamations, Recognitions, & Acknowledgements –
                            Janice Walthour, Mike Brown, and Bonnie Elward
        African American Tourism Brochure – Alma Jordon & Carolyn Laray
        “Making a Difference in the Millennium”
              Juneteenth Essay Contest – St. Mary’s County Public Schools
              Human Relations Awards Recipients Honored
              Brenda Spears – Artist/Publisher
              Alland Leandre – Entrepreneur Black Engineer of the Year 2008
  Zion United Methodist Church “True Victory Choir” – Ike Harris, Dir.
        Pioneers Among Us
              Tony Porter, CEO Porter Technical, Inc.
              United States Colored Troops of St. Mary’s County:
                            Sgt. William H. Barnes & Sgt. James H. Harris
                            Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
  St. Luke’s Church Choir – Roy Johnson, Director
  Lift Every Voice and Sing – Negro National Anthem
  
  
• 1:30 - 2:00 — Jumbe and the Village African Dance & Drumming Troupe (Monument Stage)
  
  
• 2:00       Master of Ceremonies – Tony Porter (Main Stage)
  
  
• 2:00 - 5:00 — Walk Around Magic - Super Magic Man
  
  
• 2:00 - 2:45 — Gospel Concert
  Winfield Parker & Praise (Main Stage)
  
  
  
• 2:45 - 3:30 — Rap Performance
  No Puff Daddy (Three Notch Theater)
  
  
  
• 4:00 - 5:00 — Jazz Concert
  Spur of the Moment (Main Stage)
  
  
  
• 5:00 - 5:30 — Hip Hop Dancers and Steppers (Three Notch Theater)
  Donna's BodyShakers
  
  
  
• 5:30 - 6:30 — Gospel Go Go Band, Poetry Slam, & Rap for the Young at Heart(Monument Stage)
  Higher Heights
  LIBREO
  Lakea
  
  
  
• 7:00 — 50-50 Raffle Drawing (Main Stage—need not be present to win)
  
  
• 7:00 - dark — Jazz Concert
  Shang
  (Main Stage)