PROGRAM
Saturday, June 17, 2006
FREEDOM PARK
on the corner of Route 235 and Tulagi Place

12:00   -   1:00   --  Mistress of ceremonies: Elfreda Mathis
           Grand Opening of Juneteenth Celebration
           Music Provided by Clifton Bullock, Saxophonist
           Invocation
           Posting of Colors
           Welcome
           Proclamation, Recognitions, and UCAC Acknowledgements
               Essay Contest Winners
               Human Relations Award Recipients
               History Makers - honoring Joan Groves Briscoe
                       and Joseph Lee Somerville
1:00   -   2:00   --   Gospel Hour
           First Missionary Baptist Church Choirs
           St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
           Shiloh United Methodist Church (Indian Head, MD)
           Oasis of Victory Christian Church International
           Spiritual Dancers ( L.J. & Jacob Taylor)

2:30   -   4:00   --   Mistress of Ceremonies: Kim Collins
           Poetry Slam
          Local Poets and Authors
                Clifton Bullock, Garret James, Rasheeda Brown
           MADJazz Poetry

4:00   -   5:00   --   African Dance & Drumming
           African Dance - Imani African Dance Troupe
           African Drumming - Jumbe
           Youth entertainers
                Global Village African Dance
                     and Drumming Troupe
                Lexington Park Elementary School African Cultural
                     Enrichment Club and the Lexington Park Boys
                     and Girls Club of America

6:00   -   8:00   --   Mistress of Ceremonies: Robin Burt
          Mike Wireman
          Marcus Johnson, nationally renowned jazz musician