PROGRAM

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Saturday, June 16, 2007
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—Cynthia Brown
  Invocation—Rev. Irving Beverly, Bethesda United Methodist Church
  Posting of Colors—St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department
  Welcome—Mike Brown, Event Director
  Proclamations—Alma Jordon
  Recognitions—Janice Walthour & Miss Maryland, Michae’ Holloman
  “Making a Difference in the Millennium”
  Juneteenth Essay Contest—St. Mary’s County Public Schools
  Human Relations Awards Recipients Honored
  “Pioneers Among Us”- Brick Presentations
        Elmer Brown
        Elizabeth Barber Walker
        George Forrest
  
  
  
• 1:30 - 2:00 — Gospel Singing (Local Choirs)
  St. Peter Claver Catholic Church Gospel Choir—Roy Johnson, Director
  First Missionary Baptist Church Choir—Sherrie Fenwick, Director
  Zion United Methodist “True Victory” Choir—Ike Harris, Director
  
  
  
• 2:00 - 7:00 — Master of Ceremonies—Ken Garvin
  
  
• 2:00 - 5:00 — Walk Around Magic
  Reggie the Magician
  
  
  
• 2:00 - 2:45 — Gospel Concert
  Winfield Parker & Praise (Main Stage)
  
  
  
• 2:45 - 3:30 — Hip Hop Dancers and Steppers (Three Notch Theater)
  BodyShakers—Donna Jordan
  
  
  
• 3:30 - 4:30 — Jazz Concert
  Brian Lenair (Main Stage)
  
  
  
• 4:30 - 5:15 — Rap Performance
  No Puff Daddy (Three Notch Theater)
  
  
  
• 5:30-6:30 — African Dancing and Drumming (Monument Stage)
  The Imani Dancers—Sonya Mann
  Jumbe’ Drummers—Mike Friend and the Global Village Dancers
  
  
  
• 7:00 — 50-50 Raffle Drawing (Main Stage—need not be present to win)
  
  
• 7:00 - dark — Jazz Concert
  MAD Jazz Poetry Productions
  (Main Stage)