The Original Gullah Festival 2019

Schedule of Events

 

Friday, May 24, 2019 (Free Admission)

Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

 

Children and Family Day

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Featured performances by local school bands, dance troupes, drama groups and other acts!

 

St. Helena Elementary School “Wax Museum”- St Helena, SC

Battery Creek High School Band- Beaufort, SC

St. Helena Elementary School- Praise Dance- St. Helena, SC

St. Helena Elementary Gospel Choir                                                  

Lady’s Island Middle School Band- Beaufort, SC

Jamari’s Drums- Beaufort, SC

Robert Smalls International Academy Dance Ensemble - Beaufort, SC

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM            “Break” – (Shop Food and Craft Vendors-Visit the Gullah Village)

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM             Gullah Festival Youth Pageant

9:00 PM – 12:00 AM          All-White Party (White Attire Suggested) featuring “All That DJ                                                                        Delva”  - with Hors D’oeuvres - Caterer: Mae Frances Pinckney Catering

                                                  ($30 entry fee)

 

Other Attractions:

 

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM     Lest We Forget (Lecture Series) (Free Admission)

Grace AME Church- 502 Charles Street, Beaufort, SC

                                                   

                                            10:00am – 10:55am     Gullah Praise Houses and Information (Rev. Bryant)

                                             11:00am – 11:55am     Young Women Surviving in Today’s World  (Panel)

                                             12:00N -  12:55pm        History of Mitchellville  (Mrs. Joyce Wright)

                                             1:00pm –1:55pm          The Jim Crow Era  (Mrs. Andrea Allen)

Tabernacle Baptist Church – 907 Craven St., Beaufort, SC

                                             2:00pm - 3:00pm          Tour of The Tabernacle Baptist Church and Campus

                                              (Donations Accepted)

 

Gullah Tours (See front gate for information during the festival.)

 

The Gullah Village – Located inside

 

The Vendor Market – Open to the public

 

(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)

 

 

Saturday May 25, 2019 ($25 Entry Fee)

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM     Drum Call - Wona Womalan African Drummers-Charleston, SC

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM     Aunt Pearlie Sue (Anita Singleton Prather) and Gullah Kinfolk

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM     Louise Cohen - Gullah Storyteller – Hilton Head, SC

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM     Voices of a Gullah People Singers- St. Helena, SC

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM     Natasha Robinson- Gullah Storyteller- St. Helena, SC

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM         *Official Welcoming Ceremony*

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM           Wona Womalan African Drum and Dance Co – Charleston, SC

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM           Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters – Darien, GA

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM           Ron Daise – Gullah Singer/Storyteller – Pawley’s Island, SC

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM           Dr. Marlena Smalls and the Hallelujah Singers – Beaufort, SC

3:30 PM – 3:50 PM           Lynn Bryant and the Family Slide Dancers- Beaufort, SC

3:50 PM – 4:10 PM           Single Leg Amputee Sports Association (SLASA)

Freetown, Sierra Leone

4:10 PM – 4:40 PM           Patrick Duncan – Poet – Lithonia, GA

4:40 PM – 5:25 PM           Kenya Safari Acrobats, Inc. – Kenya, East Africa/NC

5:25 PM – 5:55 PM           Spiritual Gangsters (Gullah Rappers) – Hilton Head, SC

6:00 PM – 7:00PM            Soweto Street Beat – Soweto South Africa/Atlanta, GA

 

Saturday Night Concert ($35 Entry Fee)

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM           CeCe Peniston- International Recording Artist

10:00 PM – 12:00 AM     Liquid Pleasure Super Show Band

 

Other Attractions:

 

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM      “Lest We Forget” (Lecture Series) (Free Admission)

Grace AME Church- 502 Charles Street, Beaufort, SC

 

                                                    10:00am – 10:55am     Reconstruction/Jim Crow Era (Dr. Lawrence Rolland)

                                              11:00am – 11:55am  Gullah Tales - (Mrs. Gertrude Brown Video)

                                              12:00n    -   12:55pm Small Businesses in the Federal Sector (Alecia Hall)

                                              1:00pm  -   1:55pm    Ancestry With A Twist  (Kimberly Morgan)

Tabernacle Baptist Church – 907 Craven St., Beaufort, SC

                                  2:00pm -    3:00pm    Tour of The Tabernacle Baptist Church and Campus

                                            (Donations Accepted)

 

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM           “Decoration Day” (A Musical) ($25 Entry Fee)

                                         Aunt Pearlie Sue (Anita Singleton Prather) and the Gullah Kinfolk

 

Gullah Tours (See front gate for information during the festival.)

 

The Gullah Village (Located inside) & The Vendor Market – (Open to the public)

 

(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)

 

Sunday May 26, 2019 (Free Admission)

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM     Hour of Power Worship Service (Donations Accepted)

United Church – Bishop Jack Bomar, Pastor

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM     Rededication of the Commemorative Marker

Foot of 11th St - Port Royal, SC

 

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM           Adriane Johnson – Gospel Vocalist – Beaufort, SC

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM           BB and Company (Band- Jazz, Rhythm & Blues) –– Beaufort, SC

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM           Edward Rhodes and the Xenia Group (Gospel) - Atlanta, GA 

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM           Kenya Safari Acrobats, Inc. – Kenya, East Africa/NC

4:15 PM – 4:50 PM           Rev. Heyward Anderson & Davis Chorale Singers (Gospel) – Calera, AL 

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM           Marine Corps Brass Band – Parris Island, SC

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7:00 PM – 7:15 PM           Unity Circle (Form a circle around the park and join hands)

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(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)

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