Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™
Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week and Gullah/Geechee Jubilee
The Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ for 2012 will be the “Gullah/Geechee Jubilee.” The event will return to Charleston County, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. This will be the culmination of “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” in Charleston, SC. The week begins at the July 29, 2012 Charleston RiverDogs baseball game and continues with supporting numerous Gullah/Geechee events throughout the week including the FREE “Gullah/Geechee Heirs Property Workshop and Dialogue” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 6:30 pm. (Contact GullGeeCo@aol.com or 843-838-1171 for details on all activities and to pre-register for the workshop.) You can download the brochure of “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” activities here: http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1xq1a/GullahGeecheeNationA/resources/index.htm
Friday will open with a Gullah/Geechee living history luncheon and the screening of the documentary, “America Street.” Chef BJ Dennis will show his Gullah/Geechee culinary skills. Participants will next have an official welcome to the city and tour the Robert Smalls memorials. After this, the participants will take a historic Gullah/Geechee journey down the Edisto Island National Scenic Byway with an ancestral tribute at the Atlantic Ocean. Ticket for the day-$30 per person for non-members and $20 per person for Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition members.
Saturday will be at Charleston Maritime Center in downtown Charleston, SC. Admission is $7 per person and $20 for family of 4.
Noon-1 pm Opening Drum Circle and Libation Ceremony featuring Wose African Drummers and Dancers (Bring your drums and tamborines.)
1-2 pm De Lighthouse Theater Puppet Show
2-3 pm De Gullah/Geechee Ooman: We Famlee, We Storeee featuring Sister Terrie of “Geechee 101,” Da Geechee Gyal-Regina Williams & Poetress Carlie Towne
3-3:30 pm Histo-musical presentation by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
3:30-4:15 pm De Gullah/Geechee Livin Marketplace (Learn crafts and history from natives of the culture.) featuring healing touches from “A Soulful Touch” http://www.asoulfultouch.net/ & Sankofa Traveling Museum “54th Mass and 1st SC Regiment Collection” viewing & discussion with Angela Jennings
4:30-5 pm Centenary Youth Choir
5-5:30 pm Evangelist Pat Walker and YAMM
5:30-6:15 Gullah/Geechee Film Premiere
6:30-7 pm Closing Shout Circle and Procession with Wona Womalan West African Drum & Dance Ensemble
Sunday 2-6 pm the first stop on the tour will be the historic McLeod Plantation which was a Freedmen’s Bureau site during the US Civil War. After that, the participants will have a final fellowship in historic Sol Legare after touring James Island. There will be a re-enactment of the historic Battle of Sol Legare by Gullah/Geechees that were part of the cast of the film, “Glory.” Registration for tour departing at 2 pm from downtown Charleston $20 for non-members and $15 for Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition members.
Contact GullGeeCo@aol.com to register in advance and for group rates. SPACE for Friday and Sunday tours are limited!
The Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ is sponsored by
GOD
The Gullah/Geechee Nation www.gullahgeecheenation.com
Afrikan Movement Productions™
The Gullah/Geechee Angel Network www.gullahgeecheeangelnetwork.com
All Mobile Productions™(AMP™) www.ampturnitup.com
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Committee of Northeast Florida
Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition www.gullahgeechee.net
Earthwise Productions http://earthwiseproductionsinc.com/
The Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ was co-founded by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Kwame Sha of All Mobile Productions™ (AMP™). The festival moves to different parts of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora highlighting the history, heritage and culture of the living legacy of Gullah/Geechees worldwide. Natives of the culture provide presentations, tours, workshops, crafts, and merchandise at the event every year. Cum shout wid we at de jublee!