PICNIC AND DANCE
Free
In cooperation with the First Presbyterian Church
SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 11:00-1:00
Federal Park, Santa Fe
(next to the big Post Office at Grant and Federal)
Please bring your own chair
Today’s Guests
Today we are delighted to have the following guests:
History Note
Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863,..."not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.
The post-emancipation period known as Reconstruction (1865-1877) marked an era of great hope, uncertainty, and struggle for the nation as a whole. Formerly enslaved people immediately sought to reunify families, establish schools, run for political office, push radical legislation and even sue slaveholders for compensation. Given the 200+ years of enslavement, such changes were nothing short of amazing. Not even a generation out of slavery, African Americans were inspired and empowered to transform their lives and their country.
Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day." (From The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.)
and then
Free
In cooperation with the First Presbyterian Church
SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 11:00-1:00
Federal Park, Santa Fe
(next to the big Post Office at Grant and Federal)
Please bring your own chair
Today’s Guests
Today we are delighted to have the following guests:
- Santa Fe Soul Festival master dance teacher Deollo Johnson will lead line dancing. He will be introduced by Madeleine Wright, an SFSF Board member.
- Zimbabwean Marimba for All master teacher Karyna Swing will bring musical instruments and invite us all to join in the music—all in the spirit of fun and keeping this ancestral African music alive. She will be introduced by Elise Packard, a member of the band.
History Note
Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863,..."not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.
The post-emancipation period known as Reconstruction (1865-1877) marked an era of great hope, uncertainty, and struggle for the nation as a whole. Formerly enslaved people immediately sought to reunify families, establish schools, run for political office, push radical legislation and even sue slaveholders for compensation. Given the 200+ years of enslavement, such changes were nothing short of amazing. Not even a generation out of slavery, African Americans were inspired and empowered to transform their lives and their country.
Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day." (From The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.)
and then
The Fourth Annual
Santa Fe Soul Festival
August 26 & 27, 2023
SOUL RHYTHMS
A lecture demonstration and jam session with
DOUGLAS CARDWELL, Principal Timpani Chair with the New Mexico Philharmonic.
FREE!
Saturday August 26
3:00-4:30
First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe
Bring a drum or other percussion instrument.
$100 cash prize for the most creative drum!
A lecture demonstration and jam session with
DOUGLAS CARDWELL, Principal Timpani Chair with the New Mexico Philharmonic.
FREE!
Saturday August 26
3:00-4:30
First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe
Bring a drum or other percussion instrument.
$100 cash prize for the most creative drum!
GOSPEL CONCERT
with
TONI MORGAN & FRIENDS
CHRISTIAN SIMMONS (bass-baritone
with the Santa Fe Opera)
Dancers from the National Dance Institute
Sunday August 27
4:00-5:30
Saint Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe
with
TONI MORGAN & FRIENDS
CHRISTIAN SIMMONS (bass-baritone
with the Santa Fe Opera)
Dancers from the National Dance Institute
Sunday August 27
4:00-5:30
Saint Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe