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SUMMARY:BE IN OUR AUDIENCE AT DOGWOOD DELL FRIDAY\, JULY 1
DESCRIPTION:BE IN OUR AUDIENCE AT DOGWOOD DELL FRIDAY\, JULY 1\n\n\n \n\n\nCelebrate Heritage! Celebrte Life! with the Society’s African dancers\, drummers and singers in a concert entitled African Dance\, Music and the Oral Tradition. No matter your age or background\, you will be enchanted by the spiirit and the opennessof the Ęlęgba Folklore Society.\n\n\n \n\n\nShow starts at 8p. \n\n\nBring your chair or blanket\, dinner and candles. \n\n\nLet’s light up the night!\n\n\n \n\n\n6000 S. Boulevard\, RVA 23220
URL:https://efsinc.org/event/be-in-our-audience-at-dogwood-dell-friday-july-1/
LOCATION:Dogwood Dell\, 6000 N. Boulevard\, Richmond\, 23220\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Performances
ORGANIZER;CN="Elegba Folklore Society":MAILTO:story1@efsinc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170819T040000
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SUMMARY:27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion\, A Celebration of African American Folklife
DESCRIPTION:27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion\, A Celebration of African American Folklife    August 19\, 2017 \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n\n\n\n\n  \nChoose to sit in the Gold Circle\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n  \nDown Home Family Reunion\, A Celebration of African American Folklife is a downtown weekend festival that celebrates African American folklife with world music and dance\, the Heritage Market\, special children’s events\, interactive site demonstrations and delicious down home food. It is designed to show aspects of West African cultural traditions that are African American and that have been absorbed by the American South.  This is one of the Society’s original programs created in 1990. \n27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion Details \n2017 Merchandise Vendor Application \n2017 Food Vendor Application \n2017 Talented Youth Inquiry \n27TH ANNUAL DOWN HOME FAMILY REUNION SEEKS TO PRESENT TALENTED YOUTH The festival’s Annie Tyler New School Pavilion is a popular haven for our children. Rev. Tyler loved children and worked lovingly with Elegba Folklore Society to create quality cultural experiences for them until her death. May the good she did last forever. Cultural craft making teaches lessons\, games ensure fun and the stage showcases talented youth. Please contact us if you are interested in arranging a performance! \n2017 Share Your Community Service \nSHARE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AT 27TH ANNUAL DOWN HOME FAMILY REUNION If your community-based organization provides a community service you want people to know about\, you may want to tell them from a table in the festival’s Waverly Crawley Community Row. Waverly Crawley was a fixture in Richmond’s Historic Jackson Ward\, the festival’s location. He constantly encouraged people to get involved in the community to make it better. He wanted people to know that they could make a difference. Please contact us if you are interested in a table. May the good he did last forever. \n2017 Small Business Exhibitors \nSmall Business Owners! You are invited to the 27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion! This Celebration of African American Folklife will happen on Saturday\, August 19\, 2017\, 4p – 11p in Richmond\, Virginia! \nJoin Us in the SmartMart \n• Display and tell your story \n• Interact with and distribute materials to festival attendees \n• Be highlighted in one prize drawing from the Main Stage! \nHow You Benefit Fast-track the promotions of your products/services to Richmonders and visitors by distributing product samples and prize drawings. Reinforce your marketing and public relations campaigns by distributing your flyers\, discount coupons\, business cards\, surveys and other promotional materials. \nEnhance your product or service image in the Richmond business picture. Be highlighted among your peers and in the community in our covered SmartMart business tent. One table\, two chairs and signage will be provided. Demonstrate your commitment to civic/social vitality. Be highlighted in one prize drawing from the Main Stage. This festival connects aspects of West African traditions with those of African Americans through the ambience of a family gathering. The festival’s location is Abner Clay Park\, located downtown in Historic Jackson Ward. \nWorld music and dance headline the Down Home Family Reunion along with site demonstrations and children’s programs. This event couples history with its contemporary significance. With an expected attendance of 13\,000 the festival includes a SmartMart with you in mind. \nParking \nThe 27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion is grateful to offer parking for the festival in the lots at Belvidere and Leigh Streets\, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and the lots across from the church. Signage will help direct patrons to these locations. \n \n CONTACT US
URL:https://efsinc.org/event/27th-annual-down-home-family-reunion-a-celebration-of-african-american-folklife/
LOCATION:Abner Clay Park\, Brook Road and West Clay Street\, Richmond\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals
ORGANIZER;CN="Elegba Folklore Society":MAILTO:story1@efsinc.org
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SUMMARY:2018 CAPITAL CITY KWANZAA FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:Capital City Kwanzaa Festival   December 29\, 2018 \n \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nCapital City Kwanzaa Festival presents performances\, workshops\, children’s activities\, The African Market\, food and more observe the year’s-end Kwanzaa holiday\, a cultural affirmation of values\, thanksgiving and growth.  This event is the largest of its kind in Virginia\, and therefore\, one of the largest on the East Coast. Elegba Folklore Society’s Artistic Director first produced a Kwanzaa program in Richmond in 1986 and the Society first presented its festival in 1990.  (Annually during the December Kwanzaa Holiday) \n2018 Capital City Kwanzaa Festival Details \nInterested in Vending for 2018 Click Here \n\nCONTACT US
URL:https://efsinc.org/event/2018-capital-city-kwanzaa-festival/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King\, Jr Middle School\, 1000 Mosby St\,  Richmond\, VA\, 23223
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Lectures,Performances,Speakers
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SUMMARY:Capital City Kwanzaa Festival   December 28\, 2019
DESCRIPTION:Capital City Kwanzaa Festival   December 28\, 2019 \n \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n        \n                  \n          \n    \n    \n  \n\n\n\n \n\nCapital City Kwanzaa Festival presents performances\, workshops\, children’s activities\, The African Market\, food and more observe the year’s-end Kwanzaa holiday\, a cultural affirmation of values\, thanksgiving and growth.  This event is the largest of its kind in Virginia\, and therefore\, one of the largest on the East Coast. Elegba Folklore Society’s Artistic Director first produced a Kwanzaa program in Richmond in 1986 and the Society first presented its festival in 1990.  (Annually during the December Kwanzaa Holiday) \n2019 Capital City Kwanzaa Festival Details \nInterested in Vending for 2019 Click Here \n\nCONTACT US
URL:https://efsinc.org/event/capital-city-kwanzaa-festival-december-28-2019/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King\, Jr Middle School\, 1000 Mosby St\,  Richmond\, VA\, 23223
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth 2020\, A Freedom Celebration - Live Stream
DESCRIPTION:My countdownCountdown\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownloads:\n\n\n\nCraft making materials
URL:https://efsinc.org/event/juneteenth-2020-a-freedom-celebration-live-stream/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Elegba Folklore Society":MAILTO:story1@efsinc.org
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