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2007

June 19, 2007 - New Mount Olive Baptist Church - The African Heritage Ministry of New Mount Olive Baptist Church hosts its Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Tuesday June 19, 2007 at 7pm. The featured guest is  Queen Quet Marquetta L Goodwine: Chieftess of the Gullah / Geechee Nation,  noted author, computer scientist, lecturer, mathematician, historian, columnist, and preservationist. New Mount Olive Baptist Church is located at 400 NW 9th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Mack King Carter, Senior Pastor. For more information contact us at  (954) 463-5126  .
 

Sunday, June 17th, 2007 - 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay - The 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay, Inc. will host the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at the Westin Harbour Island Hotel (725 S Harbour Island Blvd-Tampa, FL) on Sunday, June 17th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event, themed “Beyond Freedom: A Glance at Fathers, Family and Faith”, will offer an edutainment piece as well as the “Father of the Year” awards.  In addition, “THE 100” will take the audience on a journey of progression with local talents through poetry, monologue, dance, and more, as they display various eras and deliver powerful messages throughout.  Tickets are available at Books For Thought (10910 N. 56th St.) or online at www.100BMTB.org. $30
 

2006

Miami / Overtown - June 12-19, 2006 - Jubilate, Inc.

Jubilate's second annual Juneteenth Festival,
presented by Miami Performing Arts Center, returns to the Overtown Folklife
Village from June 12 – 19, 2006. The eight-day celebration will feature the
internationally recognized music duo Black Violin, the debut of the Overtown
Urban Classic Orchestra, and an exciting performance of Sometimes We Feel, a
suite for trumpet and piano created and performed by trumpet virtuoso
Longineu Parsons and featuring pianist Dr. Joanna Sobowska.

Fred "Bam Bam" Scott, Jubilate's music director and Grammy Award-winning
producer, has collaborated with Florida natives Black Violin (
blackviolin.net <http://blackviolin.net/> ) to bring together two genres
that seem to be wildly different - hip-hop and classical music - with the
advent of the Overtown Urban Classic Orchestra.

Featuring students from Jubilate's Overtown Project and their caregivers,
the Overtown Urban Classic Orchestra, an idea originated by Jubilate alumnus
and Miami-Dade schoolteacher Arthur Scavella will serve as an
intergenerational meeting of South Florida's musical cultures - hip-hop,
gospel, jazz, reggae, Latin, R&B and classical.

"Our intent is to celebrate not only our music, but also the major
contributions of Overtown to the global cultural landscape," said Scott.

The classically trained violinists Wil-b and Kev Marcus, of Black Violin,
have been friends since attending Parkway Middle School and started out in
the industry as producers by co-founding the production crew DKNEX with
three other producers. Two and one-half years ago, they added their own
music to the mix.

After winning the Apollo Theater Showtime  in Harlem three times in the past three months, accompanying Alicia Keys at the Billboard Awards, performing on the same bill as Lloyd Banks, Fat Joe and NAS, and embarking on their first world tour with Linkin Park, Black Violin is starting to garner recognition for its fresh sounds.

"We are dedicated to aiding young people and providing opportunities for them to achieve their goals, and are extremely happy to be able to
collaborate on this project," said Kev Marcus, Black Violin co-founder and Jubilate alumnus.

Longineu Parsons is a master trumpeter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. He has performed and recorded with such greats as Cab Calloway, Nat Adderley, Cecil Taylor, and Nancy Wilson. He has also performed as a guest soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony, the Palm Beach Pops, Tallahassee Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Gainesville Symphony and, most notably, the Conservatoire Nationale de France.

Dr. Joanna Sobowska studied piano performance at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw under Professors Lidia Kozubek, Teresa Manasterska, and Maja Nosowska. As a soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Sobkowska has performed at the concert series of the Warsaw Philharmonic in Poland, the Festival Internacional del Piano in Bucaramanga, Colombia; the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina; and CASMI International Summer Program in Prague, Czech Republic.

Longineu and Joanna present music from the traditional trumpet and piano repertoire. They also perform Negro spirituals, Spanish and Italian songs, as well as electronic music and original compositions with multicultural influences.

This year's schedule is as follows:

June 12 – 17, 2006 (9:30 AM – 3:00 PM); Overtown Urban Classic Orchestra's Juneteenth Workshop kicks off the Juneteenth programming under the direction of Fred "Bam Bam" Scott at the Booker T. Washington Senior High School Music
Department, located at 1200 NW 6 Avenue in Miami. This is a free
intergenerational workshop open to anyone that can capture the sounds of Overtown - from hambone and cellists to DJs and drummers, from Gospel choirs and classical singers to ballet and tap dancers, steppers, rappers and more - ages 10 – 110.

Saturday, June 17 (7:00 PM); Black Violin's concert Come Sunday When Jesus Walks will debut the Overtown Urban Classic Orchestra and Chorus, featuring the Jubilate Jazz Ensemble and Dr. Julie Silvera in the auditorium at Booker T. Washington Senior High School.

Monday, June 19 Juneteenth (7:00 PM), Sometimes We Feel, a concert for trumpet and piano featuring Longineu Parsons and Joanna Sobkowska will close this year's Juneteenth activities at the historic St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 1750 NW 3 Avenue, Miami.

All events are free and open to the public.

The 2006 Jubilate Juneteenth Celebration is presented by Miami Performing Arts center and sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami Performing Arts Center, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, Keith and Renata Ward Family Foundation, Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Black Violin and Jubilate.
 

2005

June 19, 2005  Afr. Am. Maritime Heritage, Intl. - 11th Annual Sunrise Ancestral Remembrance of the Middle Passage at historic Virginia key Beach Park