10:30: Doors open
11am: Education presentations featuring Joyce Jefferson and Lindsey Clouse
12-1: Lunch with KZ's BBQ
1-3: Talent show - including a performance by Dynamix Acapella Chorus
Juneteenth Talent Show - organized by the Ellsworth African American Heritage Committee and the Raider Diversity Group.
AUDITIONS:
Tuesday, May 14th 6-8pm
Wednesday, May 15th 6-8pmPerforming Arts Center of Rapid City. Use South Street Entrance.
Choose a day to audition and sign up for a slot below.
SEEKING:
Community talent of all sorts to perform at our Juneteenth talent show! Musicians, dancers, poets - any performing abilities you wish to share. Be prepared to share a little of what you do. Please bring all equipment and instruments you require. The audition room does have a piano.
REHEARSALS:
Friday, June 8th 5-8pm
Friday, June 14th 5-8pm
Friday, June 21st 5-10pm
PERFORMANCE:
Saturday, June 22nd 1-3pm
11am: Education presentations featuring Joyce Jefferson and Lindsey Clouse
12-1: Lunch with KZ's BBQ
1-3: Talent show - including a performance by Dynamix Acapella Chorus
Juneteenth Talent Show - organized by the Ellsworth African American Heritage Committee and the Raider Diversity Group.
AUDITIONS:
Tuesday, May 14th 6-8pm
Wednesday, May 15th 6-8pmPerforming Arts Center of Rapid City. Use South Street Entrance.
Choose a day to audition and sign up for a slot below.
SEEKING:
Community talent of all sorts to perform at our Juneteenth talent show! Musicians, dancers, poets - any performing abilities you wish to share. Be prepared to share a little of what you do. Please bring all equipment and instruments you require. The audition room does have a piano.
REHEARSALS:
Friday, June 8th 5-8pm
Friday, June 14th 5-8pm
Friday, June 21st 5-10pm
PERFORMANCE:
Saturday, June 22nd 1-3pm
What is Juneteenth?
On June 19th, in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. Since January of 1863, Union soldiers, many of whom were Black, had been reading aloud the proclamation on plantations and in cities across the south as the Confederacy lost territory. It took until June 19th, 1865 for the enslaved people of Texas to be proclaimed free. The day was then celebrated as Juneteenth - our country's second independence day. It is an opportunity for our entire community to celebrate our shared freedom.
On June 19th, in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. Since January of 1863, Union soldiers, many of whom were Black, had been reading aloud the proclamation on plantations and in cities across the south as the Confederacy lost territory. It took until June 19th, 1865 for the enslaved people of Texas to be proclaimed free. The day was then celebrated as Juneteenth - our country's second independence day. It is an opportunity for our entire community to celebrate our shared freedom.
This program is funded by a grant from the South Dakota Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.