The Festival desires to educate and celebrate the rich Gullah culture that lives in the sea islands

Schedule

May 26, 2023

10:00am-7:00pm: Gullah Village/Sankofa Circle Hours
12:30pm-1:30pm & 2:30pm-3:30pm: Gullah Mini Film Festival - "Gullah Roots"

Workshops
11:00am-12:00pm- Sweetgrass Basket Weaving $30(per person)(Workshop Area A)
11:00am-12:00pm- Gullah Art Embellishment- $40(per person) (Workshop Area B)
12:30pm-1:30pm- Percussion (Drum) Making- $30(per person) (Workshop Area A)
12:30pm-1:30pm- Gullah Geechee/African American Quilt Making- $30(per person) (Workshop Area B)
2:00pm-3:00pm- Gullah She`ke`re` Musical Instrument Making (Workshop Area A)

Lectures
10:00am-12:00pm "Wuh Mek Oonuh Gullah Geechee – Amadu Massally -$30(per person)
5:00pm-6:00pm "We Wear the Mask – Ron Daise -$30(per person)
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 901 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902

10:00am-3:00pm- Lest We Forget-Times To Remember(Walk Through)
Admission: Free Will Offering
Tabernacle Baptist Church - 901 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902

(Main Stage Event)
11:45am Whale Branch Early College High School Warrior Band & "Funkline" Drumline
12:30pm Battery Creek High School High School Band
6:00pm Royal Drummers and Dancers - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina

9:00pm-12:00am – All White Attire Party-$40(per person)
DJ – DJ O.J. - Caterer – Sandies Catering
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park Pavilion - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina

May 27, 2023

10:00am-7:00pm: Gullah Village/Sankofa Circle Hours
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina

12:30pm-1:30pm & 1:30pm-2:30pm: Gullah Mini Film Festival - "Gullah Roots"
Tabernacle Baptist Church - 901 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902

10:00am-3:00pm- Lest We Forget-Times To Remember(Walk Through)
Admission: Free Will Offering
Tabernacle Baptist Church - 901 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902

Workshops
11:00am-12:00pm- Sweetgrass Basket Weaving $30(per person)(Workshop Area A)
11:00am-12:00pm- Gullah Art Embellishment- $40(per person) (Workshop Area B)
12:30pm-1:30pm- Percussion (Drum) Making- $30(per person) (Workshop Area A)
12:30pm-1:30pm- Gullah Geechee/African American Quilt Making- $30(per person)
 (Workshop Area B)
2:00pm-3:00pm- Gullah She`ke`re` Musical Instrument Making (Workshop Area A)
Additional Event
Aunt Pearlie Sue(Anita Singleton Prather) and Gullah Kinfolk - Presents
"Decoration Day" Musical~ Broadway Back In Da Woods Production~

3:00pm: Performing Arts Center ~801 Carteret Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, 29902
For Tickets, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decoration-day-an-old-fashion-memorialday-celebration-tickets-616437620517 or www.originalgullahfestival.org

(Main Stage Events)
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina
10:00am Drum Call – Willie Bleach and Kevin Young
10:15am Aunt Pearlie Sue and Gullah Kinfolk
10:45am Louise Cohen- Gullah Storyteller
11:15am Elsie Mufuka-Mufukaworks Dance Company
11:45am Voices of de Gullah People Singers
12:30pm Official Welcoming Ceremony – Hosts -Sharon Millen And Rayburne Turner
2:00pm Wona Womalon African Dancers & Drummers
2:30pm Greg Whittaker & Modern Daze Band
3:00pm Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
3:30pm Dani's Dance Dynamics
4:00pm Angela Bonaparte Ministries
5:00pm Soweto Street Beat South African Dance Theater
5:45pm Gospel Proclaimers Of The Lowcountry
6:15pm Terry Robinson - "Pastor P"
6:45pm Wade Johnson and Pride Ensemble Band

Concert
8:00pm-10:00pm Fresh Vibe Band

May 28, 2023

9:00am Hour of Power Worship Service– Pastor Sam Spain-Lady's Island Baptist Church
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina
11:00am Rededication to the Commentative Marker Honoring our Ancestors
Foot Of 11th Street, Port Royal, South Carolina

(Main Stage Events)
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina
2:00pm Drum Call – Willie Bleach And Kevin Young
2:15pm Lady's Island Baptist Church Male Chorus
2:45pm Natasha Robinson – Harriet Tubman
3:15pm Quinton Smalls – Gullah Rapper
3:45pm Rev. Heyward Anderson and the Davis Chorale Singers
4:15pm Royal Drummers and Dancers - Sierra Leone, West Africa
4:45pm Gullah Historical Reenactment Group
5:00pm Devin Smalls- Gospel Mime Artist
5:15pm Prophet Ali-Caleb Brown- Spoken Word
6:30pm Parris Island Marine Band Presents ~"Dirty Boots Brass Band" Concert-Parris Island, SC
7:30pm Unity Circle(w/God Bless America Song)

Date and Time: May 26 - 28, 2023   

Location: Various Venues Beaufort SC

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