Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival
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* Schedule is subject to change
11:05 a.m. Shawn and Gloria Derritt vocals "The Star-Spangled Banner" & "America the Beautiful"
11:30 a.m. Hvartski Obicaj - Croatian String Orchestra
11:55 Mavka Ukranian Dancers - Kristina Levich
12:10 a.m. Kolograd - Balkan & East European Trio- Jim Baric
12:35 p.m. KCKCC Dedication, Jerry Pope, V.P. of Academic Services
Mayor Tyrone Garner Dedication - Unified Government Proclamation!
Why This Year's Festival is Special & the Legends of Diversity Awards to Rose Marie Mendez and Brian Patrick - Curtis V. Smith, Ph.D. Coordinator WyCo Ethnic Festival
1:05 Nartan Dancers - Ritu Daga
1:40 p.m. Tez and Tam Liturgical Spirituals - Cortez Liggins
2:10 p.m. Indonesian Dance Troupe - Marti Wilson
2:25 p.m. HK Chinese Folk Dance - Hoi Kei Au
2:50 p.m. Rose Marie's Fiesta Mexicana - Rose Marie Mendez
3:20 p.m. S.V. Blautaler Schuhplatter - German Dancers - Cynthia Pearson
3:50 p.m. Sabor a Peru - first performance - Cecilia Mosher
4:00 p.m. Driscoll Irish Dancers - Brigid Driscoll
4:30 p.m. Sabor a Peru - second performance - Cecilia Mosher
4:50 p.m. Laotian Dancers
Sunday, April 16th
12:00 p.m. Deepa Realite Reggae Band
The founders of the band are Gregory Blumasa Miller - on drums
and Kourage - lead vocals and guitar.
Dave Green - bass, Aryana Nemati saxophone and vocals
Tommy Mills - guitar and Luciano Rivera - keyboards
Kara Walling Ford - on keys, and Leah Jael Becker -Ricketts on background vocals
2 p.m. Rizz Illuminated - eclectic world music
2:30 p.m. Thai Chi Fan Dance - Siew Lau
3:00 p.m. Middle Eastern Dance - Theresa Maze (Heart of America Arab Cultural Arts)
3:30 p.m. Music and Dance from Columbia - Gustavo Restrepo
4:00 p.m. Kenyan Dancers
Very special thanks to Dr. Ian Corbett of the KCKCC Audio Engineering Department and his students, Cameron Bishop, Ben Brown, Nicholas Brown, Sereena Burton, Patrick Johnson, Caitlyn Marshall, Quincey Murray, Juan Rios, Giancarlo Rojas, Joshua Rosson, Keenan Wagner, Mason Wallace, and Jaylen Ward.