African Heritage Stage
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- 1998 African Heritage Stage - Style
- Moderator: Cheryl Dixon, Panel Discussion: Ferdinand Bigard, Derrick Hulin, Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Edgar Chase IV, Dooky Chase II.
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- 1998 African Heritage Stage - Textile
- Tape starts with 5 minutes of crowd shots including 2nd line parade; Panel workshop referencing African influences on textiles and sewing. Moderator: Cheryl Dixon; Celia Pedescleaux, Ifama Arsan
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Bamboula
- 12:30- Ancestral Blessings and Libations with Rev Dwight Webster, Kenyatta Simon- 1:00- Bamboula Spirit of the Dance- Lenny Sloan; Moderator W. Jamilla Mohamed, Kai Knight, Baba Cidad?, Ferdinand Jackson, Kenyatta Simon. 2:30- Building a Community- Black Buildings in Treme and French Quarter- Sybil Klein; Moderator W. Greg Osborn; Creole, Mary Gehman ; Lecturer and Tour Guide- Barbara Trevigne; Historian.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Brazil, Quartets
- 2:30- Brazil-N.O. That Culture Connection- Chuck Siler; Moderator- Panel of 4- Bill Lennon, Connection with Brazil- Katrina Gennan, Music of Brazil- Curtis Pierre, Drums, Cuban Music- Cobrinha Mensa, Caribbean, Nigerian, African- 4:00- Four on the Floor; Sacred Quartet Development- Joyce Marie Jackson; Moderator-Zion Travelers Spiritual Singers- A Capella Gospel.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Creole Music
- 2:30- 'Starting on the Off Beat': Preserving Creole Music- Sybil Klein; Moderator Panel of 2- Don Vappie and Millie Vappie- Husband and Wife.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - La Francophonie Noir
- 4:00- LA Francophonie Noirs: Bridges from French West Africa and French West Indies to LA- Cheryl Dixon: Moderator- panel of 5- Margaret Roumer, Teacher of French and Culture of Haiti- Sylvain Francois, Educator, Works with City and Haiti- Jose Clavot, Martinique Film Maker. Ulrick Jean Pierre, New Orleanian originally from Haiti Historian. Gabriel Mendes, Soul Music.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Links in a Cultural Chain
- 4:00- Links in a Cultural Chain: From Haiti to LA- Chuck Siler; Moderator Panel of 3- Ferdinand Bigard, Edward Duval Carrie, Ulrick Jean Pierre.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - New Orleans Style
- 1:00- Developing and Passin' On That New Orleans Style- Joyce Marie Jackson; Moderator- Panel of 4- Cherice Harrison-Nelson and her son Bryan Nelson, Benny Jones; Treme Brass Band, Derrick Cullen; Mardi Gras Indian- history and culture-2:30- Generations of Creole Griots; A N.O. Musical Family- Mona Lisa Saloy; Moderator- Panel of 5- Dwight Fitch, Sr.; Rhythm and Blues- His Son Dwight Fitch, Jr.; Musician/ Composer- Connie Whitfield Fitch; N.O. Diva; wife of Dwight Sr.- Warren Whitfield; Father of Connie and Stephanie- Stephanie Whitfield Lipps; sister of Connie- All N.O. Musicians.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Poetry
- 2:30- Black Businesses and Buildings in Treme and The French Quarter- Sybil Klein; Moderator- W. Greg Osborn, Mary Gehman , Barbara Trevigne- 4:00- Oral and Visual Beat Poets and Their Performances - Cheryl Dixon; Moderator with Mona Lisa Saloy, Elouart Burt.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Ritual Rhythms
- 4:00-How Sweet the Sound: N.O. Musical Sisters, Joyce Marie Jackson, Moderator with Doreen Ketchens, Connie Fitch, Wanda Rouzan.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Sacred Doo Wop
- 1:00- Sacred 'Doo-Wop' in N.O.- Joyce Marie Jackson; Moderator- Group of 5- First Revolution'-an a cappella group- Leader: Larry Bell- Howard Miller, Kernell Coulon, Lloyd Melvin, Jerome Alexander.
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- 1999 African Heritage Stage - Skilled Artisans
- 1:00- N.O. Skilled Artisans: Seventh Ward Connection- Mona Lisa Saloy; Moderator- Panel of 5- One Family of Cement Finishers-Herman Fitch Sr., Clifford Fitch, Herman Fitch, Jr., Glenn Fitch, Jr., Gregory Fitch Williams- 2:30- Mon Parle Creole (I Speak Creole): Origin and Development of a Language- Sybil Klein Moderator Tola Mosadomi, Hilton J. Herbert, Sr. Where the Language Developed From- 4:00- Young Voices of the Village High School Poets- Keely Lewis; Moderator- Students of Orleans Parish High Schools Reciting Poems.