Free Wilmington Elite Rockstar Connect Networking (February)
Free Wilmington Elite Rockstar Connect Networking (February)
Wed, Feb 22, 6:00 PM
JohnnyLukes KitchenBar • Wilmington, NC
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Freedom's Eve Wilmington Celebration
Join us for our Freedom's Eve: A Gullah Geechee Watch Night & Emancipation Day Celebration featuring music, performances, food, and more!
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Warner Temple AME Zion Church 620 Nixon Street Wilmington, NC 28401
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This New Year's Eve, join us for an annual daytime Watch Night and Emancipation Day Celebration to bring in the new year reflecting on the importance of Freedom's Eve, as a community. On December 31, 1862, Gullah Geechee people gathered in churches to await the new year that would signal the end of slavery by the Emancipation Proclamation going into effect on New Year's Day!
Our Freedom's Eve Wilmington Celebration will be hosted by Dr. Eric Crawford, and features performances by The Magnolia Singers of Charleston, SC, Storyteller Dontavius Williams of Edgemoor, SC, the NC Ring Shouters of Wilmington, SC, the African American Dance Ensemble of Durham, NC and more!
At the conclusion of the program, join us in the fellowship hall for a traditional Gullah Geechee New Year's lunch!