Roseville, CA, August 22, 2001
The third annual One Root Festival returns to Roseville on Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd and 23rd, in Royer Park. Admission is free and the festivities begin at 11am and go until 7pm.

The one root festival is a celebration of cultural traditions and diversity through food, arts and music. It offers a broad variety of tantalizing, ethnic foods, plus an even greater selection of vendors displaying unique arts, crafts and clothing from around the world. Enjoy fabulous Latino, Folk, Blues, Reggae and many more soul-stirring sounds as music and dance groups perform throughout the weekend's festivities.

Nowhere else can you sample such an incredible selection of food choices in one place than at the the One Root Festival. Expect to find spicy Mexican and Thai dishes, satisfying German and Polish offerings, and more exotic Greek, Chinese and Polynesian foods.

Children will enjoy the One Root Village, a special area filled with entertaining and educational crafts, as well as a story teller and other interactive activities designed just for kids.

This year's features performers include Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, direct from Zimbabwe. You're in for an incredible show from this intoxicating dance music that uses chats in his native Shona tongue, many of them healing chants. Other headline bands include Zydeco Flames; Isaac Haile Selassie, a reggae format and Freddie Hughes, and returning blues group back by popular demand.

Roseville, CA, August 1, 2001
The third annual One Root Festival returns to Roseville on Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd and 23rd, in Royer Park. Admission is free and the festivities begin each day at 11:00 am and go until 7:00 pm. Due to overwhelming popularity in its first two years, the 2001 festival is expanding to a full weekend.

The One Root Festival is a celebration of cultural traditions and diversity through food, arts and music. It offers a broad variety of tantalizing, ethnic foods, plus an even greater selection of vendors displaying unique arts, crafts and clothing from around the world. Enjoy fabulous Latino, Folk, Blues, Zydeco and many more soul-stirring sounds as music and dance groups perform throughout the two days' festivities.

Nowhere else can you sample such an incredible selection of food choices in one place than at the One Root Festival. Expect to find spicy Mexican and Thai dishes, satisfying German and Polish offerings, and more exotic Greek, Chinese and Polynesian foods.

Children will enjoy the One Root Youth Village which is filled with entertaining and educational crafts as well as a story teller and other interactive activities.

This year's featured performers include Zydeco Flames who's very popular sounds have entertained area audiences for years, Thomas Mapfumo a popular world beat group, and back by popular demand, Freddie Hughes and his "Alpha Band" always gets the crowd to their feet.

The One Root Festival depends on solely on financial support from local businesses. Major sponsors are HP, the Sacramento Bee, and The City of Roseville, but there are still sponsorship spaces available. Last year's one day festival drew 7,500 to Royer Park. This year the One Root Festival planning committee, all volunteers from area businesses, expect about 10,000 attendees. For more information about the festival call the information line at (916)772-2557, or click on www.oneroot.org.