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Contact:
Sahib Lanre Hassan
(916) 785-2216 Work
(916) 532-5848 Cell
Sept. 15th, 2005
ONE ROOT FESTIVAL BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN
The One Root Festival 2005 is scheduled for Saturday
September 17th and Sunday September 18th
at the Royer Park in Downtown Roseville.
This multi-cultural festival that starts from 11am to
7pm on each day celebrates diversity in the Placer County and
the Greater Sacramento region.
This year’s event with the theme
“Together in Unity” marks the Seventh year the festival
organizers have been serving Food Arts and Music from various
cultures to the community at large.
Apart from food arts and music,
One Root Festival’s biggest highlight is the Youth Village
where youth of all ages participate in hands-on art activities
in a learning environment that enrich them on the knowledge of
various other cultures. According
to Anita Lowe, a long time Auburn resident and member of the
One Root Festival Organizing Committee, “The Youth Village
is designed to reach out to these future leaders, introduce
them to various cultures and help them be better informed
citizens in our society.”
Past years’ food and art from
different cultures came from various vendors representing
Greek, Italian, Mexican, Jamaican, Indian, Ethiopian, Polish,
Russian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Native American, Japanese,
Nigerian, Ghanaian, Korean, Hawaiian, Scottish, Filipino, and
more
Live performers this year include
the Saturday line up of Raigambre, (Latin Fusion) Heart Life
& Soul (Hip-hop, Urban) Akimbo (World Beat) and Jimmy
Robinson Trio (Jazz). Sunday
line up includes Mercy Me Band (R&B) Bonfire (Acoustic
Rock) Mr. Majestic & Hurricane Gilbert (Reggae) and
various other local ethnic performers.
Over the years more than 20 thousands people have
attended One Root Festivals.
This seventh year’s theme
“Together in Unity” continues with the festival’s
tradition of three-word phrase to highlight another basic
element of human connection in the community.
The past six themes since 1999 were “Sharing Common
Ground,” “We Are One,” “Answer is We,” “Unity
Through You,” “Path To Oneness” and “Of One Seed” in
the year 2004.
One Root Festival is presented by
Dunia United Congress, a local Californian 501 (c) 3 Non
profit entity committed to building bridges and not walls in
the community. Major
funding for this years event come from various businesses and
organizations including, NEC, The Placer County Visitors
Bureau, Surewest Foundation, City of Roseville, and
Confidential Document Control.
Admission to the festival is free.
No tobacco and alcoholic product will be served or consumed at
the event.
For
more information on the One Root Festival, call festival
hotline (916) 772-2557 or visit www.oneroot.org.
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