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Contact:
Sahib Lanre Hassan: (916) 774-8229 Cell
Anita Lowe: (530)-878-8034
August 30th, 2007
WHAT: “Together as One,” is
the theme of the 9th annual One Root Festival that celebrates
diversity in Placer County and the Greater Sacramento region
with multiethnic music, food, and arts.
WHERE: Royer Park, Downtown Roseville.
I-80 /Douglas West
WHEN: The One Root Festival 2007 is Saturday,
September 15th and Sunday, September 16th from 11am to 7pm.
See
www.oneroot.org.
ONE ROOT FESTIVAL BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN
The One Root Festival 2007 is scheduled for Saturday September
15th and Sunday September 16th at the Royer Park in Downtown
Roseville. This free 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 One Root Festival is partnering with the Performing
Arts of Roseville (PAR) to bring live entertainments. Throughout
the weekend the festival will feature various name musicians
and local ethnic performers. On Saturday the music will be “Canela”–Tex
Mex, “Cheryl Lockett & Darius Babazadeh”-Jazz
Duet, “Rump Shakers”-Blues and “Malika”-Reggae.
Sunday’s lineup is “Ken Koenig Band”-Easy
Rock, “Bonfire”-Acoustic Jazz, “J Ross-Parrelli”-Rhythm
and “Mumbo Gumbo”- Zydeco. Over the years more
than 20 thousands people have attended One Root Festivals.
The theme for this year’s event “Together as
One” marks the ninth year the festival organizers have
been serving Food, Arts and Music from various cultures to
the community at large.
Apart from food, arts, dance 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,
Congolese, Jamaican, Indian, Ethiopian, Polish, Russian,
Chinese, Middle Eastern, African American, Native American,
Japanese, Ghanaian, Korean, Hawaiian, Scottish, Filipino,
Nigerian, and more.
This ninth year’s theme “Together as One” continues
with the festival’s tradition of three-word phrase
to highlight another basic element of human connection in
the community. The past eight themes since 1999 were “Sharing
Common Ground,” “We Are One,” “Answer
is We,” “Unity Through You,” “Path
To Oneness”, “Of One Seed”, “Together
in Unity” and “World of One” in the year
2006.
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 Electronics, Confidential
Document Control, SureWest Foundation, Arts Council of Placer
County, Performing Arts of Roseville, and the City of Roseville.
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) 550-6137 or visit www.oneroot.org.
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