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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 16th 2004
Contact:
Sahib Lanre Hassan
(916) 785-2216 Work
(916) 532-5848 Cell
ONE
ROOT FESTIVAL 2004
One
Seed
ONE ROOT FESTIVAL BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN
The One Root Festival 2004 is scheduled for Saturday September
18th and Sunday September 19th at the Royer Park in Downtown
Roseville. This multi-cultural festival which 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 "Of One Seed"
marks the sixth 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 Bob Cooley, a long time Roseville educator 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, Ghanaian, Korean, Hawaiian, Scottish,
Filipino, and more
Live performers this year include the Saturday line up of
Samba Ngo (Congolese, World beat) Loco Bloco (Drum & Dance
Ensemble) Heart Life & Soul (Hip-hop, Urban) Canela (Latin
Rock) and Jimmy Robinson Trio (Jazz). Sunday line up includes
Mercy Me Band (R&B) Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers
(Blues) Akua and the Queens Compound (Reggae, Spoken word)
Stardust Cowboys (Country) Las Manos Locas (Percussion, Drum
Circle) and various other local ethnic dances. In previous
years, there have been over 20 thousands people in attendance.
This sixth year's theme "Of One Seed" continues
with the festival's tradition of three word phrase to highlight
another basic element of human connection in the community.
Past five themes since 1999 were "Sharing Common Ground,"
"We Are One," "Answer is We," "Unity
Through You," and "Path To Oneness" in the
year 2003.
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, Confidential Document Control,
and The Arts Council of Placer County.
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 oneroot.org
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