America's 250th One County, Many Rhythms
Event
The Surry Arts Council & Downtown Business Association invites you to America's 250th One County, Many Rhythms on May 6th.
Share this FREE experience and enjoy the many sounds that make up Surry County on May 6th. Celebrate LatinX music and dancing, old-time music, Black music and dancing, and Thai music and dancing. Play a drum, dance, clap, sing and celebrate our many rhythms and 250 years of being Americans!
Schedule
3:30-4:15 Living Rhythms Dance & Drumming
Betty Wright Room, Arts Center
4:30-5:15 Living Rhythms Dance & Drumming
Betty Wright Room, Arts Center
5:00-5:45 Darrius Flowers Old-Time Jam
Arts Center Terrace
5:30-7:30 Los Viajeros Band with Dancers
Blackmon Amphitheater
5:30-8:00 Somapa Thai Dancers & Musicians
Betty Wright Room and Terrace, Arts Center
6:00-7:00 Chorus America Concert
Andy Griffith Playhouse
4:30-7:00, Food Trucks Arts Center Parking Lot
This project was supported by the NCAC, a Division of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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