Come dance with us! Come drum with us! Come and celebrate the Spirit of the Dance and the Drum!!! Join us at the 7th annual Cleveland African Dance and Drum Festival. This year's event celebrates the beautiful waters that are constantly moving and making changes in our lives. We pay tribute to the owner of the seas while interlacing a theatrical infusion of dance, poetry, drumming and song from June 18th to June 19th. Saturday and Sunday features a community-wide African dance and drum conference with master teachers from Senegal, Congo, Mali, Guinea and the United States. Saturday night features Dokhe Bou sèle tê rafet -“Beautiful Waters” – a Juneteenth Concert performance choreographed and produced by noted artist, choreographer and Artistic Director, Talise Campbell. Cleveland's own Djapo Cultural Arts Institute will join master teachers and area performers for a moving tribute in celebration of our continuing legacy, conceivable through the sweet waters. Tickets for the concert are $25 in advance $30 day of show, and can be purchased online at www.Djapo.com or from cast members. Don't delay: last year's concert sold out quickly. Tickets for the dance workshops are $15 per class for teens and adults and $8 for children. Purchase tickets and Register here, or email conference coordinator at: info@djapo.com (Vendors Welcomed) What: Seventh Annual Cleveland African Dance and Drum Festival When: June 18th – 19th, 2016 Where: Dance/Drum Workshops: Phillis Wheatley Assoc. 4450 Cedar Avenue Cleve. OH. 44113 Classes are $15 adults/teens, $8 children (5-12) Saturday Night Juneteenth Concert Performance: Breen Center 2008 W. 30th Cleveland, Ohio 44113 8:00 pm. $25 in advance $30 day of show *Reception immediately following the show Saturday Schedule 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Djembe Dance with Yousouff Kombassa 11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Djembe Drum with Fode Camara 11:45 – 1:15 p.m. Sabar Dance with Diene Sagna 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Congolese Dance with Kiazi Malonga 3:15 – 5:00 p.m. Kutiro Dance with Marie Basse Wiles Sunday Schedule 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Djembe Dance/Song with Mouminatou Camara 11:45 – 1:15 p.m. Contemporary Dance with Nehemiah Spencer 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sabar Drum with Assane Mbaye 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Djembe Dance with Marie Basse Wiles 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Sabar Dance with Diene Sagna 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Congolese Dance with with Kiazi Malonga 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Djembe Dance with Yousouff Kombassa