FORT LAUDERDALE – The Broward Middle for the Performing Arts kicks off the New Yr with the Fourth Annual Rhythm by the River: A Festival Celebrating Black Voices that includes music and actions for the complete household to take pleasure in on Sunday, January 26 from 2 to six p.m. at Esplanade Park overlooking the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Admission is free.
Offered by Baptist Well being and JM Household Enterprises, Inc. with help from TD Charitable Basis, Rhythm by the River brings to the Esplanade stage most of the proficient performers in the neighborhood.
Rhythm by the River Performers
To get issues began on the principle stage, Dillard Excessive Faculty ’s nationally famend Dillard Middle for the Arts Jazz Ensemble places the afternoon in full swing.
Subsequent up, inspirational soul songstress La Vie will serenade audiences with easy subtle sounds evocative of her Haitian heritage.
Jamaican Roots Reggae trio The Fantells will mix candy melodies with Caribbean beats.
Vincentian Soca singer Kevin Lyttle, greatest recognized for his 2003 Billboard single “Flip Me On,” closes out the afternoon, bringing everybody to their toes together with his red-hot dance hits.
Neighborhood Workshops
Along with the stay musical performances, the viewers can take part in three free neighborhood workshops all through the afternoon within the Broward Middle’s Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom that includes the Transferring Music Museum with Michael Gil and African Dance with Anita MacBeth.
Within the park, the day’s festivities additionally characteristic free actions within the Baptist Well being Exercise Zone together with arts and crafts, face portray, a neighborhood mural and interactive video games for the entire household. Visitors can savor the flavors of J&J Soul Meals, Tropical Soul Meals, Reggae Beets and cupcakes from Candy Sensations by Charlene. Neighborhood companions may also have cubicles arrange alongside the perimeter of the park.
Co-presented by Baptist Well being and JM Household Enterprises, Inc. with help from TD Charitable Basis, Rhythm by the River is a part of the Broward Middle for the Performing Arts’ Arts for Motion: Black Voices initiative which focuses on how the humanities and artists could be a power for change in addressing vital problems with social justice and racial fairness.
To be taught extra about Arts for Motion: Black Voices upcoming occasions or to get entangled, go to BrowardCenter.org or e-mail [email protected].
Rhythm by the River is proudly supported by radio media sponsor Cox Media Group and might be hosted stay by Rodney Baltimore, mornings on Sizzling 105 and Okay Foxx of 99 JAMZ.
The Broward Middle for the Performing Arts is positioned at 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.
