Entertainment Schedule: 2nd Annual Banana Festival in Sacramento
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 08:15
Scroll down to bottom to see ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE ~ August 13-14 in Sacramento
The 2011 Sacramento Banana Festival promises to be Banana Splitacular
Join us for a celebration of everything bananas and family fun! Enjoy a wide range of music, dancing and food from around the world, local artists, entertainment for all ages and much more. In addition to celebrating healthy food and healthy lifestyles, we will be celebrating the cultures in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas which have used the banana as a traditional source of food, art and cultural customs.
Event Date: August 13th from 10am to 7pm and August 14th from 10am to 5pm
Event Location: William Land Park/Village Green at the corner of Sutterville and Freeport (across from Sacramento City College)
Check out this year's line up of entertainment. Advance tickets sales are $5.00 and $7.00 at the gate, children 5 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased atwww.bananafest.org
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
8/13 SATURDAY SCHEDULE: Stage 1 Prayer, Rev Francione Grant High School Drum line Smashed Chef Challenge Ecuadorian Group/Illusion Andina Cap City Action Sports Team Banana Eating Contest Tina B & Soul Line Dancers (Banana Line Dancing) Banana Spirit Awards Ceremony Recipients (Lee Perkins, Andrea Gomez, Juan McKnight/Local Union 185 and Ecuadorian Farm workers) Blues Guitarist Clarence Van Hook Banana Stroll Catwalk Fashion Show Presented by IAD&T Umoja African Dance Grant High School Drum Line Solo Artist Dinorah Curkendall Rhythm Section Project featuring Ja’Net Wallace
8/14 SUNDAY SCHEDULE Dj’s music choice Limbo (Adult Games) Banana Eating Contest Gorgenia’s Banana Fashion Show Marshal Wilkerson and Smoked Sugar Local Poet Loretta Iurue Monologue of Carmen Miranda Filipino Dance group/Sinag-Tala Theater and Performing Arts Samoria Lamuse/Josephine Baker Solo Artist Yami Lee and Kong Yang Singing Million But terflies and Halo Umoja African Dance ~ Samba Da Terra Jazz by Saxophone player Fasion Jackson Guitarist One Leg Chuck Rock N Roll Babs Johnson Gang
KIDS CORNER STAGE: Saturday, August 13 Banana Ice Cream Contest Little Mr. and Miss. Banana Beauty pageant Crane Theater Disc Dogs Of The Golden Gate Angela James Fenix Dance Samba Group Banana Dancing/Music (Star Sports and Education) Angela James Fenix Dance Story Telling (International Banana Folktales) Banana Ice cream contest The Diplomats Dance Group Banana Karaoke Group Project
KIDS CORNER STAGE: Sunday, August 14 Limbo Games Banana Eating Contest Enchanted Forrest Magic Show Little Mr. and Miss Banana Beauty Pageant Lines School of Performing Arts SoPhresh Break Dance Group Phoenix Community Multicultural Children Choir Stanley Girls Performance Group Angela James Fenix Dance Story Telling (International Banana Folktales) Banana Karaoke Singer Princess Sanders
Presented by the National Academic Youth Corps. and the Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum.
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