![]() Clair Detrick-Jules coming in September of 2021. In addition, LSP used this as an opportunity to celebrate the three-year anniversary of The Crown Act, and the book My Beautiful Black Hair, by St. Special guests included Deborah Bond and Muhsinah who each performed with features, “Step Up Front,” and “Hold my Hand”, respectively.ĭuring this event, LSP also had the opportunity to take over the Kennedy Center Instagram to highlight the artists and the day’s activities. People were reported as driving from as far a Detroit, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina to see their performance. The day wrapped up with a performance from Zo! and Tall Black Guy, who performed for the first time ever together on the Millenium Stage. ![]() She encouraged her audience to “release” while she sang and then offered flowers as parting gifts to attendees. Singer Tamara Wellons offered up a performance art piece title, “Holding Space” on the grassy knoll of The Reach campus. Poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis read some poetry in honor of Prince, using some of his music to accompany her selections. CapoeiraDC did a demonstration, introducing some people to Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art originating in slave times that incorporates dance, acrobatics, and music. Later in the day, DC Retro Jumpers taught people how to double dutch, and even let members of the crowd jump in to showcase their moves. Temple Hill Skating hosted a clinic featuring Rolloway Productions who came out and taught some of the attendees how to roller dance and showcased some of their own moves with a performance. Keeping the day rolling, we had a DJ set featuring DJ Divine of Daylight DC, a Discovering The Drum session with the kids on the Victura Deck, and a movement session with Bmore Than Dance, a Baltimore-based dance advocacy group, and another session on Afrobeat dances with Akosua Akoto of ASA Fitness. The morning started off with around 100 attendees present. Eaton Wellness of Eaton Hotel sponsored both a yoga session to start off our day and a sound healing session to follow up. The group also gave out free t-shirts to the kids and the attendees of the festival. Reebok’s non-profit initiative, BOKS, came out and created activities for kids to do in the BOKS Kids Sports Activation Area, which at one point had activities going with varying groups of 30 kids. Around 800 people attended the festival, 16 different performances and activities took place throughout the day, and 8 vendors came out to showcase their work. COVID-19 precautions were in place with mask mandates, pre-registration of vaccination status for those that did not want to wear masks, and an event capacity cap to encourage as much social distancing as possible.įounder of LSP, Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi, had the opportunity to curate for day three of the festival “Release.” Day three lasted from 10 AM – 9 PM, starting with a yoga session sponsored by Eaton Wellness, and ending with the Axel F afterparty featuring Jahsonic and DJ Stylus. ![]() The festival took place at The Reach Plaza at The Kennedy Center. Each day of the festival was curated by three different Black women and sought to celebrate and highlight local Black artists, musicians, poets, filmmakers, and dancers in an engaging and playful way. On Saturday, July 3, 2021, LiL SoSo Productions had the opportunity to curate local artists and musicians as a part of the three-day festival Relax | Relate | Release DC.
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