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MOJA Arts Festival

2003 marks Charleston's 20th annual MOJA Arts Festival, a Celebration of African-American and Caribbean Arts. Selected as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's Top 20 events last autumn, (for the third consecutive year), the 2003 MOJA Arts Festival promises an exciting line-up of events with a rich variety of traditional favorites. The upcoming festival is scheduled for Thursday, September 25th through Sunday, October 5th, 2003. Nearly half of MOJA's events are admission-free and the remainder are offered at very modest ticket prices, ranging from $5 - $20.

The MOJA Arts Festival is a multi-disciplinary festival produced and directed by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the MOJA Planning Committee, a community arts and cultural group and the MOJA Advisory Board, a group of civic leaders who assist with fund raising and advocacy. MOJA, a Swahili word meaning "One," is the appropriate name for this festival celebration of harmony amongst all people in our community. The Festival highlights the many African-American and Caribbean contributions to western and world cultures. MOJA's wide range of events include visual arts, classical music, dance, gospel concert, jazz concert, poetry, R&B concert, storytelling, theatre, children's activities, traditional crafts, ethnic food, and much, much more.

In addition to its myriad arts presentations, MOJA also includes an active and busy educational outreach component of workshops in the public schools. The 2003 festival will feature workshops at select elementary, middle and high schools on the Sounds of Africa and the Caribbean, Lectures on the Civil Rights Movement and Fashion, Fabric and Cuisine from Africa. Also returning for a sixth festival presentation in 2003 is the highly successful Palmetto Invitational Band Classic sponsored by the Burke High School Band Booster Club. This project showcases some 1500 high school and college band musicians before a crowd of about 12,000 cheering audience members at the Johnson Hagood Stadium.

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Source: Mojafestival.com website


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