Michael and Genii of Magic Time Productions helped us kick-off the second annual HUEmankind FEST 2023 on June 4 with a thrilling magic show offering lots of fun and entertainment for families. Our fun educational stations kept participants fully engaged, allowing for a variety of creative expressions with the help of our amazing curriculum specialist, facilitators and helpers. The imagination station activities helped us see through the minds of the young ones and the future they want to shape positively!
In general, participants enjoyed our concurrent workshops: Music Therapy, Juneteenth Educational Booth, Drum & Dance and Necklace Making. After hearing from Zoey Tagne, our first youth speaker for the day, second grade student at Fisher Middle School, the Los Gatos High School Jazz Band and Director of Bands Ken Nakamoto got us going with the first youth performance. Then our professional Harpist & Storyteller joined by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, an African Drummer and Dancer, presented a stellar headline performance.
Following this highlight performance were speeches from our other youth speaker, a youth performer (comedy) and a drumming performance led by Director of Drum Troupe Miguel Gonzales and Rocketship Sharks Youth Drum Troupe.
With pride in our selfless volunteers and a formidable AWỌ team, we remain in a celebratory mode and are counting our blessings. This year’s HUEmankind FEST was fun with lots of educational and social engagements for all youth and families. We will return next year!
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Folake Phillips
Founder and Executive Director AWỌ
