SaJa Middle Eastern Dance Co., based out of San Luis Obispo County is co-directed by Sandra Sarrouf and Jenna Mitchell. SaJa shares diverse dance traditions from North Africa to the Middle East re-presenting some of the beautiful and varied cultural dance expressions...
Kathleen Marshall is a Samala Chumash from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. She is an activist in the revitalization of Native languages and is a credentialed Samala Chumash language and culture teacher. Kathleen and the Samala singers will be giving a blessing...
Central Coast West African Drummers and Dancers are a San Luis Obispo based Dance Troupe. They will be a part of the pre-rally performances. Every Wednesday they offer an all levels dance class where you can learn traditional dances from Guinea, West Africa. The...
Los Osos Middle School Stage Choir is an exceptional group of students ages 11-14. They meet every morning at LOMS to prepare and perform a variety of repertoire. This past year, LOMS has performed at Disneyland, the Harbor Festival, the Cambria Lights festival, and...
Samba Loca is a 10 piece percussion group based out of San Luis Obispo’s Drum Circuit devoted to high energy entertainment and Afro-Brazilian percussion education. They invigorated the crowd at the 2017 Women’s March in San Luis Obispo and they are ready to...
Patricia Rodgers Gordon grew up in Arkansas in the 1950s and ’60s, where despite Brown v. Board of Education (the 1954 Supreme Court decision declaring segregated public schools to be unconstitutional), African-Americans continued to live under conditions of racial...
