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2nd Annual Freedom’s Eve Emancipation Concert – NOW AT THE MOON

May 17 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Chelsea Tipton

featuring Jay Williams and Total Praise Gospel Choir, and Marques Jerrell Ruff, Baritone

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Venue Details

Details

Date:
May 17
Time:
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Organizer

TSO
Phone
850-224-0461
Email
patronservices@tallahasseesymphony.org
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Venue

The Moon
1105 East Lafayette Street
Tallahassee, 32301 United States
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About the Performance


**DUE TO POOR WEATHER THIS CONCERT HAS MOVED TO 7PM AT THE MOON**
1105 E Lafayette St, Tallahassee, FL 32301

A FREE performance honoring Freedom’s Eve and Florida’s Emancipation Day.

This concert was planned in partnership with the Florida Department of State, the John G. Riley Center & Museum, and Soul of Southside, Visit Tallahassee, and the City of Tallahassee.

Food trucks, performances by local organizations, and information booths will open at 5:30pm. The orchestra concert begins at 7pm.

SEATING

This event is free and open to the public.

PARKING

The parking lot at The Moon is open to all attendees for this event. Additional parking can be found across Lafayette Street in the shopping center.
 

FOOD and BEVERAGE

A cash bar will be open at The Moon

Food Trucks will begin sales at 5:30 in The Moon parking lot

Blow’s Buss Down Food Truck
Fired Up Pizza
Street Chefs

FOOD DRIVE FOR SABAL PALM
We have been grateful to partner with Sabal Palm Elementary Community Partnership School to create a free after-school strings program for students, Murdock’s Lil’ Mozarts.
Sabal Palm Elementary School and the surrounding neighborhood were one of the hardest hit areas during last Friday’s storms.
As a Community Partnership School, Sabal Palm is a resource for education, healthcare, human services, and food for students, their families, and all residents in the area, many of whom are still without power.
The school is now open and has enough food and supplies for their students, but the supplies they provide to neighbors in need are depleted.
To help, we are collecting food and supplies at this concert.
The school administrators have requested non-perishable food items and fresh produce. We can also take cash donations or store gift cards (Costco, Walmart, Publix, Target, etc.) Staff will use these to shop for what they most need.
Donations will be collected at the TSO table in the Lobby of The Moon.
If you are not able to attend the concert but want to donate, please call 850-224-0461 or come by our offices in The Garden Club: 507 North Calhoun Street.
Thank you!

 

Event Program

ProcessionCapital Battery Line
Reinactment ReadingThe Declaration of Independence
VerdiLa Forza del Destino
Traditional arr by Morton GouldSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Samuel Coleridge-TaylorDanse Nègre, No. 4 from African Suite, Op. 35
TraditionalRide on King JesusMarques Jerrell Ruff
TraditionalDeep RiverMarques Jerrell Ruff
Aaron Copland"The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land Suite
William Grant StillAfro-American Symphony, mvmt 3
Duke Ellington arr. Jeff TyzikEllington Portrait
Michael W. SmithTotal PraiseJay Williams and Total Praise Gospel Choir
VariousSong Selections with Jay Williams and Total Praise Gospel Choir
J. Rosamond Johnson arr. Roland CarterLeft Every Voice and Singall

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