Sponsors
Henry & Helen Frye
Dave & Jenny Emery
Windsor Federal
Andrew Woods
FREE
Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, established on June 17, 2021, and it commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1863. Juneteenth was first celebrated on June 19, 1865 as the day two years after emancipation, when federal troops arrived in Galveston, TX to take control of the state and make sure all slaves were emancipated.
Concert and Festivities
June 17, 2023
Salmon Brook Park
215 Salmon Brook Street
Granby, Connecticut
3:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Why We Celebrate Juneteenth
PROGRAM
10:00 am - 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
2:45 pm - Leonard Epps African Drumming
3:00 pm - Welcome - DJ DPHR
3:15 pm - Sazzy Brass
4:15 pm - Vendors & Double Dutch Exhibition
4:30 pm - GHAA Jazz Band & Choir
5:15 pm - Building Relationships
5:30 pm - Liberty Christian Center Praise Team
5:45 pm - Deacon Art Miller
6:00 pm - The SKJ Experiment
7:15 pm - Jocelyn Pleasant & Medusa
7:30 pm - The Alvin Carter Project featuring
Kenny Hamber and Friends
Committee
Helen Frye
Monica Logan
Carrie McCrorey
Daryel McCrorey
Sarah Merrill
Ken Mouning
Sally Rider
Rosemarie Roy
Perkin Simpson
Cathy Watso
Featured artists & speakers
Logo contest
Emma Hansen, GMHS '22 winner
“I chose yellow, green and red—to symbolize the Ethiopian flag, which represents the Pan African ideology. I placed the Black female in front to show her pride of her culture.”
Taylor Matheos, GMHS '23 runner-up
“I wanted to incorporate images that symbolize Black liberation and empowerment, such as the iconic raised fists, which are breaking apart the chains to commemorate the end of slavery.”