Enjoy a weekend of local arts entertainment for all ages!
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SCHEDULE OF LIVE PERFORMANCES
Main Stage 1 & 2 Performance Line-up
Friday, December 7
2:20pm – 2:50pm Vaughn Willis
3:10pm – 3:40pm Glenn Taylor
3:40pm – 4:10pm Spirit Orbs
4:20pm – 4:50pm Daggar Pan
4:50pm – 5:20pm Desmond Fahie
5:20pm – 5:27pm Firelight Ent. Acro-Balancing
5:30pm – 5:40pm DJ J-20
5:40pm – 6:00pm TJ SupaHype and Kajuan The Shogun
6:00pm – 6:20pm Firelight Entertainment
6:20pm – 6:30pm Emcee Criterion
6:30pm – 6:50pm Span Phly
6:50pm – 7:00pm DJ J-20
7:00pm – 7:10pm aVoice
7:10pm – 7:20pm Lauren Malone
7:20pm – 7:50pm MedafORACLE with DJ J-20
7:50pm – 8:00pm DJ J-20
8:10pm – 8:20pm Connie Muhammad
8:20pm – 9:00pm Break dancing by: Animated Family, SARAFAN, Motion Outlaws, AZ Funny Bones
Saturday, December 8
10:00am – 10:20am Fitness Fun Zumba
10:20am – 10:50am Donald Harrington
10:50am – 11:10am John E. O (Satir)
11:10am – 11:30am Calming Wind
11:30am – 11:50am Cultural Coalition (Latin Folk)
11:50am – 12:10pm American Chinese Arts & Culture Exchange Association
12:20pm – 1:00pm Annie Moscow
1:00pm – 1:50pm Mayors Arts Awards
1:50pm – 2:50pm Metropolitan Youth Symphony
2:50pm – 3:20pm Phoenix Children’s Chorus
3:20pm – 3:50pm AZ Lindy Dancers
3:50pm – 4:20pm Dearspeak
4:40pm – 5:30pm Adam Smith & Radio Hill
5:30pm – 5:40pm Provacatease – Burlesque
5:50pm – 6:40pm Hot Birds & The Chili Sauce
6:40pm – 6:50pm Heady Hoop
7:00pm – 7:50pm Sugar Thieves
7:50pm – 8:10pm Provocatease – Vaudeville
8:10pm – 9:00pm Dry river Yacht Club
Sunday, December 9
10:00am – 10:20am Fitness Fun Zumba
10:20am – 11:00am Ruca
11:00am – 11:20am Mahin Sciacca
11:20am – 11:40am Desert Sounds Mariachi
11:40am – 12:00pm Turkish Folk Dance
12:00pm – 12:20pm American Chinese Arts & Culture Exchange Association
12:30pm – 1:00pm City Jazz
1:00pm – 1:30pm Europa
1:30pm – 2:20pm The Blues Review Band
2:20pm – 3:00pm Paul Miles
3:00pm – 3:40pm MysticBlu
3:40pm – 4:20pm Teneia
4:20pm – 5:00pm Angelique
3rd Street Theater Performance Lineup
Friday, December 7
2:00pm – 3:30pm Film “Rise like Lions”
3:30pm – 4:30pm BlackPoet Ventures
4:00pm – 5:00pm Short Films
5:00pm – 6:00pm Dance Extravaganza
*5:00pm – 5:30pm Terpsicore Ballet
*5:30pm-6:00pm Step Funk Junk/Desert Dance/Crossroads Performance
6:00pm-10:00pm Infuse – Open Mic Festival Edition
*6:30pm – 6:45pm SMHS Step Team
*8:10pm-8:30pm Tap into AZ
*9:40pm-10:00pm Counterfeit Redcoats
Saturday, December 8
10:30am-11:00am Cannedy Dance “Breast Cancer Awareness Tribute”
11:00am – 11:30am Film Shorts
11:30am – 12:00pm Conder Dance
12:00pm-1:00pm BlackPoet Ventures
1:00pm-1:30pm Dulce Dance Company
1:30pm-2:00pm Step Funk Junk/Crossroads Performance Group
2:00pm-5:00pm Phonetic Spit Poetry Slam
Cash Prizes 1st: $150, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50
5:20pm-6:10/20pm Arizona OperaTunity
6:30pm-8:00pm The Great Arizona Story Slam
Cash Prizes 1st: $150, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50
8:30pm-10pm Spoken Word Showcase
* Toya J, Garrett Pauli, FlipSide, Shaikh Sammad, Floetic Soul, Divine, Apollo Poetry, WisdomSoul
Sunday, December 9
10:30am-11:00am Rising Youth Theatre
11:10am-11:30am Paisley Yankolovich
11:30am – 12:00pm Film Shorts
12:00pm-1:00pm BlackPoet Ventures
1:00pm-3:00pm Dance Extravaganza
*1:00pm-1:30pm GCU’s Ethington Dance Ensemble
“Untitled“ (7.5 minutes)
Choreographer: Bethany Baumer in collaboration with Alyssa Fresh (student work)
Music: Glad (Delorean Remix) by Glasser
Dancers: Bethany Baumer and Alyssa Fresh
“Particulate matters” (7.5 mins)
Choreography: Susannah Kéita (faculty work)
Music: Violent Dreams by Crystal Castles, Gnossienne #1 by Erik Satie
Dancers: Kennia Aguirre, Michelle Bissonnette, Leesa Chaparro, Cori Hailmann, Angelina Higuera, Caitlin Lively, Clara McGowan, Nicole Mayes, Jean Welton-Richardson, Zachary Kelley
“I Can See You’re Trying To Hear Me”(15 minutes)
Choreography: Leanne Schmidt in collaboration with the dancers (faculty work)
Dancers: Kelsey Alexander, Ashley Brown, Danielle Davich, Alissa Dill, Alyssa Fresh, Kimberly Harris, Herschel Jackson, Nataly Madrid, Alex Montoya, Samantha Newhall, Antoinette Proctor
Music: Help! by The Beatles, Off the Late Night by Slimkat 78, Bootie Cooler by Shuggie Otis, Blue Station by Tortoise
Costumes: Leanne Schmidt in collaboration with the dancers
*1:30pm-2:00pm Treeline Dance Works
*2:00pm-2:30pm H Lab Dance
2:30pm-3:00pm Phoenix Girls Chorus
3:00pm – 3:50pm Performance in the Borderlands
3:50pm-4:30pm Arcana Collective
Thanks to all the performers who will make this weekend possible!
- Adam Smith
- American Chinese Arts & Culture Exchange Association: Arizona Chinese Chorus, Zhigang Chen-face changing, Yayu Khoe-singer, Victoria Yuen-ukelele; Priscilla Yuen-dancer
- Angelique White
- Annie Moscow
- Apollo
- Arcana Collective
- Arizona Opera OperaTunity
- Arizona Turkish Dancers
- aVoice
- Black Poet Ventures
- Break Dancing/Popping by: Animated Family, SARAFAN, Motion Outlaws, AZ Funny Bones
- Calming Wind
- Cannedy Performing Group
- City Jazz
- Conder Dance Company
- Connie Muhammad
- Counterfeit Redcoats
- Cross Roads Performance Group
- Cultural Coalition
- D’fahie
- Dagger
- Desert Dance Theater
- Desert Sounds (Mariachi)
- Divine
- Donald Harrington
- Dry River Yacht Club
- Dulce Dance Company
- Firelight Entertainment
- Flipside
- Floetic Soul
- Full Circle Women’s Choir
- Garrett Pauli
- Glenn Taylor
- GCU’s Ethington Dance Ensemble
- H.Lab Performance
- Heady Hoop
- Hot Birds & Chili Sauce
- John E. O
- Lauren Malone
- Mahin Sciacca
- MedafORACLE w/DJ J-20
- Mesa Encore Theater
- Metropolitan Youth Symphony
- MysticBlu
- Nathan Potter
- Paisley Yankolovich
- Paul Miles
- Phoenix Childrens Choir
- Phoenix Girls Chorus
- Provocatease
- Rising Youth Theatre
- Ruca
- Shaikh
- Span Phly
- Step’s Junk Funk
- Teneia
- Terpsicore Dance Company
- The Blues Review Band
- The Sugar Thieves
- Toya J
- Treeline Dance Works
- Vaughn Willis aka. S.W.I.F.
- WisdomSoul