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Dialectics – Friend & Company! Miss Lou Read-A-Thon – October 7th, 2007, New York

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Join us for a celebration of family, friends and our folk traditions!
Whether you call it Creole, Dialect, Island Talk, Native Language or Patois… this celebration of de way we talk harkens back to such folk performance gatherings as Tea Meetings, Best Village Shows, Penny Concerts and Nine Night, in a program that gives Caribbean and non-Caribbean families alike, an opportunity to explore traditions that have nurtured Caribbean families for generations.

Coming as it does on the Columbus Day weekend, Dialectics – Friend & Family looks at the clash of cultures that has given birth to a uniquely, and evolving, Caribbean experience.

Featuring:
Dianne Dixon (Jamaica); Arnett Nurse (Barbados); Susan Olton-Kennedy (Trinidad); Jerry Victor (Guyana).

Special Guest:
Deborah Carrington (URBANY),
Teddy Crawford (Jamaica Folk Singers)
Orion Gordon (Tobago Master drummer)
Janet Henry (Moneague Singers)
Avis Joseph (Guyanese folk musician)

St Francis College
180 Remsen Steet, Downtown Brooklyn, NY
(between Clinton & Court Sts)

Ticket/Information: 718-783-8345
212-352-3101 or theatermania.com

Admission:
$25 Adults. $20 Members. $15 student & seniors. $10 pickney

Transport:
Subway: 2, 3, 4; 5 – Borough Hall; A, C; F – Borough Hall/Jay St.; M, N; R – Court St;
Bus: B25, B26, B37, B38, B41, B45, B51, B52; B75 – Court St

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