PAST FESTIVALS
Women's Music, Arts, Dance, & Word Festival
March 10th, 2007
Saturday 11am -
7pm
**FREE ADMISSION**
Hosted by 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space
435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 901-0997
* BANDS * DANCERS * FASHION SHOW * POETS * FOOD * VENDORS * FAMILY FUN *
Artists
FEATURED
Moira Smiley and VOCO
Fiery Roots Vocal Band
PoetRoniGirl's
"Acoustically Speaking" Collective
featured on NBC's "Your LA" TV show
Trailblazin' PoetRoniGirl joined by
LA's top singer/
songwriters & spoken word artists
Vicky Tafoya
Southern CA's R&B/ Doowop Queen
and
our Special HOST for the day
The Goddess Temple of Orange County
Ava, Goddess Temple Founder & Director
Hosting our Opening Ceremony
Women of the Sacred Feminine priestessing the earth towards peace & prosperity
Dancer, Choreographer, and Founder of Island Beat Entertainment & Artists for Humanity sharing a fusion of dances from Polynesia, Brazil, Filipino-Muslim traditions
Excerpts from
"West Side Story"
(showing at the Carpenter Center 3/23 & 3/24
& more being added
Featuring actor/dancer/model/fashion designer Sita Thompson's women's line of clothing blending Indian & Western Style
Vybration
Electrifying 6-part a capella with beatbox
Yeh Dede
Women's World Music Fusion
Freedom Writers featuring Maria Reyes
From Wilson Highschool to Feature Film, their story of freedom through the power of writing
Fashion Show Every Hour!
Justine Serebrin's Spontaneous
& Unique Performance Painting
Gina Loring
HBO Def Poet & celebrated vocalist
featuring beatboxer Joshua Silverstein
See Gina on YouTube
Deborah Holland
Former lead singer & songwriter of Animal Logic (Stewart Copeland/Stanley Clarke),
witty music for moms
Countershock
Long Beach's own high-energy alternative hard rock band
Jennifer Jimenez
Sacred Dancer, Movement Facilitator & founder of Mommy & Me and PreNatal Dance videos
GREAT EATS
hot dogs, sweets, soda,
wine & healthy choices too...
Jackie Kashian
National Touring Comic
with her own standup special on Comedy Central
Divine Strings
Featuring Aishu Venkataraman,
14-year-old violin virtuoso presents South Indian Music with mridangam
LadyFOX
Energetic Funk/Rock band led by Michelle Ann Owens ala Nikka Costa, Pink, Lenny Kravitz
Models from Paragon Productions
Choreographed by Natty Rios Sipes
ELLY
Teenage Indy Pop Artist joined by her dancers; selected at age nine to perform with "Phantom of the Opera's" Michael Crawford
ENTERTAINMENT
COORDINATOR
Emmy-winning Singer/Songwriter,
Faith Rivera