Emancipation Festival Art Show
Snapshots - “Moments in Our History”
Opening July 27th, Grey Roots Museum & Archives
7:00pm-10:00pm - $20.00 - Licensed Event
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Black History Field Trip - Tour of Old Durham Road
Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
South Grey Museum (40 Sydenham Street, Flesherton Ontario) Conducted by Prof. Naomi Norquay - www.southgreymuseum.ca $20/Adults - $15/Seniors-Students - $10/Children 12 +under ********************************************************* Black History Event – Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Admission $25.00, (includes light lunch)
Northern Terminus Journal (Volume 10) Launch
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Please join us in celebrating the release of Northern Terminus: The African-Canadian History Journal (Vol.10)
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Past Events / 2012:
150th Anniversary Calendar of Events
Speakers’ Forum / 2012
Start of the 150th Emancipation Day Celebrations
Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at Grey Roots Museum & Archives
6:00 p.m. - Opening Reception - Wine Tasting with Coffin Ridge; Music by Bobby Dean Blackburn
7:30 p.m. - Speakers’ Presentations $20.00
150th Emancipation Day Picnic
Saturday, August 4th at Harrison Park & Kelso Beach
Ancestors’ Breakfast and Cairn “Phase II” dedication ceremony
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Harrison Park
Admission is the cost of breakfast, $5.00 everyone
Dedication ceremony at 10:30
Picnic & Concert - 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Kelso Beach Park
Registration begins at 1:00 followed by Opening Ceremonies at 2:00
Festival picnic 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Blues/R&B concert 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Admission $10 adults, $5 Seniors/Students, 12 & under free, includes picnic and/or concert
Crafts, Literature & Food vendors on site. Genealogy tent & story boards
Youth activity tent, games, races, story telling & “Spiritual” sing along
Gospel Fest
Sunday, August 5th at Kelso Beach Park
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Admission, $10 all
Brian Hamilton with Divine Worship & Madeleine Courtney
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Black History Event – Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Admission $25.00, (includes light lunch)
Northern Terminus Journal (Volume 9) Launch
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Please join us in celebrating the release of Northern Terminus: The African-Canadian History Journal (Vol.9)
For more details about the Journal, please click here.
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Past Events / 2011:
Fundraising Event
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 at The Roxy Theatre
Admission: $29.95
Leslie McCurdy performs - The Spirit of Harriet Tubman & Things My Fore-Sisters Saw
Roxy Theatre -
251 9th Street East 1-888-446-7699/ 519-371-2833
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Speakers Forum
Friday, July 29th, 2011 at Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Admission - $20.00 via PayPal - 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Presentation of two short plays: The Mary Ann Shadd Story and the Life of William Hall
Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Owen Sound, Ontario
1 877 473 9766 Toll Free/ 519 376 3690
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011
HARRISON PARK - 149th Emancipation Celebration Picnic: Music, Crafts & Picnic
Admission is Free - Donations welcomed
Live Music, Games, Races, Special Awards, Cultural Crafts and Artworks, Community and Cultural Food Vendors, Basket Lunches, Storyboards, Games, Races, Black History Cairn Presentation, Genealogy, Loads of Camaraderie & Ambience
Black History Event – Grey Roots Museum
February 12, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Admission $25.00, (includes light lunch)
Northern Terminus Journal (Volume 8) Launch
February 12, 2011, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Donations accepted at the door
Please join us in celebrating the release of Northern Terminus: The African-Canadian History journal (Vol.8).
For more details about the Journal, please click here.
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Janie Cooper-Wilson - Author & Historian
Saturday, June 4th, Grey Roots Museum & Archives
1:00 to 4:00 pm - Admission is Free
Book Launch - Echoes in the Hills: My Eighteen Month Search for John Brown`s Legacy
Music by Bobby Dean Blackburn
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