10th Annual
Featuring the West Coast
Educational, Cultural & Black Writer’s Festival
Sunday Performance/Workshops:
11:00 a.m. M.C. – Celebrity Hosts - Maura Gale & Robert
Gossett, Hit TV Show “The Closer”
Welcome & Introduction (Center Stage)
11:30 a.m. Pamela Samuels-Young “How to Fuel Your Success,"
We All Fall Down": How You can Pick Yourself Back Up.
Discussion of achieving your personal and professional
goals. She will share her own stories of triumph and how
she was guided her every step of the way. (Workshop)
12:30 p.m. Patrice Simmons, Author “Healthy Hair & Skin The
Natural Way”: (Workshop)
1:00 pm. H. S.F. Prep “It’s Your Life” Seminar
Intro to the Tests & Deciding Where, When, and
How to Apply to College by Assistant Professor
Mildred Lewis. (Workshop)
1:00 p.m. Maura Gale Inspirational Poetry (Center Stage)
1:00 p.m. Leon Goss, III – Author/Live Performance of
Children’s picture books that resonate with every
reader. (Inside Borders)
1:20 p.m. “Angels of Praise” Directed by Hanna Woods / 5
youth girls ages 13 – 19) Praise Dancers (Center Stage)
1:30 p.m Barbara Write Sykes “ Overcoming Fear..”
(Center Stage 15 min.)
1:45 p.m. Kenyatta Mackey-Joseph “Baby Dolls”, Singer
Blending modern pop., RB, swing, Latin, rock & all
types of music together for an international sound
(Center Stage)
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Synthia SAINT JAMES – Artist/Author
(6 Minutes Center Stage & Inside Borders)
2:00 p.m. “Kids In The Mix” – A Positive Dance Troupe (7 Kids)
Youths with a vision of Peace & community
involvement “ (Center Stage)
2:20 p.m. Mary Lynn Foundation Choir – 20 Adult Singers (Center Stage)
2:30 p.m. Helena Titus – A Special Presentation (Center Stage)
2:45 p.m. Toni Hester: “Encouraging Your Child to Read thru
Acting”: How to break your child into commercials,
TV and or the Movies. (Workshop)
3:45 p.m. Davetta Sherwood, Soap Opera Star from “The
Young & Restless, Teen Girls Workshop “How not to
make your life into a soap opera” & The Importance
of Reading and Education (Workshop)
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Various Performers from KJLH Radio Station &
Short Preview from “Shout”, A Riveting play with music & dance
Plus Other Wonderful Performers
(Center Stage)
C. Other Activities:
§ Children’s Pavilion Book Give-a-way
§ Storytime/Readings w/Pepperdine Students 8 – 10@ Interns
§ Literacy & Author Seminars/Workshops on various subjects
§ Essay Competition, Spoken Word & Poetry Jam
§ KJLH Radio 102.3 Live Radio Broadcast, Aundrae
Revised 10/12/07 (Subject to Change/Availability)