Common Wealth Speaker, Tracie Yorke, will be visiting Chambersburg for her multicultural presentation Spirit of the Carnival at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24. The performance will take place at the Eugene C. Clarke Jr. Community Center on 235 South 3rd Street, and will focus on the thrill of the carnival in such areas as Port-of-Spain, Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans. As part of the 2011 Summer Reading Program, this program is compliments of Coyle Free Library and Franklin County Library System.
Yorke has been performing for the last ten years both nationally and nationally. A graduate of Amherst College, Yorke is both an ethnologist and professional dancer.
The performance is free, educational, fun and family friendly. There will be colorful costumes, vibrant images, and rhythmic music. The presentation closes, as all carnival celebrations do, with a parade of champions, drawn from the audience.
This performance is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council supported in part by the national Endowment for the Humanities and its We the People initiative. The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning. Coyle Free Library as a part of Franklin County Library System shares the values of the Pennsylvania Humanities council and wants to continue to enrich the lives of residents of the region through access to materials, information, and services imparting the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of others.
Yorke has been performing for the last ten years both nationally and nationally. A graduate of Amherst College, Yorke is both an ethnologist and professional dancer.
The performance is free, educational, fun and family friendly. There will be colorful costumes, vibrant images, and rhythmic music. The presentation closes, as all carnival celebrations do, with a parade of champions, drawn from the audience.
This performance is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council supported in part by the national Endowment for the Humanities and its We the People initiative. The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning. Coyle Free Library as a part of Franklin County Library System shares the values of the Pennsylvania Humanities council and wants to continue to enrich the lives of residents of the region through access to materials, information, and services imparting the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of others.
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