RED BANK: COMMUNITY JUNETEENTH EVENT AT BASIE

The Count Basie Center for the Arts marks Juneteenth with a community celebration at The Vogel.

Entry is free, with a $10 suggested donation.

The community celebration will feature a performance by the Count Basie Center Gospel Choir, led by director Gwen Moten. A theatrical presentation of Moten’s life story, From Birmingham to Botswana, will open the evening’s festivities.

Also performing:

• Calpulli Mexican Dance Company’s Red Bank community;
• Italy Lee, 2022 state champion of the national Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Out Loud recitation competition;
• Vocalist and Jersey Shore musical luminary Layonne Holmes;
• Percussionist and educator Ty Laws;
• Pastor Terrence Porter of Red Bank’s Pilgrim Baptist Church;
• Hosts Jaz Graham and Delisha Grant.