Heritage Festival Schedule

Please see below for a schedule of the Orangeburg Heritage Festival:

4:45 PM - Gather at Bowling Alley Parking Lot

5:00 PM - Purpose & Prayer (gathering in Bowling Alley parking lot)

5:05 PM - All Faith Peace & Unity Walk (proceed to downtown square from Bowling Alley parking lot)

5:30 PM - Festival Commences on the Heritage Mainstage
--Black National Anthem: Lift Every Voice
--Welcome from Congressman Clyburn’s Office – Rickenbacker 
--Welcome from the State – Rep. Jermaine Johnson
--Recognizing Mr. & Mrs. Heritage Festival

5:35 PM - Rosemary Griffin Emmy Award Winning National Convention of Gospel Choirs & Choruses Orangeburg Ensemble

5:40 PM - HKTE Praise Dancers

5:50 PM - YOGA & MEDITATION

5:50 PM - EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLE:
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5:55 PM - JNV Royal Exquisite Peacock School of Performance, Arts, Catering, and Events – Praise Dance

5:55 PM - Oratorical Showcase
--Sile Martin, 5th Grade Marshall Elementary School graduate – rising 6th grade student MLK Oratorical Contest Winner
--Jazlynn Pough-Samuels, rising 6th grade student, Neighbor to Neighbor

6:00 PM -  DJ: Line Dance – Midlands Misses

6:10 PM - EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLE:
Bull Swamp Colored School & Community Center

6:15 PM -Vernell Stevenson Gospel Choir

6:25 PM - YOGA & MEDITATION

6:25 PM - EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLE: 
Gullah Nation of North America

6:30 PM - Dance, Gymnastics, & Cheer Exhibitions 
-- Fusion Dance Academy 
--America an original poem by Jazzlyn Pough-Samuels
--Triad Theatre Company featuring Herbert Johnson
--Dancing Dolls
--Christian Frasier

6:50 PM - DJ: Line Dance: Midlands Misses

7:00 PM - Heritage Fashion & Hair Show 

7:20 PM - YOGA & MEDITATION

7:20 PM - Artists of Ultramacs

7:30 PM - Featured Entertainment: Moses Smith & The Promise Land Band

9:00 PM - END