3rd Annual Peace on Earth Music Festival September 15, 2007

3rd Annual Peace On Earth Music Festival

The 3rd Annual Peace on Earth Music Festival invites everyone in the NW Arkansas Community to a celebration of peace through music and the spoken word.

Come to the Greek Theater on Dickson Street at the U. Of A. Campus in Fayetteville on Saturday, September 15th, from 5:00 – 11:30 pm for a performance of international artists. Musical entertainment includes Rochelle Bradshaw, vocalist from Kingston, Jamaica, Radio Free Earth playing their personal genre of “Crossover” music, the Afrique Aya Dance Company led by Angelo from West Africa, Kenyon “The Dawn” Lowe, UA student and rising hip-hop artist, and Susan Shore playing original classic folk. The steppers from the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will perform an art which has its roots in Africa. Spoken word artists include two poets from Poets in the Streets, based out of Little Rock, AR. Geshe Dorjee and Rinzin Dorjee, Tibetan monks in exile, will open the festival with a blessing in the form of an ancient multi-phonic chant. In case of rain, the festival will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the Parish Hall at Dickson and College.

The Peace on Earth Music Festival will also feature a “Tapestry of Cultures” Ceremony with representatives of various cultures coming forward to “speak their truth” of peace and war in their native countries.
In addition to a children’s bike give-away, El Camino Real’s Mexican food will be served for free thanks to the sponsorship of University Programs. The event will be accented with hands-on crafts and vendors to include henna tattooing and jewelry-making to tie-dyeing and face painting, as well as an array of informative non-profit booths presenting a variety of ways that each of us may take action, helping to create a peace in our own communities.

The Peace on Earth Music Festival began as an idea from University of Arkansas music student, Stephen Coger, feeling that we are all connected and interdependent. While helping to prepare for the first annual festival, UA student April Love was killed in an act of domestic violence, and so this year’s festival will benefit the April R. Love Scholarship. Students and members of the NW Arkansas community have rallied together to create an event that glorifies peace and celebrates it.

Sponsors of the Peace on Earth Music Festival include: the Bank of Fayetteville, Jammin’ Java, the Jones Center for Families, Nature’s Water, the Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology, OMNI UA, Associated Student Government, University Programs, and other businesses, organizations, and individuals throughout NW Arkansas.

Official Website: http://omnicenter.org