![]() ![]() Even with the recent heat wave, Smith said the courthouse plaza provides a perfect venue with shade trees and cool grass. ![]() Given the recognition just given to Juneteenth, Smith said she thinks it is perfectly appropriate for the Prescott area to celebrate the new holiday with this brand of festival. In national, state and local politics candidates are answering questions and staking ground on matters revolving around diversity, even whether or not slavery should be discussed in history classes. The greater Prescott area is no exception. Since that time, America has continued to wrestle with racial justice and discrimination, and even in 2021 the debate about diversity and equality continues to be fought in communities large and small. Juneteenth is a word that joins June and nineteenth together in recognition of June 19, 1865, when months after the northern United States defeated the South in the Civil War fought over slavery enslaved blacks in Galveston, Texas were informed they were now free. In President Joe Biden’s comments about officially honoring Juneteenth as a celebration of freedom and racial diversity and equity, identifying the law as the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, he said, “I’ve only been president for several months, but I think this will go down, for me, as one of the greatest honors I will have had as president.” Musical entertainment will be provided by Funk Frequency, Country Fried Funk, DL Harrison, Gospel of Jazz, Renee & Diversity, and Reverend Royce Murray Quartet. His schedule on Thursday was such that he was unable to converse about the event, however, program details are on the website. Cannon is a lifelong jazz preservationist, promoter, and a saxophonist. The Juneteenth celebration will be an extended, day-time event that will offer multiple jazz musicians and bands, an opening ceremony speaker highlighting the history and culture of jazz as well as the origins behind this particular celebration, and just a family-friendly good time open to anyone with a blanket and a lawn chair, Smith said.įor the society, the Juneteenth celebration will also prove a showcase to promote the 25-year Prescott Jazz Society and its efforts to raise $40,000 by Labor Day to support a CornerStone Jazz Festival next year, said Society President and Juneteenth event organizer Milt Cannon in a YouTube video that can be viewed on the society’s web page. 10, the community can come and enjoy an evening of all kinds of music, including jazz performances, on the courthouse lawn. For the series that begins on various weeknights from June 1 through Sept. Partnership Executive Director MJ Smith credits the Jazz Society with organizing the festival that coincides well with the partnership’s Summer Concert Series, a Prescott tradition since the 1960s. With Juneteenth signed into law Thursday, June 17, as the nation’s newest federal holiday, Prescott will be one of many cities across the nation this weekend to commemorate the end of slavery in America.įor months, the Prescott Jazz Society through its affiliation with CornerStone Entertainment in collaboration with the city and the Prescott Downtown Partnership has been working to organize the city’s first ever such celebration - JuneTeenth Jazz Splash on Saturday, June 19, from 10 a.m. ![]() Prescott to Host Juneteenth Celebration Saturday at Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza Daily Courier Newspaper Friday, June 18, 2021 ![]()
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