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Etc. Festival highlighting African-American contributions coming up this weekend Features Roundup FROM STAFF REPORT Don't let the summer end with out attending one of the Midlands' largest and most popular festivals of heritage. Selected as the Southeast Tourism Society's Top 20 Events, Jubilee: Festival of Heritage will be held Friday and Saturday in Columbia. The annual event highlights the significant contributions of African Americans in shaping South Carolina's history. The festival will kick off Friday night with a gala dedi cated to the African-American influ ence on music. “Rag-time, Blues, Jazz: A Progression” will take guests on a musical journey with the Roland E. Haynes Jr. Quartet. Cast members from Workshop Theatre will treat audiences to a spe cial performance from the Broadway hit musical “Five Guys Named Moe.” In addition, craftsman Samuel Hodge will exhibit his latest work, “Clear Story,” a stained-glass depic tion of the history of the black expe rience in music and entertainment. Friday's event will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Seibels House, 1601 Richland Street. A variety of musical events and other cultural activities will highlight the festival from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Centrally located on the grounds of the Mann-Simons Cottage, Jubilee will feature the 1999 World Double Dutch Champs in the high school division, the area's most popular youth gospel choirs, the Keenan High School Jazz Band and a host of other performers. The night will end with a performance by Djoliba Don, a West African dance and drum group, the Ebony Lounge Band, and 70's classic soul music from Linda Martell and Eazzy. “Jubilee has been organized to incor porate a variety of activities for fami lies, couples, children, the young and old,” said Nicole Holland, coordina tor of African-American Programming at the Historic Columbia Foundation. “We have a talented lineup of regionally and nationally known artists, craftspeople and musical acts, many old favorites and many new to the festival.” Organizers say they expect close to 2,000 festival-goers. JubileS will also feature activities on four differ ent properties, which is unique to the festival this year. On Saturday, visitors can take advance of events held on the prop erties of Columbia's historic homes. Programs, exhibits and lectures will be held at the Robert Mills Carriage House, the Hampton-Preston Mansion, the Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home and the Seibels House. A few of the scheduled activ ities include book signings with author Joyce Hansen, re-enactments by the 9th and 10th Cavalry-Buffalo Soldiers, hayrides from Greenmailed Farms and discussions by various folk artists. In addition, the festival will offer tours of the city's African American historic sites. “Jubilee's programming is struc tured to highlight the important his torical events and artistic contribu tions that African Americans have made to this community and to the region for well over 200 years,” Holland said. In its 21st year, Jubilee contin ues to honor the memory of Celia Mann and her family. The Mann Simons Cottage is historically signifi cant as the home of Mann, a free African American in antebellum Columbia. Family tradition says that Mann was freed and walked from Charleston to Columbia, where she bought the cottage. She then became a prominent citizen in the community, as did her descendants in the Mann and Simons families. For more information about the festival, call the Historic Columbia Foundation at 252-1770, extension 5. Pavement from page B6 ing to go on the road for two years. We’re willing to go on the road for nine months.” i Kannberg prefers a less rigorous life at home with his wife in California. For him, spending time on the golf course is much more appealing than living on a tour bus. Percussionist Bob Nastanovich prefers spending his time away from the band, tending his horses. His house sits across from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky„ and his horses have competed in preliminary races at the Kentucky Derby. Nastanovich and his bandmates attended this year’s Derby while rehearsing at his house for their sum mer tour. _B_ Wal-mart from page B6 dents choose Wal-Mart over the many competitors because “it’s a great place. 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