JUNETEENTH PROGRAM
Juneteenth Commemorative Program
Friday, June 14, 2024 @ 7 p.m.
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
FEATURING
Sopranos Kearstin Piper Brown and Kristen Marie Gillis
Mezzo Soprano Rehanna Thelwell
Baritones Joshua Conyers and Yonathan Astatke
Erico Bezerra, Piano
Denna Dewberry, Narrator
Mt. Olivet Sanctuary Choir
Wings of Praise Flag Ministry
PROGRAM
“Won’t You Celebrate with Me” - Marquis Hill
Selected by Kristen Marie Gillis and read by Deanna Dewberry
Choir and dance ministry selection
“We Wear the Mask” - B.E. Boykin/Text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Kearstin Piper Brown
“Song to the Dark Virgin” - Florence Price/Text by Langston Hughes
Joshua Conyers
“Strange Fruit” - Billie Holiday
Rehanna Thelwell
“To Pimp a Butterfly” - Kendrick Lamar
Selected by Yonathan Astatke and read by Herb Smith
Choir and dance ministry selection
“The Rose that Grew from Concrete” - Tupac Shakur
Selected by Rehanna Thelwell and read by Jamila Evans-Rogers
“Prayer” Carol Simon
Kristen Marie Gillis
“I, too” Langston Hughes
Selected by Joshua Conyers and read by Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle
“Make Them Hear You” -from Ragtime Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
Yonathan Astatke
“Ride on King Jesus” - Hall Johnson/Arranged by Brock Tjosvold
Joshua Conyers & Yonathan Astatke
“We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” - Bernice Johnson Reagon/Arranged by Jasmine Barnes
Kearstin Piper Brown, Kristen Marie Gillis, & Rehanna Thelwell
“We Rose” Kristina Kay
Selected by Kearstin Piper Brown and read by Dr. Reverend Rickey B. Harvey
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” - John Rosemand Johnson, text
Arranged by James Weldon Johnson
This evening’s program was a collaborative effort as Jarrod Lee and Brock Tjosvold worked directly
with the singers to craft an experience that was meaningful to all. FLO would like to extend its deepest gratitude to
Jamila Rogers-Clark, Crystal Sellers Battle, and Mt. Olivet Baptist Church for serving as a partners for this event.