2009 Performance Schedule

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD IN HARMONY

International Youth Choir & Dance Festival

All concerts subject to change

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PRE- FESTIVAL CONCERTS

July 22, 7:30PM – North Kildonan Mennonite Bretheren Church, 1315 Gateway road, Winnepeg Manitoba

July 23, 7:30PM – United Church, St. Marys Ontario - St. Marys Children’s Choir & Rolnicka Praha’
Free will offering

July 25, 7:00PM – Stansbury Hall, Appleton, WI – Lawrence Academy of Music Cantabile Choir, WI & Mongolian Youth Dance Ensemble, Mongolia – Free will offering

July 25, 8:00PM – Northport Community Arts Center, Northport MI -Rolnicka Praha Adult Ticket: $20 Child Ticket: $5.00 (Preschool through grade 12) call our office at 231-386-5001 or order on line. Tickets also available at the door the evening of the performance

July 26, 3:00PM – First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo, MI – Schola Cantorum de Mexico, Kalamazoo Children’s Choir,& Texas Girls Choir - Free will offering

FESTIVAL CONCERTS

2:00PM – Windermere Point Resort, Mackinac Island, MI – Mariachi los Rebeldes from Phoenix, AZ

7:00PM – Charlevoix Public Library, Charlevoix, MI - Rolnicka Praha from Prague – Internet Pen Pals will make a presentation….FREE

7:30PM – Cheboygan Opera House, Cheboygan, MI – Yip’s Children’s Choir of Hong Kong.- Admission: $15.00 Adults, $5.00 Students Reserved Seating Box Office Telephone 231-627-5841 or 1-800-357-9408
dee@theoperahouse.org Tickets available at the door the evening of the performance.

PM – Muskegon, MI – Schola Cantorum de Mexico, Pending concert

8:00PM – Beaver Island Community Center, Beaver Island, MI - Mongolian Youth Dance Ensemble
Free Will Donation Accepted – www.beaverislandcommunitycenter.org
PM – Muskegon, MI Schola Cantorum de Mexico (Pending)

1:00PM – Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey, MI – Schola Cantorum de Mexico.-.FREE

1:30PM – Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey, MI - Mariachi los Rebeldes.-.FREE

6:30PM – Boyne City Park, Boyne City, MI - Rolnicka Praha Children’s Choir Folk Ensemble. – FREE

7:00PM – Cross in the Woods National Shrine, Indian River, MI - Schola Cantorum de Mexico & St. Marys Ontario Choir Free will offering

7:30PM – Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center, Harbor Springs, MI - Mongolia Youth Dancers, Odawa Youth WAGANAKISING ESHKINIIGIJIK (Young People from the Place of the Crooked Tree), Dancers Without Borders, & Yip’s Choir of Hong Kong – Tickets available at the Crooked Tree Arts Center and Between the Covers Book Store in Harbor Springs, MI. Tickets also available at the door the evening of the performance

8:00PM – Clarence A. Odmark Pavilion, Charlevoix, MI - Oltoilo Loo Nkera Maasai Children’s Choir of Kenya, Mariachi los Rebeldes of Phoenix, & Lawrence Academy Cantabile Choir of Appleton, Wisconsin …….FREE

8:00PM – Boyne City Performing Arts Center, Boyne City, MI - Rolnicka Praha Children’s Choir & Kalamazoo Children’s Choir. Tickets available by calling Boyne Country Books @ 231.582.3180. Tickets also available at the door the evening of the performance.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

7:00PM – WELCOMING CEREMONY Ottawa Stadium, Harbor Springs, MI
Hosted by the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians - WAGANAKISING ESHKINIIGIJIK
(Young People from the Place of the Crooked Tree) – FREE to the public

8:00PM – First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs, MI - Yip’s Children’s Choir of Hong Kong
Free will offering

8:00PM – Voorhies Hall, Bay View, MI - Kalamazoo Choir and Lawrence Academy- Free will offering

8:00PM – Street Musique in Harbor Springs, Harbor Springs, MI - Oltoilo Loo Nkera Maasai Children’s Choir of Kenya & Mariachi los Rebeldes of Phoenix, AZ - FREE

Friday, July, 31, 2009

12:00Noon – Mariachi los Rebeldes, Phoenix, AZ

12:30PM – Lawrence Academy of Music Cantabile Choir, Appleton, WI

1:00PM – Dancers Without Borders, MI

1:15PM – WAGANAKISING ESHKINIIGIJIK (Young People from the Place of the Crooked Tree)
Odawa singers, dancers and drummers, Northern MI

1:30PM – Mongolian “Talent” Youth Dancers, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2:00PM – Kalamazoo Children’s Choir, Kalamazoo, MI

2:30PM – Yip’s Hong Kong Children’s Choir, Hong Kong, China

3:00PM – Oitolio Loo Nkera, Maasai Children’s Choir, Transmara District, Kenya

3:30PM – St. Marys Children’s Choir, St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

4:00PM – Schola Cantorum de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

4:30PM – Rolnicka Praha Children’s Choir, Prague, Czech Republic

5:00PM – Footloose Cast, Northern MI (special guest performance)

5:30PM – Mariachi los Rebeldes, Phoenix, AZ

7:00PM – Crooked Tree Arts Center’s Ross Stoakes Theatre, Petoskey, MI - Voices Without Borders Festival Choir & special guests. Internet Pen Pals will make presentation. Invitation only for host families and Festival Volunteers.

8:30PM – Crooked Tree Arts Center’s Ross Stoakes Theatre, Petoskey, MI - Voices Without Borders Festival Choir and special guests -General public tickets, adults $ 8, children $4.available at the Crooked Tree Arts Center Box Office. Tickets available at the door the evening of the performance.

Saturday, August 1, 2009 GRAND FINALE CONCERT

John M. Hall Auditorium, Bay View, Petoskey, MI - All festival participants presenting

5:30PM – Free Dance happening at the Helicopter Pad west of John M. Hall Auditorium
Oitolio Loo Nkera, Maasai Children’s Choir, Mongolia Youth Dance Ensemble & WAGANAKISING ESHKINIIGIJIK (Young People from the Place of the Crooked Tree)

6:30PM – Free performance by Mariachi los Rebeldes on patio near the John M. Hall Auditorium

7:00PM – Ticketed performance by all participating choirs plus Dancers Without Borders, Voices Without Borders Festival Choir, in the John M. Hall Auditorium as the finale of the evenings activities. The Concert will conclude with all 400 festival participants singing in the Festival’s Massed Choirs.

General admission tickets are: adults $12 child $5 (Bay View members: $5 adults and $5 children with Bay View Identification and coupon ONLY at Bay View Ticket window). General admission tickets also available at the Crooked Tree Arts Center. Tickets also available at the door the evening of the performance.

ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

PARTICIPATING PERFORMING GROUPS

Dancers Without Borders – Dancers from Charlevoix and Emmet Counties, Michigan
Kalamazoo Children’s Choir from Kalamazoo, Michigan
Lawrence University Cantabile Choir from Appleton, Wisconsin
Mariachi los Rebeldes from Phoenix, Arizona
Oltolio Loo Nkera (Children Voices) Maasai Children’s Choir from Transmara District, Kenya
Mongolian Children’s Palace “Talent” Dance Ensemble from UlaanBaatar, Mongolia
Schola Cantorum de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Waganakising Eshkiniigijik (Young People from the Place of the Crooked Tree) Odawa youth from Northern Michigan
Rolnicka Praha Children’s Choir from Prague, Czech Republic
St. Marys Children’s Choir from St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
Yip’s Children’s Choir from Hong Kong, China
Voices Without Borders International Festival Choir