december, 2019



Event Details
New Bern Jonkonnu Band Children’s Museum of Virginia Saturday, December 7:11-11:30am and 2-2:30pm Commemorate 400 years of African-American history with the sights and sounds of the New Bern Jonkonnu Band. See a 19th
Event Details
New Bern Jonkonnu Band
Children’s Museum of Virginia
Saturday, December 7:11-11:30am and 2-2:30pm
Commemorate 400 years of African-American history with the sights and sounds of the New Bern Jonkonnu Band. See a 19th Century African-American Yule Tide tradition come to life during a parade of vibrant post-colonial period costumes, energetic dance, and powerful percussion music played on traditional African instruments. Hear the songs that expressed the enslaved African’s hope for a better future, provided road maps and signals for those seeking to escape bondage, or to merely spread the latest gossip about the private lives of rich planters and businessmen of the time. Performance will take place inside the Children’s Museum of Virginia followed by sidewalk parades to the Portsmouth Public Libraries Main Branch on Court St.
Time
(Saturday) 11:00 am - 2:30 pm