Nana Korantema and the Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble Alumni present
A Cultural Arts Community
Renaissance Affair
Bonnell Auditorium
Community
College of Philadelphia
The Program
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo and the African Ensemble
Ghana Highlife
The Arthur Hall Alumni Tribute
Poem by Melvin Purnell
Read by Maxine Canada Brown
Won Ba Aye
Tigere Genre
Dondo Swing
The Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble Alumni
Salaam Alleikum
Drum corps with stiltwalker
Ode to Yemanya
Debra Kodish
Lois Fernandez
Ione Nash
The Grand Procession
and
Introduction of Five Kings of the Asona Aberade Shrine
to the Philadelphia Community
Nana Kwame Topra, Asonahene, King of the Asona Clan
Nana Kofi Asante, Nkosuohene, King of Develepment
Nana Yaw Aboagye, Asukwahene, King Drummer for the Asona Aberade Shrine
Nana Akosua Anima, Gyaasehene, King Administrator to the Akomfohene
Nana Kwame Opare, Saanahene, King of the Treasury
Program Participants
African Ensemble Members
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Okomfo Asuo Opare
Nana Yaw Aboagye
Terrell Johnson
Steve Jackson
Rita Cottman-Johnson
Okomfo Kweku Menu
Aba Oyedi
Nana Kofi Asante
Nana Kwame Opare
Nana Akosua Anima
The Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble Alumni
Female Dancers
Rita Cottman-Johnson
Barbara Kinney
Cyndi "Nsiah" Strothers
Maxine Canada Brown
Monzella Khalilah Allen
Carmen Butler
Sharon Ingram-Nix
Wilhelmena Smalls-Fisher
Aba Oyedi
Anya Allen-Bailey
Andrea Jordon
Vernetta Forrest-Burger
Shirley Phelps-Pollard
Male Dancers
James Marshall
Ricky Crosswell
Joseph Bryant
Okomfo Asuo Opare
Christopher Holmes
Musicians
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Steve Jackson
Tom Smart
Lawrence Lamumba Clark
Andre Vernon Forest
Jerome Williams
Daryl "Kwasi" Burgee
Quadell Brytiece Wallace
Costumes
Aba Oyedi
Wilhelmena Smalls-Fisher
Stage Manager
Maxine Canada Brown
Producers
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Nana Kofi Asante
Dr. Barbara C. Wallace, also known as Nana Ohemaa Agyiriwa, II
50 Years and Counting - Program publication
2008 Program on two DVDs in the Arthur Hall Collection
Index of the Alumni subdirectory