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Unity Festival 2013 From July 18-21, 2013 With The Hottest Hip-Hop Artists !!
Unity Festival 2013 From July 18-21, 2013 With The Hottest Hip-Hop Artists !!
Lifestyle May 29, 2013
Unity Festival is getting ready to hold its 5th annual festival, which will be held from July 18 to 21st 2013.
The festival will be participating in Canada’s National UNITY day on Saturday, July 20th with artists like Lazylegz and Scott Jackson (winner of the Beatbox) that will be headlined by MC Talib Kweli who will be celebrating the release of his milestone of Prisoner of Conscious, a critical and commercial success at the mark of his 15+ career. National UNITY day (July 20) is the celebration of Canada’s seven communities – Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Fort McMurray, and Winnipeg, which come together to encourage youths from all walks of life to tell their stories through artistic self-expression.
The mission of the Unity Charity is to empower and engage youth to become role models and leaders through artistic self-expression in their community. Michael Prosserman aka “Bboy Piecez” found the charity in 2007. Since then, the charity has reached across to 100,000 youth all across Canada by hosting an after-school program, which is designed to teach them numerous forms of positive self-expression including break dancing, spoken word, poetry, graffiti, and more.
Unity Charity attracts 10-18 year old disengaged youth who come from all walks of life. Engage, Develop, and Empower are the three key words that Unity holds close to the heart of its operation. It strives to engage these youth with professional artist educators, who teach them the arts in Breakdancing, Spoken Word, Graffiti Art, and Beat Boxing. By doing so, the youth develop multiple skills and learn the ways to connect their love for artistic self-expression while developing positive life skills. Hence, these youth become positive role models for their community.
Last year, 32,000 attended the performers watching 200 youth performers who dazzled the stage and will feature many well-known and established urban culture musical artists, which include Rahzel known as the “Godfather of Noyze” who will be headlining on Thursday, July 18th at the festival’s Sound: 2vs2 Beatboxing Battle at The Mod Club. Hip-Hop legend Talib Kweli will be performing at the Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, July 20. Rich Kidd will be opening the set.
During the four-day events, attendees will get to enjoy numerous events including the following two electrifying evenings filled with dance, rhythm, and dance battles on the stage: Kid David will be performing at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on Friday, July 19th presenting Free Your Style: Breakdancing and All Styles. On Sunday, July 21st at the Daniels Spectrum Theatre, Queen Godis will be performing at the Free Your Voice: Lyricist Battle and Showcase.
Since 2008, Unity has trained over 220 leaders and youth mentors every year, over 90 schools reached, over 45 artists employed as program facilitators, over 400 volunteers from high schools and university chapters from all around Canada. For further information on Unity, its mission, and accomplishments, please check Unity’s website: http://www.unitycharity.com/
Image & source credits: Unity Charity
http://anokhimedia.com/blog/dance-yourself-to-fitness-beyond
http://anokhimedia.com/magazine/q-a-with-musical-band-josh
http://www.rockthebells.net/
http://www.kevinnottingham.com/2013/07/15/2013-brooklyn-hip-hop-festival-recap-pics/
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