24697: (announcement) Haitian composer and musicians to perform at benefit

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Friday, April 8th Benefit Performance, 8:00pm

/TransAfrica Voices/, Tawes Theatre at the University of Maryland, 
College Park

On Friday evening, April 8th TransAfrica Forum will host an evening of 
song, dance, poetry and prose that will chronicle the struggle and 
triumphs of African people and the present day work of the organization. 
Performers will include *Danny Glover, Bernice Johnson Reagon, poet 
Sonia Sanchez, Haitian composer and musician Jean Jean-Pierre and The 
Faces of Haiti, West African performance company Farafina Kan, local 
spoken word artists Omekongo Dibinga, Johonna McCants, Bomani Armah, 
Kesha Robertson- Jamaal and more. *

Patrons can purchase tickets on-line, 24 hours a day at: 
*www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu* 
<http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/>.  They also can purchase 
tickets by phone from 11am to 9pm by calling: 301.405.ARTS.  The box 
office will open at 7pm on Friday, April 8th, and will remain open until 
9pm.

The benefit performance will take place at the Tawes Theatre 
<http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/>, University of Maryland, College 
Park, MD.