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Standing-room crowd gathers for Juneteenth celebration at Norton Museum of Art
Summary
The Norton Museum of Art’s Juneteenth program in West Palm Beach drew a standing-room-only crowd with dance, spoken word and community activities highlighting the African American experience, reporter Cheryl Conn said.
The Juneteenth celebration at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach drew a standing-room-only crowd, featuring dance performances, spoken-word pieces and community dance lessons, reporter Cheryl Conn said.
Organizers presented a program focused on the African American experience that combined performances by youth dancers, music and interactive lessons. Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, has been a federal holiday since 2021 and has been celebrated in Black communities, especially in the South, since 1866.
Young dancers from Northwood Village’s Soul Movement performed a range of pieces, including a lively tap routine, an arrangement of an Aretha Franklin classic and an African dance accompanied by drums that prompted audience members to stand, according to Conn. The event also included spoken-word performances and short dance lessons; a moment of instruction in rhythm was punctuated by a counted cue, “5, 6, 7, 8,” in the program narration.
Organizers had said they hoped the event would bring people together, and Conn reported that the program achieved that goal. The reporter closed the segment by noting that the Juneteenth celebration continued after the program she described.
This account is based on a WPB TV report by Cheryl Conn.
