Music, Events, Theatre
 
 

Schedule of events

To benefit

The John Dau Foundation

Saturday and Sunday July 26 & 27

Brattleboro, Vermont

Hayward Garden, Westminster West:

Sat., July 26 - BRATTLEBORO:

  • Noon – 3:00 PM – John Dau and other Lost Boys, namely Atem Deng, Achier Mou and Deng Adit,  meet with a group of young people at The Guilford Church to see the film GOD GREW TIRED OF US.
  • 4:00 – 4:30  - Latchis Theater, Brattleboro – Music by  Youssoupha Sidibe, Kora master from Senegal
  • 4:30 – 6:30 Screening of GOD GREW TIRED OF US in the main theater at The Latchis, 50 Main Street, Brattleboro.  John Dau,  whose story is told in the film, will introduce the movie.  $10 tickets available at the door.
  • 6:30 – 8:30 – Buffet reception at The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center catered by Tristan Toleno of The Riverview Café, for the public,  John Dau and other former Lost Boys. Cash wine bar by Marty Ramsburg of Windham Wines. During the reception, balafon music (a West African xylophone) with Steve Leicach.  Tickets are $30 per person; reservations required.
  • Tickets for the BMAC reception can be purchased for $30 at the following:

  Everyone’s Books, 23 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT

802-254-8160

  Windham Wines next to The Latchis Theater, Brattleboro, VT,  802-254-6400

  Misty Valley Books, Main Street, Chester, VT

802-875-3400

  Verde for Home and Garden, 133 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 802-258-3908

  Walker Farm, Rte 5, Dummerston, VT

802-254-2051

  Gordon Hayward

802-387-4766

Sunday, July 27: THE HAYWARD GARDEN, WESTMINSTER WEST, VT

  • $10 tickets available in the garden
  • 1:00 Introduction by John Dau and other former Lost Boys of the afternoon’s events.
  • 1:30 – Opportunity to join talking-circles throughout the garden led by former Lost Boys
  • 2:00 -  Balafon music, African drumming, and Afro-Carribean percussion instruments with Steve Leicach.
  • 2:30 – See the gardens with Gordon and Mary Hayward or Kew trained gardener Viki Ferennia, visit concession stands, have Malian food from Dieneba Macalou and family from Malian Cuisine in Brattleboro
  • 3:00 - African drumming with John Hughes and his drummers
  • 3:30 – 1 hour concert by Youssoupha Sidibe with the Kora in the garden
  • 4:30 – 5:00 - Conversations with the Lost Boys, Youssoupha,  food, wander in the garden

African Concessions:

  • Copies of the documentary film GOD GREW TIRED OF US for sale
  • Amie Walter from African Woven Arts in Bellows Falls selling African fabrics and clothing
  • CD’s of Youssoupha Sidibe’s music will be for sale.
  • Beadwork to support the 15 member Maasai Osotua Women’s Group from Kenya will also be for sale. The mother of Musa Seno, a Maasai living in Putney, VT, is a member of this women’s group.
  • Bill and Lynne Reed from Misty Valley Books in Chester will be selling books about or set in Africa.

Directions to Hayward Garden

508 McKinnon Road, Westminster West, VT 05346

Phone:  802-387-4766

From Points South or North coming on I-91

  • Take I-91 north or south to Exit 4, the Putney exit
  • When you get off Interstate 91, get onto Route 5 North.
  • Go about ½ mile into the center of Putney Village
  • Turn left just by The Putney General Store onto the Westminster Road
  • Go exactly four miles to the second entrance to McKinnon Road. That is, McKinnon is a U shaped road and comes out twice onto the Westminster West Road. Pass the first entrance; pass Josh Gold Pottery and then take the second entrance.
  • Turn hard right on McKinnon and you will be shown where to park.

 

 
 
 
 
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