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The Thirteenth Annual Community Dinner
was Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 1 PM
McDougle School Cafetorium
900 Old Fayetteville Rd. in Carrboro
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The Community Dinner is a community building event, crossing economic, racial, religious and ethnic barriers and presenting a wealth of wonderful, culturally diverse food and entertainment.
A large number of the tickets for the dinner are distributed to people who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend. You can feed a family of four with a $22 donation.
The Community Dinner is not a fundraising event, but rather an awareness raising event, designed to bring people from all walks of life together for an afternoon of great food and entertainment.
The 2010 Community Dinner
This year on stage we had Carrboro's Poet Laureate, Jay Bryan, reciting his poem "Unfolding A Pie", the Peruvian band Ameri-Kantu, The Mighty Gospel Inspirations, The Emerson Waldorf School Jazz Club, North Carolina Arts in Action and John McNeal, Nat Smith and Meredith Nye. In the entry this year we had the Signsations. More info...
Displays in the corridor leading to the Cafetorium offer information from groups partnering with the Dinner, explaining who they are and what they do to make our community a better place.
Again this year, Muriel Williman of Orange County Solid Waste coordinated making the event a Zero Waste Community Event (95% composted or recycled) with all of our dinnerware made from compostable materials.
 SEEKING VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS AND DONORS
 We are always seeking volunteers to help prepare for the dinner, including advance and day of preparations, so keep us in mind if you have some time you can give as we look forward to 2011.
Our committee can always use more members and fresh ideas!
We are also always seeking donations of both food and money to help pay for dinners for the less fortunate in our community. All groups and food donors are recognized above. Individual financial donors are recognized on our Donors page. If you can, make a pledge for our 2011 dinner! |
OUR 2010 SPONSORS: Strowd-Roses Foundation, Mama Dip's Kitchen, The Carolina Inn, Bandidos Mexican Cafe, Mint Indian Restaurant, The Carrboro Citizen, Chapel Hill News, 1360 WCHL, The Independent Weekly, WCOM 103.5 FM, The Carrboro Branch Library, The Cultural Arts Group, UniqueOrn Enterprises & Carrboro.com, The Town of Carrboro, The Town of Chapel Hill, The Friends of the Pearl and Robert Seymour Center, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Chapel Hill Kehillah, Carol Woods Retirement Community, St Paul AME Church, The Chapel Hill Museum Shop, Inter Faith Council, The Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations, Orange County Commission for Economic Development, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Orange County Libraries-Cedar Grove Branch, Kol-Haskalah-a Humanistic Jewish Congregation, The Carrboro UPS store, Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce, Townsend, Bertram and Company, Town Planner, The Church of the Advocate, Foundation for a Sustainable Community, Balloons and Tunes, Gephart Marketing Solutions and Signs Now.
OUR 2010 FOOD DONORS so far: Mama Dip's Kitchen, The Carolina Inn, Bandido's Mexican Cafe, Mint Indian Restaurant, Jade Palace, Open Eye Cafe, The Chapel Hill Restaurant Group (411 West, Squids, 518 West, Spanky's & Mez), Margaret's Cantina, 35 Chinese Restaurant, kugels from members of the Chapel Hill Kehillah, Hadassah, Bonne Soiree Restaurant, Il Palio Ristorante , Chapel of the Cross, Mediterranean Deli, Harris Teeter North, Weaver Street Market, Whole Foods Market, Trader Joes, PYA, Orell, Sysco, Sugarland, Ford Produce, Harris Teeter, Fresh Market and Kroger.
OUR COOKS:
In 2010, Mildred Council, from Mama Dip's Kitchen coordinated the menu and, together with the Carolina Inn, Bandido's Mexican Cafe and Mint Indian Restaurant, will provide the Dinner's main courses.
In addition, many local restaurants and churches donate side dishes and desserts to complete the feast. This gave attendees the opportunity to taste food from our many community partners who contributed dishes, all in one place. |
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OUR 2010 PERFORMERS:
Our emcee was Ron Stutts, long-time announcer at WCHL Radio. Ron has been waking up the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community since the 70s. Wake up with Ron and the WCHL Morning News, from 6 to 9am, Monday through Friday for the latest local stories, weather, sports, traffic, live interviews with the people of our community, and a little touch of irreverance thrown in for good measure. When Ron's not on the air, he's probably getting ready to emcee an event like ours.
Our Spanish language Emcee was be Marisol Silva. She is a native of Equador and worked at El Centro Latino until its closure in December 2009.
Our bagpiper who led you to the front door was Yance Covington. Yance is available for special occasions and will travel anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina or Virginia. For bookings email Ycovington@gmail.com.
The Signsations are a performing group composed of elementary and middle school students, who interpret songs into American Sign Language and perform these songs for various audiences, including schools, community groups, church groups, and community events. The performance is unique and is designed to allow audiences to visually experience through the expressive songs - a communicative mode that is beautiful, artistic, humorous and emotionally stimulating. Our goal is not only to entertain audiences, but to introduce them to the beautiful artistry of which Sign Language is composed.
Ameri-Kantu (the magic music of the andes) is forceful, beautiful song. It's the expression of Latin American villagers who hope to realize the dreams of their ancestors and to reach every heart in the world, leaving in the depth of their souls the loving sounds of their charango, their panpies, their flutes, and their voices. Music is a vital element in man's struggle to maintain his heritage and traditions, and to preserve his knowledge of the culture of mankind. This is our dream and will always be our reason for living.
The EWS Jazz Club is a group of students at the Emerson Waldorf School who get together weekly to play jazz and other music. The band is comprised of middle school students directed by Dr. Erich Lieth.
The mission of the group is to study jazz by playing in ensemble and performing publicly.
Founded in 2005, North Carolina Arts in Action is dedicated to transforming the lives of children through the arts.
NC Arts in Action is an affiliate program of the National Dance Institute (NDI) of New York, founded by acclaimed dancer and arts-educator, Jacques dAmboise, who serves as Artistic and Program Advisor to NC Arts in Action and is a member of its Board of Directors.
Our NDI-trained teaching artists set an environment of high expectations and transcend barriers of language, culture and physical challenges, reaching each child to help him achieve his/her personal best.
The Mighty Gospel Inspirations have been singing as a group since 1987. They are fully charted and recognized by the state and federal government as being a professional gospel recording quartet.
They perform at various community events, and at senior centers, universities, weddings, family reunions and other private engagements.
Members of the group are Mike and Kenneth Sanders, Larry Perry, Robert Waldrop, Dwight Walker and James Bailey. They have recorded three CDs and are currently working on their fourth. Their motto is "We will never look down on a man unless we are picking him up."
John McNeal, Nat Smith and Meredith Nye will be performing mountain songs and fiddle tunes. They've been playing together for 10 years. Their sound is influenced by elements of folk, bluegrass, celtic and old time country blues.
Running sound this year was Erich Lieth.
 2010 Forms:
2009 Press:
♦ Sunday dinner celebrates community's diversity - by Nerys Levy - Feb.25, 2009 Chapel Hill News
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