Gates to the Bessie Smith Strut open at 5 p. For more information, visit www. Like last year, the Bessie Smith Strut will be fenced in and an admission fee has been imposed. Children 6 and under are free. The Bessie Smith Cultural Center will have reserved seating on the patio, which includes bathroom access and a beverage station. Please call the Center at for additional details. After paying for the expenses associated with hosting the Strut, what will happen to the remaining money?
The organization also wishes to ensure the sustainability of this legendary street fest by establishing start-up funds for the Strut. Should funds remain, they will be reinvested in the Martin Luther King corridor and in the community to ensure that the Bessie Smith Cultural Center has programs that support the mission of the center, which is to be the premier interdisciplinary cultural center that promotes cultural, educational, and artistic excellence; fosters the research and education of African and African American heritage; collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits art relating to the history and culture; and provides a venue that allows the community to celebrate through education, art and entertainment.
While the Strut will be enclosed with fencing this year, there will be three entrances that will provide easy and direct access to the street fest. Strut goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, cameras, and special needs assistive devices to the Strut. However, the following items are prohibited:. Strut goers and their belongings are subject to search upon entry and re-entry of the Bessie Smith Strut. Vendors: All vendors will undergo a permitting process and no outlaw vendors are permitted.
Additionally, all beer permit holders have undergone training to promote safety and compliance. Logistics: The Strut site has an approved logistics plan to enhance safety. Additionally, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center will utilize Team Captains throughout the site to provide information to event participants to enhance the experience. Children Supervision Required at the Strut: All children 17 and under are required to be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or responsible adult.
TheatreQuest, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre teen interest group, will present an Original Coffeehouse Cabaret featuring comic works written, directed, and performed by teenagers, on Friday, The Chattanooga Theatre Centre will hold auditions for Kenneth Jones' Alabama Story, a new play inspired by real events that touch on censorship and civil rights in Montgomery, on Monday Andy Harnsberger. But the crowds came and made the event a big success.
The News-Free Press reported on Aug. Young and old, black and white, the hip and those earnestly wanting to be hip responded to the festival's call for unity and community spirit and converged on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for the Bessie Smith Strut, creating a sea of humanity dotted with brightly colored balloons. As festival president, I was quoted: "The whole idea of strutting, is you move life.
You don't need to be moving lazy. The Strut started on the corner of the newly named M. King Boulevard and Georgia Avenue.
Three flatbed trucks provided stages for the musical artists. London Branch trumpet of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga music department, with jazz vocals by Gina Hill from Atlanta kicked things off at p. Its inspiration came from two sources — the leaders in the marching bands the drum major and the majorettes and the street bands in New Orleans who strutted to jazz music under their fancy and elaborate umbrellas.
Music lovers poured into the first Strut from all over — downtown Chattanooga, the mountains and around the Southeast. They strutted from one stage to another and sat on street corners and lawn chairs while savoring turkey legs, barbecue and other sundry items. The crowd increased as it strutted to the next flatbed truck, which featured The Impressions, a well-known vocal quartet. Randall Gray, a News-Free Press staff writer, described the group as "resplendent in their burnt orange costumes as they began to take the stage.
One resident from M. King Boulevard remarked, "Oh, I just think this is grand!
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