Day 1. Thursday, February 16, Springhill
Celebration Kick Off at the Cotton Club Museum
837 SE 7th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
- 4-5 Kick-Off
Visit Heartwood Farmer’s Market and South Main Station to check in at Sarah’s Greenway Festival information booth. Grab a free market tote bag and festival map, and try the walk on down to CCMCC!- Bounce House
- Line Dancers
- Music (playlist of blues and jazz)
- Tour of Museum including new display of 3 Springhill Neighbors
- 4:30 Video Interviews with Springhill Neighbors + Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (ongoing, meet and hear from neighbors who will be recording their stories throughout the evening)
- Panel, Neighbors and former neighbors talk about what it’s meant grow up on Springhill.
- 5:00 Gospel Music
- Mt. Olive A. M. E. Church
- Lanard Perry
- 6:00 Dinner served
- 6:30 Locally produced documentary “Sarah’s Place” on Ms. Sarah McKnight
- 7:15 Introduction of Speaker
- 7:20 Speaker, Dr. Gloria McKnight Swopes, Daughter of Mrs. Sarah McKnight
- 7:50 Q & A
- 8:15 Did you know? Historical Facts about Springhill and Heartwood!
- 8:20 Neighborhood Plans, (Monica Frazier)
- Cotton Club Museum Plans (Vivian Filer)