Celebrate African American history month with dance

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and Northwest Tap Connection present: An African American Odyssey, telling the rich story of African American History through song, dance and spoken word. 

Saturday, February 21, 11am

Shorewood High School Theater

17300 Fremont Ave. N.

Shoreline , WA 98133

Tickets: $8, available at Brown Paper Tickets

With a mosaic of movement, performers from the all-ages dance company Northwest Tap Connection interpret the economic, social, political, artistic and racial imprints that have cultivated the black experience in American culture.

Outlined in the performance are: stories of the slave ships; emancipation proclamation; reconstruction; the black church; black colleges; civil rights movement, and black artists. This entertaining and uplifting performance is a “gem of a program” for all ages and backgrounds. The Northwest Tap Connection is under the enthusiastic direction of Ms. Melba Ayco. Tickets available now at Brown Paper Tickets.

Funding for this performance in provided, in part, by 4Culture, City of Shoreline, and City of Lake Forest Park.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture and support the arts in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.