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SoRo, Inc. ~ South Robertson Neighborhoods Council, Inc. |
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2861 SOUTH ROBERTSON BOULEVARD - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90034
PHONE
310-836-7979 - SEND E-MAIL AREA MAP |
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SoRo, Inc. is semi-inactive right now, but serves in co-sponsorship of the Festival and collaborates with SORO NC. For
Neighborhood Council information, community inquiries, improvements, questions, suggestions or complaints, please go to SORONC.ORG Thank you. |
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Mark your Calendars! The 13th Annual
South Robertson (SoRo) Community Festival will take place on Sunday, June 6, 2010 from 11 am to 4 pm. Free, open to all!
The SoRo Community Festival is located on South Robertson
Boulevard, between Cattaraugus and Beverlywood St. (just north of Hamilton High School & the 10 Fwy). The goals of the SoRo Community Festival are to build bridges amongst our neighbors, local
businesses, schools and public service organizations and to celebrate the cultural diversity of our community. The Festival will include activities for kids, ethnic food, a live music stage and lots of
exciting artist and vendor booths. Plus this year, the Festival will feature as special sections, where you can obtain free information regarding Emergency Preparedness and Green Living for you and your
family.
Admission to the Festival is FREE. Street parking is available. We look forward to seeing you at this year's festival! If you have a business or organization that you would like to
feature at a booth at this year's SoRo Festival, please click below for the following downloadable forms:
Letter: Letter 2010.pdf
Booth Application: Booth Appl 2010.pdf Tee Shirt Application:
T-Shirt Appl 2010.pdf Sponsor Opportunities:
Sponsor Opps 10.pdf Booth Sponsor:
Booth Sponsor 2010.pdf
View the SoRo Festival Public Service Announcement (PSA) below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6PbzJLZrn0
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2004 - Festival Photos
- slide show #1
2004 - Festival Photos -slide show #2
SORO put together a FABULOUS 7th Annual Street Festival on Sun. June 6, 2004 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The theme was "It's a SoRo World – Celebrating Cultural Diversity" On South Robertson Boulevard, between Beverlywood
Street & Cattaraugus Admission was FREE !!!
- - Live Entertainment was on stage all day long!
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ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP
NEWS RELEASE
The festival featured
: Wooden Dance Floor – Salsa Lessons! / Vendor Booths from 'Soup to Nuts'! / Vegetarian, Ethnic and Kosher Food
from: Haifa, Glatt's Grill, Bertha's Tamales, / Bowers Gourmet Sausages, St. Marks and Ice Cream Man.
For children: Camp SoRo's Free Arts and Crafts!/ Moon
Bounce and Moon Slide!/
Elementary School Games! / Fun and Entertainment for All Ages!
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2003 - Festival photos 2003 We had a really great Festival !!
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"It's A SoRo World – A Rainbow of Music and Dance" ~
COME TO OUR 6th Annual Community Festival !!!
June 8, 2003 - 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
On South Robertson Blvd. between Pico & AirdromeThis will be the 6th
Annual, Fun-filled Street Festival Sponsored by the South Robertson Neighborhoods Council, the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department along with Council District 5 and Council District 10.
Special features include Tango Lessons on the Festival Dance Floor, a wide range of fabulous musical and dance groups and troops on stage and food from around the world, including
Kosher.
The ever-popular Camp SoRo, featuring the Moon Bounce and Slide will be run by Hamilton High School Students and Castle Heights Girl Scouts.
A spicy mix of crafts and vendor booths, including demonstrations, will offer delights for every age group. For further information, contact Terry Ring Schonwald (310)
836-0644. Admission is Free. Come celebrate and connect with our vibrant community. |
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Entertainment Schedule:
Featuring DJ John Lacker
And Live Sound Concepts
Sound System
Mark Bosserman
11:00am Liza's Dancers 11:30am Voices of conscience 11:45am Hamilton High School Jazz Combo 12:30pm UNCLE RUTHIE 1:00pm Yolanda Rossi and MOti's Tango Lessons 1:45pm Alla Feldman's Balletic Workmen Circle Dance Troop 2:15pm Joy Graysen 2:45pm
State of Confusion 3:15pm – 4:00pm |
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Festival Booth Sponsors: Alexander Protective Service
Baby Phat
Brookes Pottery & Restoration
Castle Heights Girl Scouts
Fine Art by Barbara Mendes
First Federal Bank of California
Friends of Robertson Library
Full Time Diva
Golden Temple/Yogi Tea
HUC Skirball Cultural Center
Jewish Family Services
Judaica Shelanu
L. A. D.W.P.
LANI-L.A. Neighborhood Initiative
Many Paws
Nex Shi Inc.
Phantastic Photography
Red Cross First Aid
Robert Warner Leather
Silver Arts & Crafts w/Damon Harris
Southern California Gem Stones
Speaker of the Asmbly Herb Wesson
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Ch Books
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Chch Gifts
Taylor'd Made and More
Texxtures, Inc.
Under Pop
Wells Fargo Bank
Workmen's Circle
Young Israel of Beverly Hills |
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Food Booth Sponsors:
B. & H. International Bakery
Bertha's Tamales
Haifa Restaurant
Le Petit Jardin
St. Mark's Coptic Church/Beverly FalafelSoRo would like to thank the following sponsors
for their gracious and generous donations to the "It's A SoRo World – A Rainbow of Music and Dance" Festival.
Council members:
Jack Weiss –5th District
Nate Holden – 10th District BreitBurn Energy Company |
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2002 - Festival Photos We had an exciting STREET FAIR - SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2002
Time: 11 am - 5 pm
"IT'S A SORO WORLD " - a celebration of community on Robertson Blvd. between Pico and Airdrome.
- Live entertainment!
- Terrific food! - VEGETARIAN, FRENCH, ASIAN, KOSHER and more!
- Dancing!
- Local Merchants!
- Games and rides for children in Camp SoRo!
This event was co-sponsored by:
- Council District 5 - JACK WEISS
- Council District 10 - NATE HOLDEN
- Cultural Affairs Dept., City of Los Angeles
Festival Chair: Mary Guirgui |
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2001 Festival Photos (
below) - Paul Levy, photographer |
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Musical Press Notes & Schedule for SoRo Festival 2001
11 - 11:45 a.m. (all time string band) Southern Exposure -
Listening to five string banjoist, Steve Lewis, and his band, Southern Exposure, is like taking a trip back to a time when you rolled up your sleeves, kicked off your shoes and danced till the
sun peeped over the horizon. The four piece band plays the kind of music that would evolve into today's country and western and blue grass music.
Their repertoire ranges from contras to
square and from minstrels to the familiar ballads of Stephen Foster. They have played throughout Southern California for the past ten years including the Summer Solstice Festival and the 40th
Anniversary of the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest where the band's fiddler, Dan Slosberg, won 2nd place. Southern Exposure may be seen every Sunday night at Highland Grounds in Los Angeles. 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. (Country) Cowpie - Some years ago, on a hot summer night, four guitar pickers met at a tent revival meeting on the Mississippi River. They soon discovered
their shared love of song, Southerners and farming. Later, they convened at the annual Future Farmers of America convention in Des Moines, Iowa and formed the band Cowpie. Since then, they have
traveled the backwaters of America playing small towns and combing the used record bins of discount stores looking for and playing the true sound of country. Now, in their debut Los Angeles
appearance, they bring the once lost, but now found, good old sound of country. Do not miss this down home treasure from the back roads of Dixie.
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. (Pop) Everyman - This eclectic quintet draws their inspiration from such diverse musical corners as the British Invasion of the 1960's and the country-influenced
Southern California folk-rock of the of the 1970's to the experimental fusion artists of the 1980's (with a little Gershwin thrown in for good measure). Dynamic and energetic, they have been
described by one critic as a "cross between Counting Crows and the Black Crows." With their powerful vocals, breathtaking guitar work and finely crafted arrangements, Everyman displays
a pop sensibility seldom seen on the Los Angeles club circuit. This democratic group can make you think and dance at the same time. Everyman can be seen, from time to time, at Rusty's™ Surf
Ranch in Santa Monica
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. (Salsa) Susie Hansen and her Latin Jazz Band - www.susiehansen.com
Ms. Hansen is an electric violinist who combines the traditions of Cuban Salsa with contemporary jazz. Los Angeles Times' Don Heckman calls her style of
dance music "physically moving as it is intellectually stimulating."
She was recently featured as the solo violinist for Cuba's premier orchestra, Orquesta Los Van Van. Her
appearances include the Playboy Jazz Festival, Fiesta Broadway, and the Newport Beach Jazz Festival. She has recorded with Tito Puente, Vikki Carr and Francisco Aquabella. Her debut album,
Solo Flight, is available on Jazz Caliente. Incidentally, her father, James Hansen, recently retired from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after performing as a violinist for 37
years.
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. - California Dance Center
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Sunday June 11, 2000,
the 3rd Annual "A SENSE OF SORO" Street Festival.
It was a great success!
Here's what the schedule looked like:
EVENTS: "Kick-Off Walk" 11 a.m. to Noon
and "Festival" Noon to 5 p.m.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT! GREAT FOOD! TERRIFIC SHOPPING!
CAMP SORO FOR CHILDREN! FAMILY FUN FOR ALL!
____________________________________________________- MUSICAL LINEUP - Read more about these great bands!!
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Wozani - South African Rock and Funk
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Southern Exposure — Traditional American
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Susie Hansen and her Latin Jazz Band - Salsa & Jazz
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Lisa Hayley and the Zydekats — Global Zydeco
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
California Dance Center____________________________________________________-
FOOD BOOTHS
Domino's Pizza
Frontier Kettle Korn
La Cuisine
Omena's Gourmet Kitchen
LOCATION: ON ROBERTSON BLVD., BETWEEN CATTARAGUS AND BEVERLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90034
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