ARCHIVE 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! 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!

2003 - Festival photos 2003 We had a really great Festival !! ************************************************* "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 & Airdrome This 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.

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

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

Food Booth Sponsors: B. & H. International Bakery Bertha's Tamales Haifa Restaurant Le Petit Jardin St. Mark's Coptic Church/Beverly Falafel SoRo 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

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

2001 Festival Photos (below) - Paul Levy, photographer

 

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                                                        Top

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                                                      Top