Heritage Days

Heritage Days Fundraising Events

(These events are to help raise funds for Heritage Days Celebration)

Heritage Days Forms

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Usually held in November, Penn Center’s Heritage Days Celebration is a three-day cultural event celebrating Penn School/Penn Center, and the Gullah Geechee history, folk arts, food, music, crafts, and West and Central African cultural legacy of the region.

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"Heritage Days participants will experience the West African connections to Gullah/Geechee traditions through:

  • De Gullah Roots Village including p

    resentations by Gullah/Geechee artisans and re-enactors

  • Center Stage performances

  • An educational symposium 

  • Genealogy Workshop

  • Fish fry, crab crack, & oyster roast with Motown and R&B music and dancing

     

  • Artists and Authors Row

  • Vendors Market

  • Parade

  • Youth & Family Day in particular features lots of educational "fun fuh de chillun and famlee" (fun for the children and family)."

  • There will also be a special highlight on the Divine 9, HBCUs and fraternal orders during the annual celebration including the "Divine 9 Southern Soul Step Show."

We need friends like you to support Heritage Days!

For sponsorship opportunities, call (843) 838-2474, or email info@penncenter.com with "Heritage Days Sponsorship" in the subject line.