Step, stroll, dance and tap will be on full display as part of the “Our Blackness, Our Heritage” seventh annual extravaganza.
Presented by the Barbea Williams Performing Company, the Saturday, Feb. 24, event aims to foster community, collaboration and culture in a family-friendly atmosphere during Black History Month.
This year’s special guests are Syncopated Ladies, a female tap dance band from Los Angeles.
The group — created by critically acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer, Chloe Arnold — has performed on ABC’s Good Morning America and was seen on season 11 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” as the winner of the first dance crew battle, according to a news release.
They’ve even gotten a shout-out from the queen herself, Beyoncé, of course, for their viral video covering the hit song “Formation.” Beyoncé shared the video on her social media.
The show, at Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway, starts at 4 p.m., but doors open at 3 for a pre-show event with vendors.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children through tucne.ws/oboh2024.
Chyrl Hill Lander began her work on the Dunbar Coalition after her husband, Cressworth Lander, died in 2015. Cressworth Lander attended the segregated school for Black children in Tucson and was active on the coalition to preserve the historic building. Hill Lander said she wants to make sure her husband's work is completed.
