Winooski Friendship Festival

I'm the You want to take some of these to your parents? You're adult. >> Yeah. There you go. Do you WANT A STICKER? >> WHAT'S your name? >> Danish H. >> Danish. Oh, I like that name. My name's Hannah. Is Batman your favorite superhero? I'm actually Listen, I'm a Spider-Man fan myself. >> Okay, let me just pause for this one, then I will. All right. >> Oh, you want to take OUT a lot of people here. Okay, here we go. Come here. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. >> All right. She's right here. Right here. How you doing? >> Good. >> How are you? >> Not bad. >> Just getting inside. >> Yeah. Sat out with parking for a little bit. >> It's not raining now. Trump was my last you and you'll see your um >> that's how much >> Don't worry. WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T CARE. That was just like just like perfect. Can I get a picture of you with >> Can you hold it for the house? >> That's beautiful. You guys look great. [laughter] >> Thank you very much. >> I have our Champ one second. Okay. going to be. >> So, you're checking something out. >> Yeah. >> You can switch it for a different flavor. I know. I really like her chapstick. Roie right there. Oh, that's nasty. too. >> Okay. Wait, can I go? All right. What do you want? >> Just remind you pick your feet up some. a little pterodactyl. >> You like it? >> Yeah. >> It's the longest. >> I mean, they're all easy. Oh yeah. >> Hi, my name is Ruth Steinmets and I am at the Wooki Friendship Festival. It's the first ever of this kind of event and we hope to have it as an annual event. I am here at the rice dish comp. Ooh, I am here at the rice dish competition. That's a mouthful. And we are enjoying tasty rice dishes brought to you by home chefs and restaurants. And that includes caterers. And there are judges who are officially judging the dishes. And there's also a crowd favorite segment where the crowd gets to taste the dishes and pick their favorite of the restaurants. And there have been several other uh things happening today beginning with the music concert that happened earlier. And there are some fun games and activities outside like a bouncy castle, uh mini golf, uh train rides, trirley whirly, cotton candy, bounce house, it's it's a blast. Well, seeing as yesterday was such a perfect day, we were hoping that today would be similar uh in terms of having a sunny day. In fact, we wanted to have all these festivities except for the music concert outside. But with the rain, we had to quickly pivot and bring some of the activities in inside like the rice dish competition. And we really want to have like an outdoor event where people can come in with their picnic baskets and you don't have to spend money to be part of this event. The rice dishes are free. People can come in with their food and have a community potluck and their activities are all free. So it was really meant to be a family fun day that is outdoors enjoying good weather without the bugs. That's why we picked this time of the year. And it was just a a little bit disappointing that it's it was rainy, but we have pivoted like all Vermonters do and we're still having fun. >> Show some of the young folks that whatever you believe you can achieve just like the young folks that were on this stage. And speaking of people who has done something that has not been done in Vermont before or has the celebration come to our people state, ladies and gentlemen, I'd love to welcome to the stage Vermont's first Miss Black USA Harmony. [applause and cheering] >> Hi everyone. How's it going? [cheering] >> I'm going to project my voice. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yes. Awesome. Awesome. So, my name is Harmony Adosan. I was formerly Miss Black Vermont, but earlier this month in August, I took a long journey to Washington DC where I competed against other states. And now I am Miss Black USA. [cheering] [applause] >> With that, I won a full ride to law school. I'm on a modeling contract with MMG and a lot of other perks. So, I'm really happy to have done that. Thank you. [applause] >> I want to welcome you all to the Wooki Friendship Festival in concert. This afternoon we celebrate the kids who inspire this event and the promise they bring to our city and state. Here we embrace our differences, honor our roots, and look forward to exciting new possibilities. I will now be introducing Kurubo. Kurubo is a multi-disciplinary artist and community advocate who blends music, healing, and key heritage with African oral storytelling. Her songs explored resilience, belonging, cultural identity, and life between two worlds. Through the unheard stories project and work with avu, she has connected with local students. Today, Mushki High School students will join Kubo in her full band for two original songs. Let's give it up for Karuba. [applause] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Do you? Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Everybody give it up for Woo! Heat! [music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [cheering] [music] >> Come on. Heat. Heat. [music] >> [bell] [music] >> Thank you EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. GIVE YOURSELVES A BIG HAND. >> I'm so so happy to see you all. And we are here. Why are we here today? Who can who wants to shout out? Friendship. >> Yes, friendship. So, if you're sitting so next to someone, please shake their hand and say, "I'm so happy to meet you." >> Oh, nice. Nice. Okay. >> [music] [bell] [music] >> Ta. >> [music] >> Yeah, watching [music] [singing] that. >> [music] >> I hear the [music] trumpet now. Woo! [music] Woo! >> [music] [music] [bell] [music] >> That's what I love. >> [music] >> All right. [music] >> [music] >> All right. [music] Oh, I love it. See [music] I die. [singing] [music] >> I [singing] [music and singing] [cheering] thank you. [applause] Thank you. >> Thank you so much. So the the next one we're going to do is one of the ones that um lovely students learned and they are on stage right now. Lexi and Dalia giving them give them a big hand. [applause] Livamoto is a song about Africa and all the things that have gone wrong to Africa. And we all know why this happened. But you know, we are about building friendships again. And together we can rise up and take charge of our continent. Give it up for Africa. [cheering] up. [music and singing] [bell] >> [music] [singing] >> I got a big hold Africa. [music] My go I [music] I I [music] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> [music and singing] >> my Africa. [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] Yeah. 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Oh yeah. >> [music] [singing] >> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. The one. [music] The one. The one. The one. The one. [music] The one. To the one to the one to the one. Oh yeah. Yeah. To the one [music] to THE [music] Thank you so much. [cheering] Who wants to come and take this little girl? I think it's too loud for her. >> You want to take her, please? >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So lovely to see everyone of you coming up here and dancing and supporting Kerubo. Thank you. We have another song. Congo. >> So don't sit down if you're already up cuz we are still dancing. You can still um you you can go back down until I call you again. Okay. Oh, she won't come. >> [music] [music] [bell] >> for [music and singing] the >> [music and singing] [bell] >> might be my [music and singing] goal. [music] [singing] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Holo [music and singing] come. [music] >> [singing] [bell] >> Hallelujah. [music] My goal [music] [singing] is [music] You got to come. [music] >> [music] >> MY [music and singing] GOONG [music] congo [music] combo combo. combo combo [music] combo Congol. [music] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. Thank you. What's our next song? Okay. Now the next song is the kind of song that you have to sing back when I call out. All you say is ah. >> Do you want to try? >> Say ah. >> It's like you're saying uhhuh but you're saying with your mouth closed. Uhhuh. >> Okay. That's all you have to say when I quue you. Okay. Oyo. [singing] Oyo. >> [singing] >> Amen. Amen. So [music and singing] [singing] now a Oh, [music] and you are [singing] [music] my son. >> [singing] >> Oh, [music] she [music] [singing] [bell] [music] Would you share my [singing] [music] oh [singing] your way? [music] >> [music] >> Amen. He was [music and singing] a [music] baby. [music] [music] >> [singing] >> Oh, [music] [singing and music] We were where [music and singing] she was from. But I sle [singing] [music] with [singing] [music] >> [music] >> When you say my baby, [music] >> I can't hear you. [singing] [music] Thank you. Thank you. [applause and cheering] >> Okay. So, the next song is Ba Part. It's a fun song and it was written by the late Miriam Mcclea from South Africa and it was written for when people gather together and sing together. So, here we go. [music] [singing] touch. [music] Oh my. [music] Oh my [music] god. [bell] [music] >> [bell] [music] >> touch [music and singing] you. [music] Touch you [bell] bigger. [music] >> [music] [singing] >> Come on now. Let's do it. Let's do [music] it. Let's dance. [music] Come and move your body. Turn your body. Shake your body. Come on. Dance. Dance. Dance. [music and singing] Hey. HEY. [singing] [music] [singing] [music] WATER. I butter patter. patter. Woo. [music and bell] [music] [bell] >> [music] >> Thank you. Thank you so much. [cheering] >> Thank you. I'm gonna get my >> we really anyone who's interested in businesses do I'm going to You said I'm sorry to sit here. Okay. >> Oh, well, we're going to fill your face. Oh, okay. Great. Great. Great. >> I got your >> Sorry, I'm so annoying. >> No. >> [laughter] >> Um, I'm going to have one of you sit here and one of you sit here. >> Uh, no, you can face us cuz I figured like see us. Whatever. So, you have a scorecard. I'm going to get you. >> Um, okay. How are you? >> I'm Sophia. >> I'm Maria. Sorry about these. >> Oh, guys. Oh my god. >> Anyways, I just want to say like you should just like you should always like think the inspiration. Yeah. There's another You make your again. Thank you. How do you how do you know? >> This can be your food after. I'm going to give it to some judges first. Wow. >> I mean, it's just hungry. >> Don't put none of that near that. Okay. >> I'm hungry. >> Don't look at where I am or where I'm going. I say it's more like sustainability coming out. So I don't know if you liked You like your child? How are you? again. >> Thank you. How do you um how do you know? >> Oh, no. You can figure your food after. I'm going to give it to some judges first. >> We just are hungry. >> Don't put none of that near that. Okay. >> I'm hungry. Don't look at where I am or where I'm going. It's more of a green sustainability coming up. So I don't know. Earth and heaven [singing] ring ring with the harmony of liberty. [singing] Let our rejoiceing rise high as the [singing] liing skies. Let it [singing] resound loud as the rolling sea. [singing] Sing a song full of [singing] the faith that the dark past. Sing a [singing] song full of the hope that the present has brought [singing] the rising sun of a new [singing] day. Let us march on till victory [singing] is won. >> [singing] [cheering] >> real >> goodness. This is the culmination of the residency I've had at the Winnowski High School and I have had such a wonderful time with the students and the residency was about um connecting people together to talk about their identities and um I was teaching the students, not really teaching the students, we were having a workshop and we were talking about the challenges they have um between the two cultures of say having come in as refugees and trying to fit in to be um Americans or accepted and being in the crossroads of that of course brought a lot of issues and so we had a good time talking about that and then also I wanted the some of the students who are musicians to learn how to sing and also the musicians play along my band and the song was inspired by uh actually my granddaughter who was having the same challenges about her own identity. So the song is you you are enough and is actually going to be screened. The song that inspired this residency is you are enough and it shall be screened at the one main landing on the 1st of September and it will be after uh the main main feature of of the uh movie which will be the the swan which has similar themes uh from the song and after the movie we will have uh you know Q&A and we'll talk about the issues that are on the song that why explore put on the song. So, I hope to see you there. >> The moment you've all been waiting for. Like to thank all the judges for uh judging the rights competition. >> So excited to figure out who won. I'm sure you are. >> We're going to start with the restaurants. >> Restaurant. >> There we go. >> Restaurant number four is our winner for restaurant number four. [cheering] [applause] grab a dish. >> Okay. [laughter] All right. >> Congratulations. >> All right. Now, our runner up for the restaurant number five. >> Oh, right here. Right here. >> Yes. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. The restaurant name is >> market. >> Thank you. >> Moonoy market. Moon market. >> And now our home cook winner >> is cook number one >> right here. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Home number. [cheering and applause] >> Thank you to everyone who participated in this wonderful day. Thank you for all the winners. We all win. We all got >> Thank you. >> Okay. So, really quickly, one last thing. The game on the outside be going until 9:00 p.m. tonight. Go outside, have some fun, and thanks so much for hanging out. Enjoy. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, mama. >> Thank you very much. It is.