CELEBRATING
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF 10HOLIDAY YEARS JOY OF HOLIDAY JOY
Live at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Welcome to the 10th Anniversary of Step Afrika!’s
Magical Musical
Holiday Step Show December 9-19, 2021 stepafrika.org
Dear Friends, Welcome to the 10th Annual Step Afrika!’s
Magical Musical Holiday Step Show After more than a year away from the stage, we are excited to perform live and bring this joyous annual tradition back to the Atlas. The return of the Holiday Show marks the first of many live performances to continue in 2022. Step Afrika! will hit the road with a national tour of our latest production, Drumfolk, with local stops at Strathmore and Arena Stage. Our artists will travel to Poland and Bolivia for international exchange projects and engage more than 20,000 DC-area students with our enriching arts education programs. And after a two-year hiatus, our annual Summer Steps with Step Afrika! camp will return in August to train a new crop of young people in the art form of stepping. Step Afrika! never tires in serving the community, and we are glad to have you with us! Our company of talented artists created this year’s Holiday Show with the hope that you will sing, dance, shout, and step with Step Afrika! throughout the entire performance. Please…feel free!! They are joined by the great DJ Nutcracker, who is sure to have you on the floor with The Nutcracker Slide. And please don’t forget to take a picture with our furry friends from the Arctic Circle. It just wouldn’t be a Step Afrika! Holiday Show without them. Thank you so much for choosing to share your holidays with us. We wish you a joyful holiday season filled with all of your favorite things.
Best wishes, C. Brian Williams Founder & Executive Producer P.S. Next, Step Afrika! returns to the DMV in March 2022 with Drumfolk at Strathmore. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to get all the details. You don’t want to miss this performance!
Magical Musical Holiday Step Show Directed by MFONISO AKPAN PROGRAM Twelve Drummer’s Drumming Jabulani! The March of the Nutcrackers The Arctic Step Challenge DJ Nutcracker’s Yuletide Step Workshop Christopher’s Gift Home for the Holidays
CAST Jeeda Barrington
Dustin Praylow
Emanuel Chacon
Anesia Sandifer
Dionne Eleby
Valencia Springer
Kayshon Hawkins
Jordan Spry
Akievia Hickman
Pelham Warner Jr.
Jabari Jones
Robert Warnsley
Conrad Kelly II Misha Michel
Mascots: Robert Hamilton, Samuel D. Standard
CREATIVE TEAM Production Manager: Simone Baskerville, M.A.
Audio Assistant (A2): Louis E. Davis
Stage Manager: Kendall Arin Claxton
Lighting Board Operator: Kiman Mickens
Assistant Stage Managers: Kaylin Luces and Zenna Jones
Costume Designer: Paris Ford
Scenic Consultant: Michael Stepowany Lighting Designer: Marianne Meadows Lighting Supervisor/Programmer: Yannick Godts Sound Engineer (A1): Danielle McBride
Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show is made possible by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Board of Directors Brady Birdsong, Chair
Beverly Burke
Latrena Owens
Conrad Woody, Vice Chair
David Canada
Troy L. Patterson
Ran Borgersen, Treasurer
John W. Hill
Glenn Eric Singleton
Natasha Watkins, Secretary
Jeffery D. Kennerly
Kebharu Smith
Lamont Akins
Kymber Lovett-Menkiti
Kym Taylor
Marc K. Battle
Janel Merritt
Melanie Trottman
Ann Belkov
Christopher Montgomery
C. Brian Williams
Dyonicia Brown
Allen Orr
Administrative Staff C. Brian Williams
Joe Murchison
Founder and Executive Producer
Arts Education and Special Projects Manager
Lamar Lovelace
Kristen L. Taylor
Executive Director
Company and Communications Manager
Connie L. Perez Director of Institutional Relations
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Upcoming Events Drumfolk at Strathmore March 3-4, 2022
Stono at New Victory Theater April 20 - May 8, 2022
Drumfolk at Arena Stage May 31 to June 26, 2022
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2020-2021 Donor Listing $50,000 and above
Ethel Lee Kaye
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
$15,000 to $49,999 The Howell Foundation
Reginald Brown and Tiffeny Sanchez *
Share Fund
Tom Mounteer and Bobby Zeliger
$5,000 to $14,999 Anonymous AARP Boeing* Beverly Burke* Capital One Corina Higginson Trust
John W. Hill*
Stefanie J. Reiser
Christie Johnson
Ramon and Erica Richards
Katherine Kane
Kaiti Saunders and Rob Colenso
Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC
Kebharu and Mignon Smith*
Phillip Randall
Kym Taylor*
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin O. Watkins III*
Melanie Trottman*
C. Brian Williams*
Vanguard*
Mr. and Mrs. Connie B. Williams
Angela Wiggins
CoStar Group Daimler Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
$1,000 to $2,499
$500 to $999
DC Housing and Finance Agency
Anonymous
DC Lottery
Yvette Murphy Aidara
Anonymous (2)
Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
Neil Albert
Mandie Aubrey
The Menkiti Group*
Lynn Arnaiz and David Watts
Cristal Baron and Carey McKenzie
The Nora Roberts Foundation
Ann Belkov*
Bart and Catherine Barre
Octane Public Relations
City First Bank of DC
Linda Baum and Leland Powell
United Way of the National Capital Region
John Davis
Andrew Clarke and Chip Sherrill
The Venable Foundation
Dimick Foundation
Maria Corrales
Verizon
Jendayi E. Frazer
Michael Deal
Washington Gas
Freddie Mac*
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Naomi and Teddy Drew Gill
Richard Gardner and Sheila Gardner
$2,500 to $4,999
Corey Griffin
Kim and Anthony Goins
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
Cisselon Nichols Hurd
Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation
The Kennedy Center
Charles Jean-Pierre
Brady Birdsong*
Jeffery Kennerly and Erica Green*
Andrea Haynes Johnson
Ran Borgersen*
Ed and Ann Lorson
Gerald Kunde
Capitol Hill Community Foundation
Mayor Bowser Constituent Service Fund
Louise B. Lloyd
Downtown Business Improvement District
Sean J. McIntosh and Alandra N. Ellington-McIntosh
Tyra Mariani
Jacqueline N. Francis, MD
Christopher Montgomery*
Brian McCollum
Laura W. Muhammad
$100 to $249
Michael and Elizabeth Foley
Kimberly A. O’Neill
Cheryl Walters
Louise Forte
Kupenda I. Olusegun
Lauren Watkins
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Dwight Franklin
Lisa M. Ong
Shayla Weatherby
Corliss V. Adams
Julie Furt
Heidi Onkst
Ellen Weiss
Jose and Audrey Albertini
Shiron Gaines
Allen Orr*
Barbara Wells
Lisa Alexander
Nadia Garnett
Latrena Owens*
Jeff Werner
Felicia Allen
Mary Jo Garrett
Bonnie Pabon
Zakkiyyah White
Sylvan Alleyne
Sandra Gaston
Christopher Padilla
Terri Wiggins
Monica Almond
Michael Green
Maureen Page
Melissa Wiley
Kim Alton-Calhoun
Daniell Griffin
Carla Perlo and Richard Pilkinton
Lori Wilkerson
Judith Arbacher
Carolyn W. Gullatt
Regina Porter
Irving Williams
$250 to $499
Jacqueline M. Baker
Janet Hailes
Stephen Powell
Kimberly Williams
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Laura Hamilton
Manon Prevost-Mullane
Wydell Williams
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Kenna Baudin
Kathaleen F. Hempstone
Elizabeth Prince
L. Marie Wills
Jacquelyn Alton
Elena Bell
Eve Henderson
Karen Proudford
Laura Wilson
Jesse Barba
Deon Woods Bell
Rhonda Henderson
Zack Ramadan
Norma Wilson
Leanna Beaber
Meredith Benedict
Julie Herwig
Gayle C. Rankine
Nancy Wolcott
David C. Bowers
Cristi Benefield
Justin L. Hill
Melissa Rhodes
Xi Zeta Omega Chapter,
Judith Bunnell and Joseph Olchefske
Brenda Bethea
Celestine Hinnant
Eisa Ulen Richardson
Alix Burns
Louise Bickman
Alesha Holliday
Jaret Riddick
David Canada*
Nyerere Billups
Candise Holmes
Stephen Riddick
Wendy and Ralph Carter
Michael Bittrick
Jack and Jill of America
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Theresa Robinson
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Scott Kenison
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Vernon Lee
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Persis Levy
Monet Stanford
Leadership Greater Washington
Lia Dorsey
George Lewis
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Jean, Leslie, and Dimitri Dorsinville
Leslie Lewis
Anne Stauffer
Sarah McLain
Laura Douglas
Jati and Schwanda Lindsay
Will Stephens and Trina Dutta
Microsoft
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Linda Klieger Stillman
Claudia J. Morris
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Latoya Edwards
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Scott Stroud
Patrick Moulding and Jessica Kronstadt
Tanille Edwards
Tuere Anne Marshall
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The Nicholson Project
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Wendy P. Sussman
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Heather McPhail
Cheryl Taylor
Janis Reed and Jack Requa
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Dorothy McSweeny
Jean Thomas
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Exelon
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Pat Thomas
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Linda Michel
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Dr. Aisha Lord Ryan
Destination DC
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Lauren Van Wazer
Danielle Turnipseed
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Harvey R. Yancey
Step Afrika! is supported through the Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative (COHI) | Managing Organizational Vitality and Endurance, a program of The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) in partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. *Board of Directors Donor listing from August 1, 2020, to November 23, 2021. Step Afrika! makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. If we have missed you or you prefer to be listed differently, please accept our apologies and contact us at 202.399.7993, ext. 145 so that we can make the correction. Thank you for your generous support of Step Afrika!
Support ‘Tis the season for giving. Please consider showing your support of Step Afrika! with a fully tax-deductible gift. Your generous contribution will help our talented company of artists share the tradition and cultural heritage of stepping with audiences in Washington, DC, and across the country. Thank you for your support of Step Afrika!
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