2009

2009 Festival Poster

This year, the Festival took place from September 24 - October 4, 2009.

MOJA Arts Festival highlights included:

  • National recording artist, Lalah Hathaway, performed in An Evening of Jazz Under the Stars With Lalah Hathaway at The Cistern on the campus of the College of Charleston,
  • Savannah Frierson read excerpt from her new work Being Plumville for the MOJA Literary Corner,
  • Ballethnic Dance Company from Atlanta, Georgia performed in the MOJA Dance Gala,
  • Art Forms & Theatre Concepts produced One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show for the Theatre Series,
  • the Gospel Concert included such names as Lynn-Marie Boon, Joy Pryor, Gwendolyn Rodgers, Rev. Randolph Miller, Anthony Burke, Mario Desassure, Javetta Campbell, and Minister Herbert Beard,
  • Kenneth Law and Stephen Buck performed works by Faure, Piazzolla, and Rubinstein for MOJA’s Classical Encounter, and
  • the featured R&B Concert Artist at the Family Circle Tennis Centre was The O’Jays.

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