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Cultural PerformancesThe cultural performances are provided by Ron Daise, author, educator, performer, historian and star of the award winning television show Gullah Gullah Island. They are available Tuesdays through Thursdays only at 11 am in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium. Reservations are required. Attendance: 125 maximum, 10 minimum. Gullah Lessons on History, Family & RespectGrades 3-5
In addition to narrating his book, Daise informs about Gullah customs, folkways, language and values in an entertaining, endearing and educational format. Song, storytelling and audience participation are utilized skillfully to identify aspects of Gullah history and lore. SC State Standards: 3-2.7 Gullah/Geechee RhythmsGrades 3-12 Utilizing audience participation in singing and storytelling, Ron Daise identifies 10 memorable ways to recall the importance and significance of Gullah/Geechee heritage. Pictures, music, personal reflections, and lecture are interwoven throughout the stanzas to the tune of a well-known Gullah coded message song. SC State Standards: 3-2.7; 6-6.1; 7-1.3; 8-1.4 Priscilla’s Posse, A (Simulated) Press Conference about Gullah HeritageGrades 9-12 Through songs, lectures and photographs, Ron Daise recounts the historical "Priscilla's Homecoming" visit of Thomalind Martin Polite of North Charleston, SC to Sierra Leone, West Africa in May 2005. Polite is the 7th generation descendant of “Priscilla,” a 10 year old Sierra Leonean who was captured as a slave in 1756 and brought to a rice plantation in South Carolina. Cultural links with Gullah and Sierra Leone are explored: language, dietary practices, crafts, rice production, and the Bunce Island Slave Castle. The performance will cite exhibits along the Brookgreen Gardens Lowcountry Trail. SC State Standards: 6-6.2, 6-6.3; 8-1.4; GS-2.3 |
Ron Daise will captivate students as he narrates his book, Little Muddy Waters, A Gullah Folk Tale, and shares information about Gullah heritage. The story unwinds as hardheaded Little Muddy Waters gets into everything and does everything he is told not to do. Although his grandmother tries to teach him Gullah traditions and beliefs, Little Muddy Waters learns a lesson he will never forget. In call-and-response delivery, Daise engages viewers to “respect yo elders and do what’s right!”