Unity of Humanity Festival Oct. 21
The public is invited to celebrate the unity, the beauty and the organic oneness of humanity, in a festival to be held at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall at Holland College, 140 Weymouth St. on Saturday, Oct. 21, states a release from the Charlottetown Baha’i community.
Performance begins at 7:30 p.m. The doors will open at 7 p.m.
The Unity of Humanity Festival will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Baha’i faith.
Baha’i communities around the world are celebrating and we invite all to attend the celebration here in Charlottetown. The program will consist of music and dramatic readings.
As a gift to the community, there will be no admission cost.
The theme of the festival, the unity of humanity, is the central teaching of the Baha’i faith.
Corollary teachings include: the equality of women and men, the abolition of the extremes of poverty and wealth, the organic unity of humanity and the need for a new perception of the human race and the world as a single organic community, says Patrick O’Neill, a member of the local community.
The program will introduce the audience to the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, Bahá’u’lláh, and his legacy to humankind, through a series of dramatic sketches and diverse music selections woven together with a narrative thread that runs throughout, states Ann Boyles, chairperson of the Charlottetown Baha’i community.
Musicians will include Lana Donnelly Quinn on harp, Saeed Foroughi on Santour, Erik Petersen on guitar and Jasmine Michel on violin.
Dramatic stories will be performed by Nick Chandler, Paul Vreeland, Bill McFadden and Sara Ashenai.