{"id":27773,"date":"2018-04-26T19:12:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T23:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/04\/26\/ugandan-dance-troupe-headlines-neccs-multi-cultural-variety-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:20:35","slug":"ugandan-dance-troupe-headlines-neccs-multi-cultural-variety-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/26\/ugandan-dance-troupe-headlines-neccs-multi-cultural-variety-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Dance Troupe Headlines NECC\u2019s Multi-Cultural Variety Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17623\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/04\/Ghetto-Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17623\" class=\"wp-image-17623 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/04\/Ghetto-Kids-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Ghetto Kids&#8221;, a dance troupe from Uganda, will perform at NECC on May 2.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u201cGhetto Kids\u201d, a dance troupe of Ugandan children and youth, will be the headline performers at the Northern Essex Community College African Student Club\u2019s Multi-Cultural Variety Show on Wednesday, May 2 from 3 to 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Free and open to the public, the show will be held in the Hartleb Technology Center, 100 Elliott St, Haverhill.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGhetto Kids\u201d dancers, now living in Lowell, performed at the Black Entertainment (BET) Award ceremony in 2017, wowing the audience and quickly developing a name for themselves .<\/p>\n<p>Talent will also include an African fashion show, a magic show by NECC Chemistry Professor Mike Cross, Haitian interactive storytelling by NECC Professor Sheila Pierre, a guitar duet, and acapella singing.<\/p>\n<p>The NECC African Student Club is open to African natives and others who share an interest in the cultures, music, foods, and politics of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Professor Peter Flynn, faculty advisor to the African Student Club, pflynn@necc.mass.edu or 978 556-3363.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cGhetto Kids\u201d, a dance troupe of Ugandan children and youth, will be the headline performers at the Northern Essex Community College African Student Club\u2019s Multi-Cultural Variety Show on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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