The 17th Annual
Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival!
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Pierson Community Center
(Pierson Park in Turner, Kansas)
1800 South 55th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66106
10 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Master of Ceremonies Mr. Clarence Small










Tentative Entertainment Schedule
10:00 "Presentation of Colors" KCK Sheriff's Department
Sergeant Felicia Atkins presiding
10:10 Shawn and Gloria Derritt "Star Spangled Banner and
American the Beautiful" duet
10:25 Tez and Tam Gospel Singers - Cortez Liggins
10:50 Chilanka School of Dance (India) Prasanna V and
Shreejakrishnakuma performing, Director
Krishnapyra Pramod
11:20 El Grupo Folklorico Atotonilico - Maria Chaurand
Director with Guadalupe Campos and Leslie
Rodriquez performing
11:55 Esoke Cultural Arts Center Dancers - Yaminah
Muhammad
12:20 Driscoll Irish Dancers - Brigid Driscoll
12:45 Legends of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Awards: Tony Hope and Linda Sutton
12:55 Nartan Dancers (India) - Ritu Daga
1:25 China Folk Dancers (Taiwan) - Hoi Kei Au
1:55 Sabor a Peru - Cecilia Mosher
2:15 Thai Chi Fan Dance - Qi Pao Dance & Chinese
Celebration Drums -Dr. Grace Gong
2:45 Sabor a Peru (change of costumes) - Cecilia Mosher
3:05 Danny Hinds Art in Motion - Caribbean Dance
and live music
3:35 Ukranian Mavka Dancers - Director Kristy Borys
4:05 SV Blautaler - German Dancers
4:35 Saint Andrew Highland Dancers (Scotland) -
Rhianna Rice
5:05 Kansas City Kansas Community Orchestra - Jeff Beck
Director with thanks to Arlo Kinsey
Culture Booths
Kids Korner games and art projects - KCKCC Professors Clint Ricketts, Dr. Hira Nair, and Imagine! Magic Production performer Gene Hernandez.
India - Kaushika Panchal henna artist
Martin Luther King Exhibit - Karen Hernandez
Artist in Residence - scratch art by Danny Hinds
Advance America - Anita Kuntz
Unified Government of WyCo - Phyllis Wallace
Visit Kansas City Kansas - Eliza Mitchell
KCK Sheriff's Department - Captain Michael Kroening
Community Housing WyCo - LaCherish Thompson
Vote! Election Office WyCo - Jordan Tanner
Wyandotte News Daily - Bob Winner
Equality Kansas - Tom Alonzo, Brian Shipley and Iridescent Riffel-Roney
Kansas City Kansas Public Library - Linda Wolford
Medulla Chiropractic One Wellness - Karen Rosenquist
Strawberry Hill Museum - JoBeth Nastav
Grinter House Museum & Quilters - Louise Crable
Wyandotte County Museum - Amanda Hamon
Historical Journal of Wyandotte County - Rebecca Meditz, Shannon Burroughs, Cathie Burroughs, and Kevin Steele editor
Wyandotte County Historical Society - Dr. Dan Desko
Delaware Tribe - Former Chief Linda Graff, Jim Grinter and Mary Grinter
Wyandot Tribe - Chief Judith Manthei
Old Quindaro Museum - Tony, Barbara & Nakia Hope
Grace Family Acupuncture - Dr.'s Grace, Jing & Yang Gong
Lithuanian Amber - Kate Porterfield
Ukraine - Irene Thompson
Global Ties KC - Sarah Lowderman
International Relations Commission - Dan Fitzpatrick
Ethnic Enrichment Commission KCMO - James Wilson
Italy - Dr. Curtis V. & Judy Smith 3 books for sale and signing by Dr. Smith: 1) Kansas City Kansas: Cultural Rhythms in Ragtime and Jazz; 2) Three Railroads in WyCo. 1855-1874; & 3) The Ironies of Renaissance Florence, Italy
Germany - Cindy Pearson
Kansas State School for the Blind - Lydia Moreno
Mexico - Rose Marie Mendez
Panama - Yamilka Crabaugh
Hmong Culture - Amee Her
Mali and Gambia - Yaminah Muhammad
Jamaica - Kester Plowright Jr. & Kathleen Johnson
Gambia - Alphonse Mendy
Republic of China (Taiwan) - Hoi Kei Au
Midwest Genealogy Research - Kayla Hopkins
CETUSA (Council for Educational Travel) Anita Sass
Bethel 7th Day Adventist Church KCK - Charles McGill
YouNique by Design Jewelry - Darlene Reed
KCKCC Admissions - Michael Driskell
KCKCC Foundation - Mary Spangler & Carmen Liimatta
Food Vendors
Jamaican Jerk dishes - Kester Plowright Jr.
German Cuisine - Cindy Pearson
Kenyan Cuisine - Andrea Smith & Wasim Kahn
Hmong Cuisine - Amee Her
Gambian Cuisine - Haddy Sallah
Carolyn Marks Organic foods (RJ Foundation)
Garden of Vegan - Yaminah Muhammad
Coffee and bottled teas for sale by Enactus Program at KCKCC - Professor Allen Lenoir
Lemonade Llamas - Rebecca Baker-Givens
Free bottled water delivered by Advance America
No alcohol allowed.
Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival
Sat, Apr 06
|Pierson Community Center in Pierson Park
The 16th Annual WyCo Ethnic Festival will be held Saturday April 6, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pierson Community Center, Pierson Park 1800 S. 55th Street KC.K. 66106.


Time & Location
Apr 06, 2024, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Pierson Community Center in Pierson Park, 1800 S 55th St, Kansas City, KS 66106, USA
About the event
The WyCo Ethnic Festival started in 2006 and has run annually except during the COVID pandemic where it lapsed three years from 2020-2022. What makes our festival unique is that we involve those organizations that make Kansas City Kansas special like the Quindaro Museum, Delaware Native Tribe, Wyandot Native Tribe, The Grinter House, Strawberry Hill Museum, local German, Lithuanian, Mexican, African American, Serbian, and Irish groups, the Hvartski Obicaj Croatian Orchestra, local Gospel music, and the Wyandotte County Museum. The public will view different ethnic dances, music, clothing, foods, art, history, and the traditions of countries around the globe who have come to Wyandotte County to live. Wyandotte County has clearly established itself as one of the most diverse communities in the United States. This festival is a free public event that educates our community about the diverse cultures that live in, work in, attend school in, or have ties…

Festival Activities
Workshops
Engaging and Interesting
Children’s Corner
New Experiences
Talks and Performances
No Registration Required