The Rotary Club of Rockville, Maryland Peace Concert

The Rotary Club of Rockville, Maryland Peace Concert

Date and Time: Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Location: Carnation Room, Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive, Rockville, MD 20850

The Rotary Club of Rockville, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Greenbelt and the Rotary Club of Gaithersburg, proudly presents the Rotary Club of Rockville, Maryland Peace Concert — a celebration of unity, understanding, and peace.

Through the universal languages of music, spoken words, dance, and collaborative performances, this special event will highlight Rotary International’s mission to foster peace and goodwill in our communities and beyond.

Our Aims:

• Promote peace through Rotary’s global network
• Inspire connections through artistic expressions
• Celebrate diversity and collaborations
• Create shared spaces for reflections, hopes, and peace

Kindly join us for an event of uplifting performances and community spirit as we come together to make peace possible.

The Peace Concert Programme

1. Arrival and Welcome with music. 2 p.m.

2. Opening Remarks by Rotary Club of Rockville. 2:05 p.m. – 2:08 p.m.

3. Remarks by Rotary District 7620 Governor. 2:08 p.m. – 2:11 p.m.

4. Remarks by Rotary Club of Greenbelt. 2:11 p.m. – 2:14 p.m.

5. Remarks by Rotary Club of Gaithersburg. 2:14 p.m. – 2:17 p.m.

6. Flute performance by Alicia Hannon. 2:17 p.m. – 2:21 p.m.

7. Music interlude. 2:21 p.m. – 2:31 p.m.

8. Raffle. 2:31 p.m. – 2:33 p.m.

9. Rotary Peace Poem by Ukpeme Akpan Okon. 2:33 p.m. – 2:37 p.m.

10. Music Interlude, with dancing. 2:37 p.m. – 2:47 p.m.

11. Spoken Words of Peace by Bonni van Blarcom. 2:47 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

12. Song performance by UkpEmem. 2:50 p.m. – 2:54 p.m.

13. Music interlude. 2:54 p.m. – 2:57 p.m.

14. Spoken Words of Peace by Chuck Woolery. 2:57 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

15. Fiddle Performance by Evan Barnard. 3:00 p.m. – 3:04 p.m.

16. Raffle. 3:04 p.m. – 3:06 p.m.

17. Music performance by John Trupp. 3:06 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

18. Poem by Nancy Murray. 3:10 – 3:13 p.m.

19. Goodwill Messages. 3:13 p.m. – 3:23 p.m.

20. Closing Remarks by Rotary Club of Rockville. 3:23 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

21. Music and Dancing. 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

22. Departure. 4:30 p.m.

Note that the cost of general admission tickets or donations are not tax-deductible.