Two choirs celebrate Black History Month
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Washington DC and the Alfred Street Baptist Church Senior Choir of Alexandria VA will perform a joint musical program in honor of Black History Month.
"The concert will bring two faith traditions together in a musical celebration of fellowship and respect," says Joyce Garrett, conductor of Alfred Street Baptist Church Senior Choir, which has existed since 1865. The concert will spotlight choral arrangements of African American spirituals, with a few contemporary gospel songs by African American composers. The two choirs will be joined by guest soloist Alex Boye, of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
"This concert focuses on what the two groups have in common and can share with a diverse audience," says Ed Sapp, vice president for public relations of The Mormon Choir of Washington, D.C., founded in 1980.
The event will be held February 26 at the Washington DC Temple Visitors Center in Kensington MD at 7:00 PM.
By
Erin Williams
| February 23, 2011; 3:53 PM ET
Save & Share:
Previous: Gaddafi's sometimes bizarre fashion choices
Next: William Christenberry to be honored
Keep telling that history:
Read the greatest fictionalized 'historical novel', Rescue at Pine Ridge, the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers. The website is: http://www.rescueatpineridge.com This is the greatest story of Black Military History...5 stars Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Youtube commercials are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD66NUKmZPs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVslyHmDy9A&feature=related
Rescue at Pine Ridge is the story of the rescue of the famed 7th Cavalry by the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry. This story is about, brutality, compassion, reprisal, bravery, heroism and gallantry.
I know you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote the story that embodied the Native Americans, Outlaws and African-American/Black soldiers, from the south to the north, in the days of the Native American Wars with the approaching United States of America.
The novel was taken from my mini-series movie with the same title, “RaPR” to keep the story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn’t like telling our stories…its been “his-story” of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman, James Whitmore Jr. and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with.
When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for the US Postal System in Montana, in the 1890's, “spread the word”.
Peace.
Posted by: awprods | February 23, 2011 10:52 PM | Report abuse
I can't help but smirk cynically each time the Mormons hitch their wagon to some African American event. For 148 years of their history, Mormons did not allow blacks to be ordained to the Mormon "priesthood." That only changed in 1978 when they faced losing their tax-free status as a church. Now blacks can hold priesthood positions, they just don't. Check out the semi-annual photo release of all the Mormon "General Authorities" (leaders). They remain eerily white, and most are from the Intermountain West (the so-called Mormon Jell-O Belt).
Posted by: tweedmeister | March 2, 2011 7:42 PM | Report abuse
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.