Award-Winning Fellowship Gospel Choir Coming to St. Andrews for 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
In 2007, a host of choirs competed during the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation’s Gospel Competition in Atlanta, Ga. The winner: the North Carolina A&T State University Fellowship Gospel Choir of Greensboro. This choir is coming to Laurinburg to participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College. This year’s event will be Monday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m. in Avinger Auditorium on the St. Andrews campus. It is free to the public.
Laurinburg, NC, January 14, 2009 --(PR.com)-- In 2007, a host of choirs competed during the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation’s Gospel Competition in Atlanta, Ga. One walked away the winner: the North Carolina A&T State University Fellowship Gospel Choir of Greensboro.
This choir is now coming to Laurinburg to participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College. This year’s event will be Monday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m. in Avinger Auditorium on the St. Andrews campus. It is free and open to the public.
The A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir was founded in 1969 by Albert Smith, director of athletics, and Vernon Haley, president of the Baptist Student Union. Since its inception, the choir has enjoyed a high degree of visibility and popularity. The choir has performed in numerous national competitions including the National Black Music Collegiate Gospel Choir Competition in New York City, winning most outstanding choir 18 times including 2004.
In 2006, the choir had a live recording and the CD titled “Be A Witness” was released in 2007.
“The choir was conceived as an avenue through which A&T students could maintain continuity with the religious experience,” says the group’s website. “Its aim is to keep alive those traditions that are pivotal to the enhancement of Christian values.”
This will be the second appearance of the A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir at the Martin Luther King Celebration sponsored by St. Andrews.
Others participating in the program will be guest speaker Dr. Fred McQueen, a family practice physician from Hamlet, and the St. Andrews Chamber Choir. The celebration is coordinated by the Special Events Committee at St. Andrews.
“We invite our friends and neighbors to come to our exciting and high energy Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration,” said Rona Leach, assistant professor of education at St. Andrews. “With such dynamic performers and an excellent orator, we feel this is a fitting way for our community to mark the completion of our many fine local MLK events.”
The national holiday marks the birthdate of King on the third Monday of every January. King’s actual birthdate was Jan. 15. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill creating the holiday on Nov. 2, 1983, in a special ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.
This is the third year that St. Andrews has coordinated an event for the community.
For more information concerning the event at St. Andrews, call the college at (910) 277-5258.
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Sidebar
Martin Luther King Jr. Address -- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 1963)
“Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
“This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
“And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."
About St. Andrews Presbyterian College
An innovative and bold academic venture to an interdisciplinary curriculum, a highly acclaimed college press, an award-winning pipe band, national champion equestrian teams, and first-rate scholarship have marked the distinctive character of St. Andrews. In addition to classes on the main campus, adult learners also choose the Center for Adult and Professional Studies opportunities through St. Andrews @ Sandhills and St. Andrews Online. St. Andrews was formed by the merger on Aug. 29, 1958, of Presbyterian Junior College and Flora Macdonald College. Further information may be obtained by visiting the College's website www.sapc.edu, calling 800-763-0198 or sending an e-mail to info@sapc.edu.
In early 2008, St. Andrews Presbyterian College initiated a partnership with The Learning House, Inc. a total online education solutions provider, to assist in the development and launch of its online campus. Learning House will provide a customized package of online services, including a learning management system for eCourses, Tier 1 hosting and Help Desk services, custom course consultation, online marketing services, faculty and staff training, and consulting services.
This choir is now coming to Laurinburg to participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College. This year’s event will be Monday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m. in Avinger Auditorium on the St. Andrews campus. It is free and open to the public.
The A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir was founded in 1969 by Albert Smith, director of athletics, and Vernon Haley, president of the Baptist Student Union. Since its inception, the choir has enjoyed a high degree of visibility and popularity. The choir has performed in numerous national competitions including the National Black Music Collegiate Gospel Choir Competition in New York City, winning most outstanding choir 18 times including 2004.
In 2006, the choir had a live recording and the CD titled “Be A Witness” was released in 2007.
“The choir was conceived as an avenue through which A&T students could maintain continuity with the religious experience,” says the group’s website. “Its aim is to keep alive those traditions that are pivotal to the enhancement of Christian values.”
This will be the second appearance of the A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir at the Martin Luther King Celebration sponsored by St. Andrews.
Others participating in the program will be guest speaker Dr. Fred McQueen, a family practice physician from Hamlet, and the St. Andrews Chamber Choir. The celebration is coordinated by the Special Events Committee at St. Andrews.
“We invite our friends and neighbors to come to our exciting and high energy Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration,” said Rona Leach, assistant professor of education at St. Andrews. “With such dynamic performers and an excellent orator, we feel this is a fitting way for our community to mark the completion of our many fine local MLK events.”
The national holiday marks the birthdate of King on the third Monday of every January. King’s actual birthdate was Jan. 15. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill creating the holiday on Nov. 2, 1983, in a special ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.
This is the third year that St. Andrews has coordinated an event for the community.
For more information concerning the event at St. Andrews, call the college at (910) 277-5258.
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Sidebar
Martin Luther King Jr. Address -- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 1963)
“Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
“This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
“And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."
About St. Andrews Presbyterian College
An innovative and bold academic venture to an interdisciplinary curriculum, a highly acclaimed college press, an award-winning pipe band, national champion equestrian teams, and first-rate scholarship have marked the distinctive character of St. Andrews. In addition to classes on the main campus, adult learners also choose the Center for Adult and Professional Studies opportunities through St. Andrews @ Sandhills and St. Andrews Online. St. Andrews was formed by the merger on Aug. 29, 1958, of Presbyterian Junior College and Flora Macdonald College. Further information may be obtained by visiting the College's website www.sapc.edu, calling 800-763-0198 or sending an e-mail to info@sapc.edu.
In early 2008, St. Andrews Presbyterian College initiated a partnership with The Learning House, Inc. a total online education solutions provider, to assist in the development and launch of its online campus. Learning House will provide a customized package of online services, including a learning management system for eCourses, Tier 1 hosting and Help Desk services, custom course consultation, online marketing services, faculty and staff training, and consulting services.
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502-589-9878
www.elearnportal.com/sapc
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