[The
Washington, D. C. based music director, Richard Odom will return to
Orangeburg, Sourth Carolina to conduct the 2012 African American
Sacred Music Festival (Credits: Patrick D. McCoy)]
DC Performing Arts Examiner
“Richard Odom, who is currently based in Washington, D.C. is set to lead the
2012 African American Sacred Music Festival in South Carolina.
The festival theme is 'A Journey from Slavery to Emancipation
through Songs: Preserving the legacy of African American
Sacred Music.' Hosted by the Orangeburg-Wilkinson High school
Chorus Department and Chorus Booster Club, the festival will
celebrate eighteen years of celebrating the African American music
tradition. The festival begins Friday, February 24, 2012 and
Saturday morning, February 25, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“The festival will
culminate on Sunday, February 26 with a 6:00 p.m. concert at New
Mount Zion Baptist Church located at 1785 Amelia Street, Orangeburg,
SC. Featured on the program will be music of the African American
tradition: spirituals, congregational songs, early gospel and
contemporary gospel.”
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