Respect to KUSC Classical Radio ARTS ALIVE executive producer Gail
Eichenthal and staff for spotlighting the Georgia Laster Branch of NANM
October 19th fundraiser for scholarships and music education during the
ARTS ALIVE October 13, 2012 broadcast. Hear podcast at http://www.kusc.org/Episodes.aspx?PID=2129.
MusicUNTOLD
presented Counter Tenor Darryl Taylor in a memorable recital during
2010 African American Heritage Month Celebration at California State
University-Long Beach and appreciate his internationally respected
talent. Recently, MusicUNTOLD received a flyer from Georgia
Laster Carillon (newsletter) editor James Bryant publicizing the October
19th fundraiser that included a picture of violinist Annelle Gregory.
Thereafter, I committed to purchase a ticket from Georgia Laster member
Dan Ellen Joseph.
Annelle Gregory is the 2012 Georgia Laster First Place
Scholarship Winner. She subsequently won the NAACP ACT-SO Gold Medal
and performed during the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation Concert with a forthcoming KUSC broadcast. Annelle Gregory
was not mentioned during the ARTS ALIVE broadcast and although she is
pictured on the Georgia Laster website as the 2012 scholarship winner,
she is not mentioned as a performer on the fundraising concert. See http://www.georgialasterbranchnanm.org/.
Considering youth is 100% of our future, i was deeply appreciative that
Dorothy Hayes name was mentioned during the ARTS ALIVE broadcast. As
long as i can remember, Dorothy Hayes has been a tireless worker
organizing competitions and programs for the Georgia Laster branch. I
don't believe any one in the nation is a better judge and motivator of
young talent than Dorothy Hayes. Most memorable to me was about five
years ago, i called Dorothy with an urgent request that i needed a youth
to represent the Long Beach branch of the NAACP with potential to win
the NAACP ACT-SO Gold Medal in classical music either vocal or
instrumental. She told me about a young man named Otto Ehling who was
only a junior in high school but she believed he could win. After
signing Otto to represent Long Beach NAACP branch and escorting him to
Miami for the national competition, Otto won the Gold Medal in the
instrumental classical category
John Malveaux
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