Saturday, January 12, 2013

Oregon Music News: January 18, 2013 “I Have a Dream Concert” tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a wonderful sight to behold.

[1964: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jnr (1929 – 1968). (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)]

by on January 11, 2013     
The outpouring of Portland musicians of all genres for the “I Have a Dream Concert” tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a wonderful sight to behold. It will benefit the NAACP’s ACT-SO high school student program (Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics), a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.

The show will be held on Friday, January 18 at the Alberta Rose Theatre, doors 7pm,  show 8pm, $20 advance, $22 at the door, $10 with student ID or Oregon Trail Card (at the door, $50 VIP (Preferred Seating).           

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