BMI Celebrates Trailblazers of Gospel Music; Mrs. Coretta Scott King to Present Award to Winans.Entertainment Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 Mrs. Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. will present a BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. Trailblazers Award to Delores and David Winans at the performing rights organization's fourth annual "Trailblazers of Gospel Music" luncheon on Friday, January 10 at 103 West. Also scheduled to receive a Trailblazer Award is well-known BMI gospel songwriter Daryl Coley. This invitation-only special event, hosted by BMI Assistant Vice President Catherine Brewton, is being held in conjunction with the 18th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which will take place the following day at the Atlanta Civic Center The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue in Atlanta, Georgia. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, and comedy acts. . Mom and Pop Mom and Pop An adjective denoting a small-scale and family-like atmosphere, often used to describe these types of businesses and investors. Notes: A mom-and-pop business is typically a small family-run business. Winans are being honored for their 50 years of contributions to gospel music. Winans family members will perform a musical tribute to the couple. Coley coley Noun Brit an edible fish with white or grey flesh [perhaps from coalfish] , a former Stellar Award winner, is also being feted for his long-time contributions to the genre. Fellow artists Deitrick Haddon and Richard Smallwood will perform in his honor. Founded in l940, BMI is a performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers and publishers in all areas of music. Through its music performances and reciprocal agreements with sister organizations around the world, its grants businesses and media access to its repertoire of approximately 4.5 million musical works. |
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