KING DAY TO BE CELEBRATED GOSPEL MUSIC, SPEECHES PLANNED IN ANTELOPE VALLEY.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster and Palmdale will hold events Jan. 20 and 21 to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lancaster will hold its 13th annual commemorative celebration featuring speakers and gospel music at 4 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. The event is free to the public. Palmdale will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a performance by jazz and blues vocalist Mary Baker
Mary Baker (????-????) was a British painter. She was born in London and produced works for the Society of Arts, as well as exhibiting miniatures and portraits at the Royal Academy over a fourteen year and pianist Jim Dixon at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th St. E. Concert admission is $12 for general admission, $10 for seniors, students and military personnel, and $8 for children age 12 and younger. The keynote speaker at the Lancaster event will be the Rev. Al Edwards For the American football player, see . Al Edwards (born 19 March 1937) was a member of the 78th and 79th Texas Legislature representing District 146. Edwards is most famously known for sponsoring a bill to ban the use of suggestive clothing by high school cheerleaders. , a Texas legislator and minister who is a longtime friend of Lancaster Vice Mayor Henry Hearns. Also speaking will be the Rev. Jan Spencer, pastor of Living Way Ministries, and the Rev. Tom Pickens, president of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Ministerial Association. They will discuss what racial unity means to them. The Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Gospel Choir will perform at the Lancaster celebration, where winners of the sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day essay contest will be honored. Lancaster's vice mayor said it's important to keep Martin Luther King Jr. and his ideals before the public eye. ``The ideals and goals that he had, had nothing really to do with just accentuating Negroes, as we were known at that time,'' Hearns said. ``But what he did is brought about unity. So we just keep bringing out those goals and objectives that Dr. Martin Luther King had, which was to completely present America as it was established: a nation for all of the people. ... All these kids know about Martin Luther King is what they've heard. So as we continue to project that to young people, it then catches on fire with them.'' Scheduled to perform in Palmdale, Baker and Dixon are veteran entertainers. She has been billed alongside singers including Betty Carter Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer who was renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Carter expanded the role of the vocalist in jazz, to a full, improvising member of the band. , Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis (Yannis) Veliotes on December 28, 1921 in Vallejo, California) is an American blues and rhythm and blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer, singer, bandleader, and impresario. , John Denver John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s. and Andy Williams
Dixon was house pianist at several Las Vegas hotels and casinos. He has accompanied blues singers Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and Jimmy Reed, as well as some famous vocal groups. Dixon has been touring with Baker for the past five years. Palmdale Playhouse discounts are available for groups with 10 or more patrons. For tickets, call the Palmdale Playhouse box office at (661) 267-5685 or call (661) 267-ARTS for 24-hour recorded information. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Lancaster Vice Mayor Henry Hearns, right, talks to the Rev. Tom Pickens, president of the Antelope Valley Ministerial Association, about plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. (2 -- color) The Rev. Jan Spencer speaks at Lancaster City Hall on Monday about Antelope Valley plans to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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