North Carolina Mason
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May/June 2016 The North Carolina Mason Page 3
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"Masons Can"
Food
Drive
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Feed the Needy
Each Mason should bring ten dollars or ten cans of food
for admission to Annual Communication in September.
RALEIGH — Photographer
Christer Berg has an ongoing project
called "People with Purpose." He uses
environmental portraits to recognize
and celebrate people who contribute
positively their community.
Raleigh 500 Mason, Elmer Gibson
was one of those recently featured.
Some of you may remember Gibson
as the musician at Annual Communi-
cation in some years past. He has been
one of Raleigh 500's most active mem-
bers. Here is his entry.
Elmer Gibson was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and
began his study of music at four
years of age.
As a jazz pianist, composer,
and arranger he has recorded and
performed at concerts and festivals
in the United States, Canada, Eu-
rope, Japan, and South America.
In 1974 Elmer moved to Ra-
leigh where he co-founded and
was the president of Preservation
Jazz Company, the first orga-
nization of its kind in the state
of North Carolina dedicated to
increasing awareness of jazz as a
language and an art form.
He has been instrumental in
the creation of jazz programs
around the state, including the
Raleigh Artsplosure Jazz Fes-
tival, Durham Arts in the Park
Festival and was a founding
board member of the Raleigh
Community Music School.
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