Up & Coming Weekly

January 30, 2018

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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2018 UCW 13 Methodist Universit y is set to host the Play4Kay Women's Basketball Event Saturday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. at the March F. Riddle Center on the campus of MU. The event is in remembrance and honor of Coach Kay Yow, who died Jan. 24, 2009, when she lost her fight with breast cancer. "Play4Kay is a fundraising initiative that was started by the Women's Bas- ketball Coaches Association about 12 years ago, and now it is partnered with the Kay Yow Cancer Fund," said DeeDee Jarman, deputy director of athletics at MU. "This was something that Coach Yow wanted to start before she died because she wanted to bring awareness to breast cancer." Jarman added that the initiative has transformed into an event to raise awareness for all women's cancers. The money that is donated to their organization is given back to organizations such as research firms that are trying to find a cure for cancer. Half of the funds are used locally for underprivileged women to receive mammograms. There will be a silent auction and special rec- ognition for cancer patients and survivors during halftime and a reception after the game. "The silent auction is our biggest fundraiser, and we have items that are donated," said Jarman. "Some of the items we have this year include a Kay Yow pin f lag signed by Arnold Palmer, tennis shoes designed for the Kay Yow sports line (and) an auto- graphed Carolina Hurricanes Jersey." Several restaurants and businesses will have spirit nights and will donate a percentage of their sales to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Chipotle's is Feb. 20; Buffalo Wild Wings' is Feb. 2 and 8; and Scrub Oaks' is Feb. 9. TLC Auto Wash on Ramsey Street will donate $1 for every car wash from Feb. 4-11. Local high schools have also joined in to help raise funds. The morning of the game, there will be a 5K walk/run at 9 a.m. The entrance fee is $25. All participants will receive a T-shirt and a medal. Yow was the women's basketball coach at North Carolina State University for 28 years. She battled with cancer three differ- ent times. "I worked her camp for 13 years, and that is how I got to k now her," said Jarman. "If you had the opportunit y to ever meet her, you would k now she was a ver y caring per- son and always put others before herself; and if you had any relationship w ith her, you would want to tr y to continue what she started." "This has become a real big event across the nation," said Jarman. "We want to con- tinue to recognize and keep Coach Yow's memory going strong." If you would like to participate in the basketball game, email djarman@methodist.edu or call 910-630-7283. For more information on the 5K, call 910-630-7615. Merchandise will be available for sale. Methodist University hosts Play4Kay basketball event by DR. SHANESSA FENNER An upcoming perfor- mance titled "1867-2017: A 150-Year Celebration!" by the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 10 is set to honor black excellence on a number of levels. For starters, the event is hosted at Fayetteville State Universit y, spe- cifically to celebrate the school's 150th anni- versar y of its founding. According to the school's histor y webpage, the sesquicentennial marks the moment when seven black Fayetteville citizens purchased two lots on Gillespie Street to "form among themselves a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to maintain the propert y for the educa- tion of Black youth." Just 10 years later, in 1877, the school would be the first public, normal school for North Carolin- ian African-Americans, as well as the first state- sponsored institution in the south for the training of black teachers. As of 2018, FSU offers a doctoral degree, eight master's degrees and 33 bachelor's degrees to students. To parallel this journey, the orchestra's perfor- mance will track African-American inf luences in music during the same 150-year time period. According to Stefan Sanders, FSO music director, the perfor- mance will include music from African-American composers such as William Grant Still, Flor- ence Price, Samuel Coleridge- Taylor and Scott Joplin. The performance will conclude with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech set to music by composer Lee Hoiby. "It's just going to be this ... amaz- ing musical journey that is track- ing the incredible history of the last 150 years and celebrating African- American culture," said Sanders. Joining the orchestra as a guest artist will be the world-renowned soprano opera vocalist Angela Brown. She has travelled both internationally and across the United States based on the merits of her voice. She has made headlines in major publications from The New York Times to Essence and Oprah magazines. Brown will be performing a piece from one of Giuseppe Verdi's operas as well as Gershwin's song "Summertime" from his opera "Porgy and Bess." "It's not ever y day that an artist of (Brown's) prestige is coming to Fayetteville so we're really excited about collaborating with her on this pro- gram," said Sanders. Brown is also the producer and creator of the stage show "Opera…from a Sistah's Point of View." According to her website, the solo show "dispels the common myths of opera from her own sassy perspective." Brown will be performing the show while in town for FSU's 150th celebration. The show is free and takes place at the Arts Council Center Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. "The truth is, I've never met a person that doesn't love music, and, most of the time, when they let themselves experience something new, they end up really enjoying it," said Sanders. "And that's the case with this concert performance. We're going to be playing great music, and Angela is a superstar." But it's not simply about good music in celebra- tion of FSU and Black History Month. FSU's journey represents hopes and dreams turned into thunder- ous reality through the tireless effort of the black community, which FSO's performance will endeav- or to embody. "1867-2017: A 150-Year Celebration" will be at the Seabrook Auditorium at FSU, located at 1200 Murchison Rd., Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The pre-concert talk with the FSO "Music Nerd" begins at 6:45 p.m. For tickets, visit w w w.fayettevillesymphony.org. Black excellence honored in FSO's '150-Year Celebration!' by LAUREN VANDERVEEN DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal, WT Brown Elementary School. Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly. com. 910-484-6200. EVENTS LAUREN VANDERVEEN, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. World-renowned soprano opera vocalist An- gela Brown will perform with the FSO Feb. 10. Photo credit: Roni Ely

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