In the last email I sent you, there was an invitation to a special May 6th concert---In error I wrote Saturday, May 6th. The concert is actually on Sunday , May 6th at 4 PM at the Scottish Rite Theater. The flyer explaining the concert appears below. If you would like to come, let me know, and I will hold tickets for you. Also, please spread the word to others......Hope you can make it!.........Jan
W. Hazaiah Williams Memorial Concert
Rev. Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams
(1930-1999)
The Rev. Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams was the first African-American Impresario of a major classical music concert series in this country. He was founder of Four Seasons Concerts and Today’s Artists Concerts, which he formed in 1958 and directed until his death in 1999. He was also founder and pastor of the Church For Today in Berkeley and founding president of the Center For Urban-Black Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley where he was awarded two honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees. He led Civil Rights causes in the San Francisco Bay Area, served as Executive Director of the East Bay Conference on Race, Religion and Social Justice and for 8 years was director on the Berkeley Board of Education during the period in which the Berkeley Public Schools were desegregated. Through this annual concert, we remember and honor Dr. Williams’ contributions to our local community and to our country.
“The Art of the Spiritual”
Three Baritones performing African-American Spirituals
LUIZ-OTTAVIO FARIO – AUTRIS PAIGE – ANTHONY TURNER
SUNDAY, MAY 6 – 4:00 PM
SCOTTISH RITE THEATRE
1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland (closest BART: Lake Merritt Station)
This concert is offered FREE OF CHARGE as a gift to the Community.
Reserved seat tickets are required (follow instructions with order form below)
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To order your Reserved Seat Tickets (limit 2 tickets per order):
To have your tickets mailed to you, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with this order form to:
Four Seasons Concerts, P.O. Box 507, Berkeley, CA 94701.
To have your tickets held at the box office the afternoon of the concert, call 510-601-7919 or e-mail the information requested below to fourseasonsc@juno.com
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