ArtsBuild Announces 2021-2022 Mission Support Grantees chattanoogan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chattanoogan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Performing Arts League Awards $11,600 In Grants And Scholarships To Support Youth Wednesday, May 19, 2021
At PAL s annual meeting and luncheon at The Walden Club on Tuesday, May 18, the Grants & Scholarships Committee presented Sammie Waller of East Lake Expression Engine with a grant for their 2021 summer program. From left, Suzanne Ford, Bette Malone, Linda Thompson, Sammie Waller (East Lake Expression Engine), Greg Miller (PAL President), Karen Smith and Patricia Daniel. - photo by Gloria Miller / Performing Arts League
The Performing Arts League announces the recipients of their 2021 Grants and Scholarships awards totaling $11,600 to support youth involvement in the performing arts. This year, PAL received seven applications from area organizations and awarded six grants to encourage the expansion and development of youth arts programs that recruit, develop or train young students.
Vincent Oakes Awarded 2021 Belz-Lipman Award For Excellence In Holocaust Education Friday, May 7, 2021
Vincent Oakes
Vincent Oakes, artistic director of the Chattanooga Boys Choir and Director of Choral Music at The Baylor School was awarded the 2021 Belz-Lipman Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education. Mr. Oakes was one of four recipients from across the state identified by the Tennessee Holocaust Commission for this honor.
Mr. Oakes was nominated for the award by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga, with whom the Chattanooga Boys Choir has prepared several programs in observance of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day). This year’s observance, prepared and performed virtually, can be viewed at www.chattanoogaboyschoir.org. In addition to preparing their repertoire, the choristers reviewed music, stories and poetry emanating from concentration camps and visited with music scholars and authors on the subject.
To the 5.7 million of us who lap up Leslie Jordanâs Instagram musings, itâll come as a shock that he doesnât care for one of his most endearing traits.
âI donât like my voice. At all. Because Iâve got that accent, you know? And Iâm not talking about my Southern accent,â he says. âIf you had any doubt about me, when I open my mouth 50 yards of purple chiffon come out.
âBut when Iâm singing a hymn, I sound kind of butch.â
Thatâs right. Leslie Jordan â an actor beloved for his work on TV shows âWill & Graceâ and âAmerican Horror Storyâ â is now singing hymns and old-time country gospel. Heâs even recorded an album that captures the heart and sass that made him such a viral social media star last year with his colorful vignettes about life in lockdown.
Leslie Jordan s gospel album is a hoedown so fabulous that even Dolly Parton shows up gazettextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazettextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.