A gathering on Decatur Street across from Jackson Square in New Orleans, organized by California-based worship leader and activist Sean Feucht, on Nov. 7, during the coronavirus pandemic. Louisiana-born Christian pop singer Lauren Daigle was a special guest at the event.Â
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It is with a heavy heart that I report on the passing of Carol Dickerson Sutton, the acclaimed stage and screen actress who appeared in so many unforgettable films, including Horace Jenkins recently restored 1982 classic, Cane River. She died of Covid-19 on December 10th at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans just a few days after her 76th birthday. In Cane River (which we screened at Ebertfest last year), she plays Ms. Mathis, the mother of a young woman, Maria (Tommye Myrick), who falls for a man, Peter (Richard Romain) from a different class background.
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(RNS) Christian pop star Lauren Daigle is responding to Louisiana news reports that she had been removed from the lineup of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” the iconic musical countdown to the New Year on ABC.
The move reportedly came after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell raised concerns about Daigle’s appearance at Sean Feucht’s “Let Us Worship” rally and concert last month in the city, where Daigle lives and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” plans to film its countdown for the Central time zone.
Feucht’s event in New Orleans’ French Quarter did not have a permit and violated public health guidelines in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to the mayor. The event put New Orleans residents in danger and threatened the city’s progress in combating the pandemic, she wrote.
Lauren Daigle performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Christian performing artist Lauren Daigle has won a couple of Grammys and five Billboard Music awards, but her talent and popularity notwithstanding, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell claims she committed the unpardonable sin.
That would be performing without a mask in a “Let Us Worship” protest gathering in November in the French Quarter’s Jackson Square. The protest was organized by evangelical activist Sean Feucht and was held without a city permit.
“Ms. Daigle cannot and should not be rewarded with national media exposure and the public spotlight,” Cantrell told Dick Clark Productions in a December 9 letter that was made available to the media. Cantrell was referring to the annual “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” show.
Nungesser comments on NOLA mayor s push to remove Lauren Daigle from NYE lineup
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is joining the discussion regarding New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell s request that Lauren Daigle not perform in the city s New Years Eve celebration.
While the announcement of Daigle being a performer for the NYE celebration had not been officially announced, Cantrell urged Dick Clark Productions in a letter last week to not reward [Daigle] with national media exposure and a public spotlight.
The call for Daigle to be removed from the lineup comes from a November 7 rally and concert in the French Quarter. Cantrell says the event was unpermitted and in violation of public health guidelines.