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Hummings Renowned Pianist Performs By KAREN M. HANNON Comni unity News Reporter As a yoUfigsler, Amenta Hum mlngs was jusi an ordinary piano student, until the age of 15 when she ? realized being average was not enough. Today, she is a world-renown classical pianist who has performed in famous concert halls throughout the world. But she said her most important performance is not on the stage. Her goal is to make a difference in the lives of young people. "I cannot be a person that makes a difference if 1 am typical," she said. "My main concern is that I have a big job to do to encourage young people to find a life Of their own that has not been jeopardized by what they see and hear and who they think they are supposed Hummings speaks from experi ence. -And she will present much of her piano experience this weekend as the guest soloist with the Win ston-Salem Piedmont-Triad Sym phony at the Stevens Center at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. There will also be a performance Tuesday night at 8 p.m. As a black teenager growing up in Cleveland, Hummings said she refused to settle for what society may or may not have expected of her. Vler mother was her first piano teacher, but as a 4-year-old, Hum mings was one of only a few black Armenia Hummings will be a guest piano soloist during a Winston Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony at the Stevens Center this weekend. gave me the idea that I'd eventually piano skills that she practiced at end up working towards an individ- home without the help of her show b> example and has ing to pro mote another's pLt<ence in that sport, " she said. "It < more important at this stage in my lite to be a role model and promote other talent. When young people sec someone in that position, they're able to get through a little easier. * "Young minorities need advice, but they must know they are entitle^ to it," Hummings said. "There are people who are already in the posi tions to help kids get to the door, but we owe it to them to help them get through the door." She said parents can help their children find their niche in encour aging exposure. "Kids can't find out who they are until they have been somewhere on many levels." Hummings said. "You can't choose a future for 'a child, but a child can't choose not to do somethings unless he's able to do it." "I cannot be a person that makes a difference if I am typical. " ? Armenia Hummings * students in the New England Conf servatory of Music in Boston. She .-said she never thought playing ''piano would lead to a career until she was a teenager. By that time, she knew she had to get serious. "I started working as hard as I could, getting as much out of work that I could," said Hummings, who now lives in Winston-Salem. "There were no. black teachers in the schools I was studying, so there jjjeren't any black role piodels.That ual goal, instead of doing something expected of mc." Hummings said she had a late start in playing classical pifrno, but she didn't let that hold her back. "I knew if I met the competition head on, I would have a chance if 1 confronted the way things were," she said. "So when 1 was 16, I audi tioned for Juilliard (School of Music in New York)." She said her audition required an enormous amount of technical teacher. She said"her teacher thought she wasn't prepared to compete with other Juilliard students. Her hard work paid off. Hum niings earned a full scholarship to Juilliard and made her recital debut in New York. From there, she per formed at Carnegie Hall and with the Cleveland Orchestra and L'Orchestre de la Suise Romande in Switzerland and the Miami Pops Orchestra. In between performances tti 27 countries and five continents, she said she has always found the time to help a younger generation find meaningful lives and dream bigger dreams. "I am torn between having to - * '? Womble Speaks At Family Night The hoard of Christian Educa tion of Hancs Memorial C.M.E. Church will have Family Night on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Alderman Larry W. Womblc. He will speak on "The Black Family." He will also Larry XV. Womble show slides of his recent trip to Senegal and Africa. Womble is a graduate of the local schools of Winston Salem/Forsyth County; an honor graduate of Atkins High School; B.S. degree in education from Win ston-Salem State University; gradu ate of the University of North Car olinaat Chapel Hill; received his M. Ed, in administration and principal's Certificate from Appalachian State University in Boone and was enrolled in th<^ program for Ph. D. in administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Presently, he is assistant princi pal at Kennedy Middle School; supervises various physical aspects of school scheduling of programs and events, disciplining of students; was former assistant principal at Cook Middle School; former assis tant principal of Mineral Springs MiihiJ e School and Old Town School. From 1974-75 he was a supervisor and director at Wake For est University, where he initiated ? and implemented goals and objec tives, supervised and evaluated vari ous aspects of program and student classes. During the summer of 1974, he was director of Mineral Springs Summer School Project where he supervised Project Read and Hoff man Reading Program for the feder al' government and supervised a staff of 36. From 1971-74 he was depart ment chairman and instructor at Diggs Intermediate Schools where he established objectives, made decisions, disseminated and inter preted policies, served as a liaison between the faculty and administra tion, established various commit tees, instituted after school extended day program, and started and distrib uted a school newspaper. He is presently alderman of the Southeast Ward; a member of National Education Association, N.C. Association of Educators; Association of Classroom Teachers; member of the Board of Directors of the N.C. league of Municipalities; member of the Board of Trustees at Bethlehem Baptist Church; member of Libcrian Association of the Pied mont and member of Leadership Winston-Salem. He has received several scholarships in undergradu ate and graduate school; nominated for Who's Who in American Col leges; recognized for various pro ^jec*s, ideas and suggestions by the newspaper, television and radio. In 1980-81 he was assistant principal of the year for the State of North Carolina; Ambassador of Friendship Force of North Carolina to Europe; Ambassador of Friendship Force to Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In 1985 he received the man of the Year Award bv the Winston-Salem Chronicle. His interests include various sports, music, reading, drama, enlightening discussions and politics. Aldinc Cloud is director of the Board of Christian Education and Dr Lloyd L. Watkins, Sr., is pastor. Pastor To Celebrate Anniversary Rev. Philemon A. Samuels, pastor of Goodwill Baptist Church will celebrate his third pastoral anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 15th. The 1 1 a.m. speaker will be Rev. Henry Massey, Associate minister of Morning Star Baptist Church. The* 3 p.m. speaker will be the Rev; Joseph Parks, pastor of Yadkitf Grove Baptist Church of Lexington. Dinner will be at 1:30 p.m., imme diately following morning service. Rev. Samuels has been in the ministry for 22 years and is a senior at High Point University. Rev. Samuels is married to the former ria Monk, who is an evangelist. _:y have two children, Bril and Joi. He was callcd to the church in February 1990 after the retirement of the former pastor, the late Rev. R.Q. Allen. Under his leadership the children's choir . the youth department. Wednesday night chil dren's bible study, puWrtTrelations committee, church training semi nars. deacons honors day, gradua tion day program, sunday school worships, church planning commit tee, and a new members orientation program were established. The church is located on Goodwill Road, off highway 150 West in Arcadia. * " For more information call 650 1032. Reverend Philemon Samuels DIFFICULTY IN URINATION? If you have any of the following symptoms, you may have a common prostate disease known as BPFFTwnign Prostatic Hyperplasia). ? Painful urination ? Urgency in urination ? Frequency in urinat.inn ? 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