Photo by Paul Collins
Students sing "Kum Ba Yah," an African spiritual, in Jeanne Williams/ choral music class.
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"What I like most is how ...
teachers teach us... what to do
when we grow up or they teach
* - us what we're going to expect
in our next grade....My most
favorite (classes are) children's
theater, vocal music and
African drumming and danc
ing."
In Phyllistine Poole's cre
ative writing class, students
were completing a writing
assignment about their Summer
Arts CTamp days. Poole said of
the course: "1 have given them
writing assignments. The first
was an autobiography in chap
ters. The reason I laughed is 1
because kids don't want to
write in the summer. They
don't want to write in the
school year. They're very
reluctant. Then I gave them
some writing exercises on writ
ing descriptions. Including
adjectives, verbs, action verbs;
exercises on the main idea and
developing paragraphs, using
details; exercises on sequence
of the story - the order, using
words like 'first,' 'second,'
'next'....
"We meet in this class three
days a week, one hour each day
for this class. They write daily.
It's a continuing thing. They
have a list of topics when they
come in here. I call on them
after they've written for a while
to read their papers, then we
discuss their papers. The class
and I make comments and ask
questions, and they redo their
papers....(Not) filling in enough
details is one of the main prob
lems....And they have (prob
lem) coming up with topics on
their own. Usually I give them
topics....
"That little boy Darron
(Daniels) is really good. He
really likes to write. He's writ
ten a lot. I don't assign home
work, hut he has taken his
home and writes at home."
Darron, 9, said. "I've
enjoyed how ... every day we
come in here we write about
different topics. My favorite
topic was this one - my sum
mer camp days."
Professional actress Kelli
R. Brown taught children's the
ater at Summer Arts Camp.
Last Thursday, the class was
rehearsing a brief skil that leads
into a song the children wrote,
combined with a step routine
the children created.
In an interview. Brown said,
"What I'm trying to do is reach
the children kipd of where they
are....Most children, like adults,
love music. A lot of them
(admire) some of the younger
rap entertainers that are out. so
I want them to be able to know
and believe in themselves that
they can do their own, rap....I
figured it would be nice to let
them create their own songs,
which they have created with
their own words...."
And it gives them an oppor
tunity to perform. Brown said.
"I feel that any type of per
formance involves acting; even
if you're a lawyer or you're
doing public speaking, you
need to be able to present your
self and perform."
The talent showcase on July
13 included vocal music,
instrumental music, theater and
African drumming and dance.
Members of the professional
troupe The Healing Force
taught the children African
drumming and dance.
Winston-Salem Foundation
plants a seed for Girl Scouts
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"The Girl Scouts, Tarheel
Triad Council Inc. has been
awarded a grant of $50,000 by
The Winston-Salem Founda
tion," Marci L. Brown, executive
director, said recently.
According to Brown, the
grant will be used for the capital
campaign to develop a new site
for programs and an administra
tive center.
"Our organization's member
ship continues to diversify and
? increase throughout the 13 coun
ties that we serve," Brown said.
; "The grant from The Winston
Salem Foundation will give us
additional resources to provide
traditional and new programs for
girls and increased support to
adult volunteers. The new site
will enable girls to experience
activities using practical applica
tions of science and technology,
gain knowledge about and an
appreciation for the environ
ment. and participate in leader
ship learning opportunities with
girls from a wide diversity of
racial, cultural, geographic, and
economic backgrounds," Brown
continued.
"We've placed special
emphasis on serving girls in
underprivileged neighborhoods -
urban and rural - who would not
otherwise have the opportunity
to experience Girl Scouting. Our
current location doesn't have the
materials, equipment, space or
transportation necessary to pro
vide such a program experience.
Receiving this grant is definitely
something to cheer about."
Brown said. The funds are made
available from the Carl W. and
Annie M. Harris Endowment.
The Girl Scouts, Tarheel
Triad Council, founded in 1968,
serves more than 23,000 mem
bers in its 13-county jurisdiction.
Those counties include Ala
mance, Alleghany, Caswell,
Davidson, Davie. Forsyth. Guil
ford. Randolph. Rockingham.
Stokes, Surry. Wilkes and Yad
kin. Madeleine Dassow is the
president of the board of direc
tors. Girl Scouts, Tarheel Triad
Council is a United Way agency.
The Winston-Salem Founda
tion is a community foundation
that supports charitable pro
grams in Greater Forsyth Coun
ty. It was founded in 1919 by
Colonel Francis Fries with a
SI.000 gift and now administers
more than 850 funds with total
custodial assets of more than
$210 million. In 2001, a total of
$18.2 million was awarded,
including $3.5 million of discre
tionary grants.
Little Miss Livingstone Pageant
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The Winston-Salem Chapter
of the Livingstone College
National Alumni Association
invites alumni, friends and the
Winston-Salem community to
-attend the first Little Miss Liv
ingstone Pageant July 28 at 3
p.m. at Goler Metropolitan
AME Zion Church.
Designed with a dual pur
pose. the pageant will offer
enrichment activities for the par
ticipants as well as savings
bonds to the first-, second- and
third-place winners and serve as
a fund-raising project for the
local chapter.
Money raised will under
write local programming as wpjl
as annual contributions to Liv
ingstone College and to the
National Alumni Association's
annual fund-raising project for
the college.
Livingstone College, located
in Salisbury, is a historically
black, private, coeducational lib
' eral arts college supported by
"the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church. Currently
enrolling more than 850 under
graduates from 21 states and
several foreign countries. Liv
ingstone College confers under
graduate bachelor of arts, bache
lor of science and bachelor of
social work degrees.
In addition to their fund-rais
ing projects, the contestants. 9
to 13 years old. were invited to
participate in activities designed
to help them grow socially.
These activities included a beau
ty and skin care workshop pre
sented by Anne Richardson.
Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Belk
Flanes Mall; an etiquette semi
nar conducted by Dr. Audrey
Carter, instructor. Winston
Salem State University; and a
fun. project featuring instruction
in scrapbook design and assem
bly.
Richardson instructed the
girls in proper skin care, empha
sizing the importance of estab
lishing maintenance regimens at
a young age that ensure minimal
skin problems now and later.
She reinforced that though phys
ical beauty offers a degree of
self-satisfaction, it's the inner
beauty, and acceptance of our
selves as God's flawless cre
ations. that offers lifelong self
satisfaction.
In the etiquette seminar.
Carter addressed the art and
practice of fine manners Seg
ments included improving self
image; respect for others; devel
oping poise; developing charm:
the correct things to do. say and
wear; and the earmarks of a lady.
Carter and her associate. Dr.
Adrianne Jones, stressed how
far good manners can take one
in life and encouraged the girls
to identify positive aspects of
their personalities and work to
enhance them.
The scrapbook project,
designed to foster creativity and
the appreciation of one's own
life relationships, allowed the
contestants to create layout
pages to highlight favorite per
sonal photos as well as photos of
pageant activities.
Scrapbooks will be dis
played the day of the pageant.
Little Miss Livingstone con
testants are: Patrice Williams,
daughter of Charles and Meitice
Williams: Teara Neils, grand
daughter of Tony and Eva
Miller: Ebonie Walker, daughter
of Valerie Simpson;-Margo
Moody, daughter of Florence
Moody; La'Jacia Williamson,
granddaughter of Gwen
Williamson: and Kiaira Hughes,
daughter of Harvey and April
Hughes.
p The Winston-Salem Alumni
Chapter is seeking financial sup
port of the pageant from alumni,
friends of the college and the
Winston-Salem community in
general. Contact finance com
mittee co-chair Natalie France.
774-3806. or chapter president
Peggy Moore. 761-0668. to be
advised of contribution opportu
nities.
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