GENNffi DENNIS AND CATHERINE LOCKHART
Whirl* Bird volunteer*
Lockhart’s Love Sprouts Wings
"J v. Lioaaio
Pott Staff Writer
Catherine Lockhart is a woman in
love: with children, with the elderly,
and with the Lord.
An 18 year veteran teacher with
the Bible Story Hour, Lockhart also
teaches a bible daasat the Salvation
Army Boys Chib on West Trade She
is the founder of the Whirty Birds
BatonTwirters. ' ,1
"I was very interested in kids who
had nothing to do with their time,”
she recalls. ”1 wanted to have
sontethiog for them besides the bible
das* Most kids don’t have the
opportunity to participate in a baton
group or anything etale/V
So, four years ago, she began to
«r»»nize her group of baton
twitters, even though she didn’t
know the Qrst thing herself about
baton twirling.
Lockhart and her sister, Gennie
Dennis, had picked up some red
uniforms in a thrift store. These, she
took to Bertha. Harris, whom
Lockhart calls "my mother in the
Lord.” Hands, who heads the Bible
women discussed the idea for a
baton group sad, after
. praying about it, cannri* with the
name, “Whtdy Birds.”
The na*be derives from the dove
that settled over Christ as be was
being bkptjaed by JobriTlhe group
uniforms cirry a white dove on the
cheat.
Boys and girls from all
* Salvation Anxur,BM» Clubs
Charlotte participate Hi the !
to 17.
Lockhart especially credits Mike
Foss, executive director of the Boys
Clubs; Frerito Burton, director of the
W. Trade St. Boys Club; and Sam
Watts, program Erector, with
helping to support "the Whirly Birds.
The'first year, Lockhart’s
daughter, Christine, helped out. She ,
had been involved with the band at
West Mecklenburg and knew the
routines. Hie second year, a
volunteer was recruited from the
Drum Majorettes of America to
teach the children.
This year, the Bible Story Hour is
paying two teachers to direct the
group
Both Lockhart and Dennis have
made the uniforms the past two
ymrs, with material furnished by
the Salvation Army Boys Clubs.
Next year, they hope to be able to
order custom uniforms.
The Whirly Birds have marched in
the Carrousel Parade,
the Concord Chirstmas parade, and
other parades. This past week, they
marched In the Johnson C. Smith
homecoming parade. Says' Lock
hart,‘‘We have more parades than
we can fill.’’
A number of the Whirly Birds have
been members since the group was
formed. One of them, Lisa Hancock,
is drum majorette this year,
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uxumart is hopeful that in the
future baton twirling w»mp» can be
set up for those wbo want to excel in
that activity. .
r The youth volunteer, whose own
two children - Cynthia and Christine
-are grown, is married to James
Lockhart. He is "very supportive,”
she says. "He loves the Lord, and he
loves to help any way he can."
She is active in New Covenant
Ministries and, at one time, had a
radio program on WQCC, called
'“Good Morning, Miss Mary.”
Dennis has two sons, Kevin and
Ervin, who are both drummers in
the Whirly Birds. She Is a member
of Myers Tabernacle, where all
three are ushers.
Lockhart akyn anyone wishing to
help can make a donation to Bible
Story Hour, in care of
George and Bertha Harris, 2156
Colony Road, Charlotte. The Bible
Story Hour, according to Lockhart,
is a non-profit organisation that
helps a lot of people and teaches
bible classes throughout the area.
”1 was raised in a Christian
home,” she states. “When my
mother died, Bertha Harris came
along and she watered the seeds that
were planted.”
Now; in turn, Lockhart is
watering many seeds with projects
like the Whlrly Birds
Coune Explores Golden Age Of Radio
' Who know* what evil lurks in
the hearts of men? Or what hap
pens when Fibber McGee opens his
closet.
The Shadow knows. And if you
know who The Shadow Is, you’ll
enjoy a course in the Golden Age of
Radio beginning in January at
Central Piedmont Community
College (CPCC).
The course explores popular cul
ture as reflected in the radio pro
gramming of the ’30b, ’40b, and
’SOb. It will be taught by Midwel
Childress, who grew up listening to
his parents, grandparents, aunts
f—--—
and unclea reliving their experi
ences with radio drama. His in
terest grew into a collection of about
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Cost is $12.73 for the course, which
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Registration for new students will be
December 9-12.
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to the radio, tune in to ttda^OPCC
course. For details, call Joe Alvare* ^
at 373-0782.
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