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WRVS Celebrates 25 Years ECSU Presents First Jazz Festival By Tifanie Brown The week of Success Fest kicked off March 20. The WRVS 89.9FM Street Team planned events to help the Elizabeth City State Univer sity alumni celebrate the 25th anniversary of WRVS. Success Fest is WRVS’s an nual pledge drive. The entire Elizabeth City community supports WRVS in a big way. Throughout the week people called, mailed or brought in donations. The theme of the week was “Album Release.” Monday was the “Promo Tour.” The street team members went to a local elementary school and read to the students and the students read to them. Tues day was “Behind the Music.” There was a live broadcast in New Student Center. Friday was the “Album Pre-Release Party,” which was located at the Cave in downtown Eliza beth City. Saturday was the “Album Release Party.” There was a symposium that morn ing, followed by events with alumni. Each segment during the week was televised live on the school’s television station, W18BB-TV A lot of pioneers of WRVS were in attendance to celebrate the 25th Anniversary. David Linton, the man who had the dream of WRVS and went through a lot to make it come true, was the keynote speaker at Saturday’s Media Sympo sium. Dwayne Collins was the first student on-air personality ofWRVS. Collins is the director and producer of the Swahili Ser vice for Voice of America. Another student of ECSU who had the opportunity to be an on air personality is DJ Fountz. He is now the num ber one DJ for 103Jamz in Norfolk, Virginia. Other guest speakers were Will Harris of The Daily Advance, Krystle Lee of Mount Lebanon Bap tist Church, Larry Moore of Moorehouse Productions and Kesha Williams of ECSU. By Mahogany Joyner The Elizabeth City State University Department of Mu sic presented its first Jazz Fes tival which honored the late noted jazzman Max Roach, on April 6 at the (Above) A group of musicians gather on the Mickey L. Burnim Albemar e- aguire eatre stage for the first ever Elizabeth City State Univer- and on April 7 at the Mickey g|^y Festival. The festival was the first of its kind at ECSU. L. Bumim Fine Arts Com plex s Floyd L. Robinson Au- Chick Corea, Freddie ditorium. Roach’s legacy came alive at the two-day celebra- tion of jazz, hononng the leg- endary draramer, percussionist and composer. Roach was bom around the comer fi-om ECSU. The festival kicked off on University of North Caro- lina-Wilmington Jazz Band April 6 with the festival’s Open- E^.^j^ble under the direc- mg Night Jazz Jam, which was Bongiomo. a public evening event held in was featured dur- the evening at the Arts of the UNC-Wilmington Albemarle s Maguire Theatre, pgj-foj^^ance. “Roach was my on 516 E. Main St., in Elizabeth mentor,” Chambers said. “He City. Special guests included to survive Joe Chambers, a drummer and ^nd gave me percussionist who played with igggons.” Roach’s “M’Boom” percus- Chambers hoped the festival sion ensemble and with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Charles ^j^g^can would reconnect the African- t Provided Library Week Hits ECSU Campus By Camille McGowan During the month of April, The G.R. Little Library at Elizabeth City State Univer sity and the friends of the Library sponsor National Li brary Week. National Library Week was held from April 11 to April 15 on campus. Events during National Li brary Week sought to enhance student involvement and awareness of the G.R. Little Library on campus and a place academicians could consider a second home. Dr. Midgette, Director of the G. R. Little Library said, “I encourage all residents to visit the library this week to take advantage of the wonderful library resourc es available and thank their li brarians and library workers.” Events included a solo exhi bition of student artwork from Rashad Mozell, children’s story hour, a plagiarism work- ber said, “It was an honor and privilege to present Ms. Jones with a token gift of our appre ciation because her craft and entrepreneuralship inspired me.” Smith was smitten with Ms. Jones Architectural and ur ban speech to the faculty and student body on April 14 in Johnson Hall’s Lecture Room National Library Week was a community with jazz music, a tradition bom within the African-American community. In addition. Chambers and Bongiomo held a moming jazz clinic for ECSU music students on April 7 at the cam pus which further prepared students for the evening per formance. The festival concluded with public performances by the ECSU Collegians Jazz Ensem ble, directed by Douglas Jack son, and the ECSU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Ellard ery musician that has played shop, guest speaker and Afri- great opportunity for students can-American historian, Alice Jones. The week concluded with a library social. Joshua Smith, a freshman and new Library Club mem- to experience, and as Presi dent of the Library Club thoroughly enjoyed the week’s festivities. too far from the ECSU cam pus,” said Douglas A. Jackson, co-coordinator of the festival. Bom on January 8, 1924, in Newland, in mral Pasquotank County, Roach was one of the premier innovators of bebop jazz and a formidable com poser. He switched the dmm’s role of keeping time on the bass to the cymbal, thus free ing up the other components of the kit to really make mu sic. This style made him a re nowned percussionist who has performed with Charlie “Bird” Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cole man Hawkins, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Sonny Rollins. Roach’s ability was in spirational, and his musical knowledge was immense. He was able to perform dram so los that were complete songs with a beginning, middle and end. Roach’s performances are available for viewing on You Tube. His knowledge of the dmms, the historical perspec tive and the improvisation he introduced by mixing-up the tempos as he perfected the be bop sound has influenced ev- L. Forrester. ECSU students, faculty, staff and Pasquotank County citizens came to see the perfor mances. “I thought the show was awesome. If ECSU have another jazz festival, I would definitely attend it.” said Aquan Whitaker, a sophomore at ECSU. Although Roach is a well- documented drammer in jazz history, only few are aware of his North Carolina beginnings. “Few people realize that the legendary Max Roach was bom in Newland, a commu nity in Pasquotank County, not jazz post-Roach. To end that, DouglasJack-^ son hoped the Jazz Festival is the start of future presentations on jazz music and^jvorld mu sic. He also hopedjthat people took the event aS;jan opportu nity to hear the next generation of musicians aifd recognize Max R^l^sicontributions to music^
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