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By 'PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Community Newt Editor
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grams as the CBN 700 Club, Dr. D. James Kennedy TV
t Ministry, and The Joy of Music, hosted by organist
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Diane Bish. Winston -Salem will have the opportunity
to see Miss Sung Sook Lee in person in a concert of
sacred musk Sunday, April 21, at 6 pjn. in the sanctu
ary of Hanes Memorial C.M.E. Church.
Sponsored by the Missionary Society and the
Music Department of Hanes Memorial, Miss Lee will
bring to the congregation and the community "a trained
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organist at Hanes.
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As an oratorio soloist, she
has performed with the Mor
mon Tabernacle Choir, the
Handel Oratorio Society at
Kennedy Center, the New York
Oratorio Society, the Festival of
Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy,
the Westminster Choir, the St
"Cecilia Choiriir Rome,and
major symphony orchestras
around the world. ?
Mr. Smith is excited about
the upcoming performance by
Miss Lee and feels she will
offer something new and pro
foundly different, as well as
inspirational, to the African
American community. ^She
sings all the Negro spirituals
and hymns," he said, adding
that as a Korean, "That's inter
esting for us." He said that
although her name may not be
familiar to many in the black
community, her face is. He
recalled her performance of "It
Is Well" on a recent Dr. D.
James Kennedy^ program
(Channel 8 at 8:30 a.m. on Sun
days in this area).
Bringing an artist of Miss
Lee's caliber to the local com
munity has presented a chal
lenge to Mr. Smith, but one
which he feels will be worth
while once the audience hears her reper
tory. "Serious music has been here, and
it's fading to an
ing the lack of concentration among
African- American choirs on such reli
gious music as the singing of hymns.
"But, she's here to bring it back." He
said, "I like the way she interprets a
hymn. She gives
sit down and reflect on the words.
gives you a chance to actually think.
He added, "We hear the words, but we
don't actually think about them."
Miss Lee will perform a selection
at the Sunday morning service prior to
her concert. She will sing with the
Chancel Choir, which Mr. Smith directs.
He laughed recalling the initial grum
bling that went on when the choir found
out they would have to sing "Inflamma
tus" from Stabat Mater by G. Rossini in
Latin with^Miss Lee as soloist. But that
will be her only selection in a foreign
language. "She's not coming to sing in
Korean," he said, "she's going to sing in
good, old American English." He said
that Miss Lee will also "whet the
appetite" at the morning service with "It MlSS Sung
Is Well," arranged by Diane Bish. Guest programs,
accompanist will be Dr. Faustina Holman, a member of
the faculty at Winston^Salem State University.
Mrs. Georgia Smith, president of the Missionary
Society, said that Miss Lee's appearance is a chance for
the people in the community to actually hear and meet
someone they have seen on television. "Each year the
' Missionary group promotes a cultural activity," she
said, adding that this event is "a community -oriented
affair" offered through the Missionary Society's Cultur
al Enrichment group. Mr. Smith added, "We want the
community at large to come on out and see a person
that you might have seen and said, 'I'd love to see her in
person."'
The concert is free of charge, said Mr. Smith.
"We're not asking for anything . . . We're giving you an
afternoon of enjoyment, a worship service through
Sook Leo Is a favorite on religious television
song." He considers the performance as the church's
"piece de resistance" among the other efforts that the
church has sponsored.
Members of the Music Department also involved
are Peggy W. McLaughlin, Michael Lemmon, and Jere
lyn W. Travick. The Reverend Earl Christopher Carroll
is pastor of Hanes Memorial.
Asked if he thought there might be some question
as to why that particular artist, a Korean, Mr. Smith
stated emphatically, "As a musician, ... I'm not looking
at it from the standpoint of who's black and who's white
. . . Don't look at her face, listen to her voice." He feels
that just as there are few African-Americans who have
achieved international status, the same holds true for
Koreans, among other minority groups. He said, "She
represents the epitome of sacred (music) singers." >
1 00-year celebration held for Lossie Spells
By PATRICIA SMITH^DEERING
Community News Editor
Approximately 160 relatives
and friends gathered at Cooper
Middle School in Clayton, N.C.
Saturday, April 6, to celebrate the
1 00th birthday of Lossie Dudley
Spells, bom April 5, 1891, in Nash
County to Henry and Mary Ann
Dudley.
Joining in the celebration,
which included an outdoor pig pick
ing were her six surviving of 13
children: Annie 5. Alexander, Win
ston-Salem; Catherine Atkinson,
Princeton, N.C.; Leroy Spells,
Oxford, N.C.; Alene Mouzzon and
Marie Bryant, Clayton; and Lossie
Brewington, Goldsboro, N.C.
Mrs. Spells received a birthday
card from President George Bush
and a letter from North Carolina
Governor James Martin. Third dis
trict congressman, Martin Lancaster
spoke, and the mayor of Clayton,
Lawrence Ellis, presented Mrs.
Spells with flowers.
She also received a certificate
from fifth district congressman,
Steve Neal, and was presented with
the LJ. S. flag that was flown over
the White House on March 9, 1991 .
Mrs. Spells' brother and sister
from Washington, D.C., attended,
along with many ot the 33 grand
children, 36 great-grandchildren,
and five great-great-grandchildren
that she has across the country. A
donation of "The Last Supper" was
made to her church, Hope to Live
Baptist Church, in Clayton.
Mrs. Lossie Dudley Spells received card from President Bush.
Dr. W.E. Banks to speak for Annual Men's Dav
Chronicle Staff Report
The men of New Bethel will
celebrate the 44th Men's Day on
April 21 at 11 a.m. The speaker
for the occasion will be Dr. W.E.
Banks, Director of Shaw Divini
ty School's Extension Program
and Pastor Emeritus of First
Baptist Church of Thomasville.
Dr. Banks received his B.A.
degree from St. Augustine's Col
lege, Raleigh, N.C.
He attended graduate school
at Shaw University of Religion,
receiving a M.R.E. degree and
North Carolina A&T State Uni
versity, receiving a M.Ed, in
Social Sciencc.
He served three years in the
U.S. Army with an honorable
discharge. He later taught
Social Science at the Richard B.
Harrison High School in Selma,
ft.CT
Dr. Banks has had" extensive
political involvements. He has
run for local and state offices.
On the national level of the
Democratic party, he served as
Advance Man in Robert
Kennedy's Presidential Cam
paign in 1968; worked for the
and College Chapters
of North Carolina
N.A.A.C.P. (1964
1966).
He has served as
president of the
North Carolina Min
isters' Conference.
Additionally, he
participated in voter
education drives in
the South and partic
ipated in the March
from Memphis, Ten
nessee to Jackson,
Mississippi to con
tinue James Mered
ith's voter registra
tion drive.
He also served
on the National
Board and as Presi
dent of Operation
Bread Basket (1967
1968) and has served
as president of the North Caroli
na Conference of the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence.
Dr. Banks has received a
spccial grant in the amount of a
half million.dollars to serve
lunches tp children for a
committee to elect Lyndon B.
Johnson irt 1964; and worked for
the committee to elect Jim Hol
houser for Governor.
President of the Thomasville
N.A.A.C.P. from 1962-1968, Dr.
Banks also served in the capaci
ty of Director of High Scfibol
Summer Feeding Program.
For his efforts, Dr. Banks
has received numerous citations,
N.A.A.C.P. awards, recognition
from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, a Certificate of Apprecia
tion from the City of
Thomasville, the N.C. General
Baptist Award for Outstanding
Service, and an award from First
Baptist Church. He has received
honorary degrees from Bishop
College, Friendship College,
Virginia Seminary, and Shaw
University.
Dr. Banks is married and has
one son.
Others appearing on the pro
gram are: Call to Worship
Trustee Arthur Kenner; Scrip
ture, David Odom; Invocation,
Trustee Wesley Curtis; An
nouncements, Alfred Poe; Spe
cial Recognition, Deacon Dou
glas Joyner; Offertory Prayer,
Trustee John Possey; Introduc
tion of Speaker, Dr. Jerry Dray
ton; and Recognition of Visitors,
Trustee J.C. Gilmore III.
Deacon Douglas Joyner is
Men's Day chairman.
Dr. Jerry Drayton is host
pastor.