Senior Center offers free piano lessons
Forty-eight-year-old Christopher
Benjamin beamed with pride on Friday,
May 15, as he listened to and watched
seven of his piano students perform in a
musical recital held at the Urban League.
The recital was held with about 50
people in attendance, in conjunction with
Older American Month, which continued
through the month of May. The seven
participants ? Juanita Green, Gladys
Vann, Lula Mae Lyles, Nettie Williams,
Rosa Lee Bryant, Annie Davis, and Lena
Edwards ? began taking piano lessons
from Benjamin this past December. None
has ever taken lessons before except for
Lyles and Edwards.
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said Benjamin following the recital, Tr
impressed me." Benjamin's classes are
held at the Urban League Senior Center
every Wednesday from 10 ajn. to 3 p.m.
with 30 minutes devoted to each student
The classes are free to the participants.
Sixty-four-year-old student Juanita
Green, who performed the song "Going
Home," said of the recital, "It was beau
tiful. I thought I'd be scared, but I was
n't."
Other participants on the program
included Flora Alexander, James Shelton,
Mary McCurry, and Olivia Bausman.
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Seventy-four-year-old Lula Mae Lyles performed Singing Brook at the recital.
Center, served as the mistress of cere
monies.
After the performances, each student
received a certificate for her work in the
classes under certain categories. Green
and Vann tied for "Best Scale," and Lyles
and Williams tied for "Good Student."
Brown received a certificate for "Best
Notebook;" Davis received the second
highest award for "Best Theory;" and
Edwards received the highest award for
"Advanced Sight Reading:"
Student Olivia Bausman, who did
not perform, also received a certificate
for her work with Benjamin. Students
who were not present were Geraldine
Brown, Joseph Todd, and Mabel Jessup.
Benjamin also received an award certifi
cate from his students. ,
Edwards stated that she was glad the
recital was a part of the Urban League's
celebration of Older American Month
and that it was a symbol to those who
attended that older adults are still a viable
part of society.
"We're still active. We're growing in
wisdom. So I just enjoy growing old," she
said.
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"A long time ago, my Preacher once said ' Service is the price we
pay for the space we occupy. -That's exactly what / try to do."
And serve is what this Westinghouse Turbine Components Plant em
ployee Deloris Huntley does and does well. It was for her dedication and
commitment to our community that awarded her the Westinghouse
Community Service Award. Deloris received this prestigious award for
performing outstanding personal service to her local community and was
one of thirty-five Westinghouse employees throughout the Corporation to
have received this award for 1992.
Deloris* personal commitment and involvement with minority
and community affairs have had a long-lasting and positive impact on the
Westinghouse Turbine Components Plant. We thank Deloris Huntley for
her contributions to our Plant and our community. We congratulate her
for receiving the Westinghouse Community Service Award. "Just to be
nominated was a great honor," notes Deloris, "but to actually receive such
a prestigious award is even greater...! am humbled," she said.
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