: ' The Chronicle
Community Focus
Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point
skction C * 1974- Celebrating 25 Years - 1999 A u o O s t 5, 1999
Back to school time
Children head back to
school next week and several
organizations will hold events
? to make sure the year is off to
a good start.
Dr. Ernie Wade and Asso
ciates will hold an "Academic
V Revival" Sunday from 6-8
p.m. at Philips Chapel Baptist
Church, 132 N. Glenn Street.
The event is open to parents
-and students grades 6-12.
Students will produce a
"What I'm Gonna Do This
Year" document that will set
goals for the academic year.
On Aug. 14, Union Baptist
Church, 406 Northwest Blvd.,
will host an education rally
from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. The
event will feature speakers
from the school system who
will discuss the importance of
. parent and student involve
manf
UIV1II.
The rally will also include
a performance by the Union
Baptist Church Children's
Choir as well as refreshments.
The church will also hand out
school supplies.
The Black Child Develop
ment Center of Greensboro
will hold its annual Back-to
School Extravaganza Aug. 21
at Shiloh Baptist Church,
1210 S. Eugene Street.
Experts will be on hand to
discuss social promotion, the
Parents Teacher Association
and the Individual Education
Plan process. The first 100
students to show up will
. receive free school supplies.
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Mr. Imagination returns
Chicago artist Gregory
Warmack, better known as
"Mr. Imagination," will
return to Winston-Salem Sat
urday for the dedication of
the newly created "Memory
Wall of Peace and Love." The
program, sponsored by the
Southeastern Center for Con-:
temporary Art, will also fea
ture Mayor Jack Cavanagh
and current SECCA executive
director Michele Rowe
Shields. The celebration will
be held at 6:30 p.m. on site at
the Winston-Salem Transit
Authority, on the corner of
Fifth and Trade streets.
"The Wall" was designed
to celebrate Whiston-Salem
and includes object^ donated
by members of the communi
ty
Stress seminar
A free seminar on stress
will be held at Carver School
Road Branch of the Forsyth
County Library Aug. 17.
Catherine Jourdan, a licensed
professional counselor, will
suggest ways to relieve stress.
The seminar is sponsored
by the library and the
Women's Health Center of
Excellence at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical
Center. The program is part
of "Health at the Well," an
effort to educate women,
about health issues.
The library is at 4915
Lansing Drive. For more
information call Alma Wil
son, 716-3066.
Sm Poga CIO for mora of thi?
wwfc'i Community Calandor
Be on time - and smile
From loft, ilia Joyto, Larry Loon Hamlin and Yolanda King took timo out of thmir bwiy rehearsal schedules to attend the pep rally to thank the volunteers.
1,000 attend NBTF Pep Rally
? BY FELECIA P. MCMILLAN
COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT
"As a volunteer for the
National Black Theatre Festival,
I promise to be kind and courte
ous to everyone and go out of my
way to provide information and
assistance.:..! promise to do
everything right so that no one
will lose their one good nerve...."
More than 1,000 volunteers
for the National Black Theatre
Festival took this oath July 29 at
the All-Star Volunteer Pep Rally
at the Stevens Center. This oath
brought closure to the skit titled
"Dos and Don'ts of Being an
NBTF Volunteer" written by
Elwanda Ingram, Ph.D., co-coor-.
dinator for hosts and hostesses.
Sylvia Sprinltle-Hamlin and
Joyce Eleni have served as the vol
unteer co-coordinators for many
years. Ingram introduced Sprin
kle-Hamlin as "Mrs Marvtastic."
"I am here to give special
thanks- to my co-coordinator,
Joyce Elem. She can help me stay
on track. We have been working
together since 1989, and we have
a long history," Sprinkle-Hamlin
said.
The 100 coordinators have
been meeting every other Satur
day since May in order to make
the festival special for those who
come. Sprinkle-H^mlin reminded
the volunteers about the volun
teer party that will be held in their
honor in the fall.
"This will be a very special
party, and the party is for you.
From the bottom of my heart
thank you for all of your efforts,"
she said.
The purpose of the rally was
to review the instructions that
were distributed during the train
ing sessions for the volunteers
and to honor those persons from
the community who haye come
forward to offer their services
during the festival.
Men, women, boys and girls
from the Triad have volunteered
to serve as house managers,
hosts/hostesses, ushers, medical
nightingales, administrative office
personnel, production assistants,
.Youth Celebrity Project workers,
vendor assistants and volunteers
for the box offige, concessions.
the gala, information desk, trans
portation, security and other sup
port personnel.
These public servants vowed
to be on time, wearing a winsome
smile and the signature colors of
the NBTF, which are purple and
black.
The Winston Lake YMCA
Boss Drummers opened the pep
rally with a drummers' proces
sion. They received a standing
ovation for their orderly, synchro
nized fnovements and lively beats
that made it impossible for the
audience to keep still.
The Winston Lake YMCA
YBA Cheerleaders created a
cheering routipe just for the pep
rally. "Who rocks the house?
See Rally on CI
Left, rh* YMCA YBA ckNrfoadtri highlighted the efforts of the volunteers with their theer 'Who Hocks The House? NBTF Hocks The House.' Hight, Joyce Hem and Sylvia
Sprinkle-Hamlin have coordinated thousands of volunteers for the National Black Theatre festival since 1999.
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