Community
Your stories, your voices May 22 2008
Community
Calendar
Ken Rhodes Trio at
Reynolds House
The Ken Rhodes Trio will
perform at Reynolda House
Museum of American Art on
Friday, May 23. The trio
recorded "Live at : Reynolda
House" in 2000 and is noted
for its special blend of jazz
standards and original compo
s i t i o n s
Tickets for the concert are
$12 and $8 for museum mem
bers and students. Call 758
5150 for advance tickets or
information.
Volunteer training session
SCAN (Stop Child Abuse
Now) will be offering a 3 day
training session for Welcome
Baby and Parent Aide volun
teer's. The training sessions
are scheduled for May 3 1 , and
June 2 and 3. Call Melody
Brown for more information
at 336-725-2229 ext. 127, e
m a i 1
melody.brown@exchangesca
ii.org
Volunteers needed
The Shepherd's Center of
Greater Winston-Salem needs
volunteers for its Faith in
Action Care Program.
Volunteers assist older adults
by performing minor home
repairs, providing visitation
and respite care, and trans
porting clients for medical
appointments and grocery
shopping. Assignments offer
flexibility in location and
scheduling. Training for new
volunteers will be held on
Wednesday, May 28, 9:30
a.m.- 2 p.m., at Parkway
United Church of Christ, 2151
Silas Creek Parkway. Lunch is
provided. To register or for
more information, call 748
0217.
Black History screening set
A Black History
Celebration, "Down Memory
Lane," will be presented on
DVD on June 4 at the
Granville Place Apartments in
the dinning hall from . 2 - 3
p.m. Featured in the presenta
tion will be Armenta
Hummings, James Braxton,
Pastor Patricia West and
Annie Johnson. Mamie Brown
is the producer. The public is
invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served
and there will be door prizes.
For information contact
Mamie Brown at 703-5488.
Granville Place Apartments is
located at Grandville Drive,
tforner of Academy.
DADA First Friday Gallery
Hop June 6
The Winston-Salem
Downtown Arts District
Assoc. (DAD A) will sponsor
its First Friday Gallery Hop
on June 6, from 7 - 10 p.m.,
with special artist demonstra
tions, gallery and artist open
ings, receptions, shops and
studios open evening hours.
The June 6 Hop includes a
raku fring in the street, drum
circle, dancers, musicians and
artist -demonstrations in the
galleries and studios. Events
are free and open to the pub
lic. For more information sign
up for their free newsletter at
www.dadaws.org.
'Senior'
' Prom
Q
Rec center dance attracts
a more mature audience
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
More than 300 senior citizens convened at the Fourteenth
Street Recreation Center last Friday evening to take part in an
annual event designed just for them. They made their way down
paper walkways decorated with festive silver stars to arrive in
the center's gymnasium where the Golden Crowns Senior Club's
annual senior prom, dubbed "Hollywood Night," was already in
full swing.
/'I wanted to do something unusual that nobody else would
think of so that's what came to my mind," said Golden Crowns
advisor Cynthia Huntley,
J
Hooper Funeral Home's Michael
Graham .
wno nrst conceived ot the
idea three years ago. "I
was trying to decide what I
could do to get seniors out
of the house so that they
don't have to go to the nor
mal events, such as funer
als or anniversaries or wed
dings. (This was) some
thing to dress up for, come
out to, fellowship, see
other seniors and they
don't have to sit at home."
Inside, the strands of
lights against the walls
winked in the dim light as
the Parkland Magnet High
School Jazz Band wooed
listeners with sultry
melodies.
Golden Crowns mem
ber Marva Reid served as
mistress of ceremonies.
Reid joined the senior
group, which is housed at
the center, in zUUo.
"They have so much fun; they go on trips, they go out to eat,
they have a fun day and they do positive things in the communi
ty," she related. "Most of the time you think of seniors and you
think of ... just sitting around knitting, but these seniors, they get
out and have a ball.''
Before long, members of the jazz band relinquished their
work to the deejay on hand and hit the dance floor. One by one,
the seniors also trickled onto the floor, dancing to rousing rendi
tions of the Electric Slide and the Cha-Cha Slide.
"They're very tiring," commented 15 year-old keyboardist
David Gore.
Dancing with her husband Gilbert was the highlight of the
evening for Marie Smith last year.
"It made me feel like I was 16 again," Smith related with a
grin. "It just makes you feel like you're still living in the world."
Interacting with the senior population helps the students gain
perspective, believes Jazz Band Director Terry Jones.
See Prom on B12
Deloris Mosanto and Pearline Howard arrive to enjoy the party.
few- j
Photos by LayU Fanner
"
Left: Two party go
ers take in the
action on the dance
floor.
Below: Frankie
Farmer, from left,
shares a table with
Benzena Parvis
and Vendetta
Hooper. '
Keyboard player David Gore dances with a partygoer.
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Marva Reid, Cynthia Huntley and Mrs. J. Gwynn were among the attendees.
Davaun Hickman, Terry Jones, Jamel Robinson, Zach Torrins and David Gore provided the entertainment.