1999 Productions
1999
Celebration of Black Heritage
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| Presented |
February 20 & 21 |
| Cast |
Oakwood College students of Ginger Beazley |
| Directed By |
Ginger Beazley |
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The Celebration of Black Heritage featured musical
performances composed by a variety of Black American musicians,
followed and enhanced by readings of Langston Hughes poetry.
Hughes's poetry uses the rhythms of African American music,
particularly blues and jazz. He was, perhaps, the most original
of all African American poets with his portrayal of race and use
of very rhythmic free verse.
The second half of the Celebration of Black Heritage featured a
concert version of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Porgy and Bess has
been described as Gershwin's "certified masterpiece", an
"immortal opera" with famous Gershwin songs, such as
"Summertime", "It Ain't Necessarily So", and "A Woman is a
Sometimes Thing." |
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