DURHAM -- The N.C. Central University Music Department in collaboration with the NCCU Colony of Sigma Alpha Iota will host a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday in the B.N. Duke Auditorium
The NCCU music faculty, accompanied by a quartet of instrumentalists from the Jazz Studies Program will perform jazz music and popular standards, including original compositions, and excerpts from members' recordings. Small group and solo performance will round out the night of jazz. Michael Hanna, NCCU graduate student and grandson of jazz pianist Sir Roland Hanna, will also perform.
The concert is a fundraiser to support the ensemble's participation in the New York City Jazz Festival, Feb. 26 to March 1, at the world renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.
NAACP/ACT-SO event postponed
DURHAM -- The second annual NAACP/ACT-SO fundraiser breakfast set for Saturday has been postponed because of a threat of bad weather.
The event will now be held at 8:30 a.m. on March 6, at the Holton Career and Resources Center, 401 N. Driver St.
The keynote speaker will be state Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham.
CAARE benefit date changed
DURHAM -- Healing with CAARE's health awareness fundraising luncheon that was scheduled for Feb. 3 was canceled and rescheduled for March 2 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Outback Steakhouse at 3500 Mt. Moriah Road.
The cost is $20 per person and includes lunch.
Healing with CAARE operates a free health care clinic here which serves more than 1,000 people per month
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Shirley Oates at (919) 687-0793 or caarehomehealth@aol.com; Darryl Hicklen at (919) 638-5100 or darrylhicklen@ymail.com; Penny Haley at (919) 614-7284 or pennyhaleynaa@yahoo.com; or Ebony Covington at (919) 519-8628 or ecovington78@gmail.com.
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