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at Bowling Green University
stindying voice.
Now he brings his own program
tochildren all over the country, as
part of the Cincinnati Outreach
Ensemble.
On Tuesday in as little as an
hour, Walker was able to get the
elementary and middle school
children at Immaculate Concep
tionenthralled in something many
f;aney
Museum
hosts fall
program
for youth
: The Lucy Craft Laney Museum
of Black History will be hosting a
fall Computer Assisted Art and
History Program from October 5
through December 16, 1999, from
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays
through Thursdays. Qualified
teacherswill assist students, ages
6-12, with their homework and
guide them in developing their
computer skills and art apprecia
tion. Content will include com
puters, math, reading, science,
English, History (video), writing
and homework assistance. Per
sonnel co-managers will be Mr.
Jamie Eatmon and Mrs. Arma
Gerald. Volunteers will be mem
bers of Youth Leadership.
' For more information or regis
tration for one of 15 openings,
contact Mrs. Chavis at (706) 724-
3576 at the museum.
SRS ready
for year 2000
' The Savannah River Site’scom
puter systems are now Y2K ready.
‘To date, over 1,400 computer
systems have been identified,
checked and where necessary,
repaired to make them Y2K ready.
Independent verification of our
mast.critical systems have con
firmed their compliance.
| “We have reached a new Y2K
ready’ plateau at SRS. The climb
to this new level of assurance has
been demanding, requiring nearly
four years and thousands of man
hours,” says Joe Buggy, WSRC
president. “However, the timeand
resources devoted to this achieve
ment have allowed us to meet an
important obligation.”
. Theindependent verificationand
validation process, recently con
ducted by Comprehensive Tech
nologies International, Inc., of
Fairfax, Va., determined that only
four systems, out of 104 exam
ined, generated minor recommen
dations all of which have been
implemented.
' “Theresults of thisindependent
review provide added confidence
in the site’s Y2K compliance and
overallreadiness. The positiveand
complementary findings attest to
the quality of Y2K-related work
performed at SRS,” says WSRC
Y2K Program manager Kathy
Hatcher.
Gospel show
features Voices
of Franklin
i Gospel loversofthe CSRAarein
for a treat on Sunday, September
26 at 5 p.m. when The Voices of
Franklin present “Baskingin God’s
Glory,” a gospel music extrava
ganza at the Belle Terrace Com
munity Center Gym/Auditorium,
2454 Golden Camp Road.
' The program will feature The
Sons of Faith, The Voices of
Franklin, The Mighty Gospel
Warriors and the Rev. Daren New
on and the Fairview Baptist
fi;hurch Choir.
+ Ticketsare ssinadvanceand $6
at the door. Food and beverages
will be available. For more infor
mation, call (706) 722-3594.
. Augusta Focus
welcomes all new
. subscribers who
~ joined while
visiting the CSRA
Black Business
- Expo on Sept. 18.
of them probably had limited
knowledge (and even more of a
limited interest)in the day before.
“He is a great young rising op
era singer,” explained Arlene
Schler, director of marketing and
development for the Augusta Op
era. “He once said to me ‘some
people invest in stocks, I invest in
people. Especially children’.”
For the duration ofhis outreach
program, the children were
equally investing their time in
him. Not only did he sing opera,
he rapped, he danced, he posed.
And at one point he even got the
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kids to sing with him, to demon
strate how his art is present in
their every day lives.
“I constantly see kids that re
mind me of me when I was grow
ing up,” he explained. “Those are
the ones that I call up to the front
to dance along with me. At the
beginning they are the most re
sistant, but after awhile I can see
that I have broken through ... and
maybe I'll inspire them to get out
of this lifestyle.”
Last week he gave opera-loving
audiences in Augusta a taste of
his vast talents as Schnaurd, the
fun loving musician, in Augusta
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Immaculate Conception students get
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Photo by Charles Jones
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Opera’s production of La
Boheme.
For about two hours au
diences at the Imperial
Theater indulged in a clas
sic love story set in Paris’
Latin Quarter in the heart
of winter, and Walker was
often at the center of the
action.
His role provided much
of the comic relief for the
opera, but his natural act
ing abilities, and vast tal
ents in both singing and
theatrics, made his por
trayal ofthe character even
SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
more memorable. {
“He has a great combinatjoi of
theatrical talent as well asising
ing,” commented Schlor.‘! “Not
very many opera stars do
that.” ‘
His powerful stage Was
also hard toignore. Thea ce
wasintroduced to Schnaurd $h the
first act, and could not but
notice his confident air, sjrong;
vocals, wonderful emotio! ism;b;
and energy, thatonly got betber as’
the opera progressed. %
Hopefully some of his tak&:t. otg
at least his enthusiasm, is {nlch-é
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