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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 7
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Pen, Dorothy R. Roberts-Futch
Dorothy Roberts- Futch
Educating and guiding
children are tasks that simply
cannot be neglected as they
are the future. A series of
touching stories await young
readers in All About Life: A
Collection of Children
Stories, the new children's
book authored by Dorothy R.
Roberts-Futch and released
by Xlibris.
Filled with drama and
lively illustrations, All About
Life: A Collection of Children
Stories will teach young read
ers many important lessons
that deal with family, friend
ship, religion, and values.
To introduce the new
book to the community, a
reception will be held on
January 16, 2010, 4 p.m.-7
p.m. at the Georgia Infirmary
Rehabilitation Center. The
public is invited to attend to
meet and greet the author as
she discusses her latest work.
Ms. Roberts-Futch will auto
graph copies of her book dur
ing the reception.
Dorothy Rosetta
Roberts-Futch (known to her
Lewis 41 st
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family and friends as "Dot")
was born in Savannah,
Georgia to Tillman N. Frazier
and Eloise Frazier-Heyward.
She is the second oldest
daughter of six girls (two
deceased). She is a graduate
of Alfred E. Beach High
School. She is the mother of
one adopted daughter, and the
grandmother to several grand
children.
Dorothy recently retired
from the Georgia Infirmary
Day Care Center where she
was employed for 30 years as
a physical therapy assistant.
She is an active member of
Bethel A.M.E. Church where
she is a member of the Senior
Choir, Stewardess Board #3,
and a Sunday School teacher.
For those of you who
have not heard or read her
works, she has published
three volumes of poetry enti
tled Poetic Expressions from
the Heart (Vol. 1, 2 and 3).
She has just completed work
on her fourth volume of
poems which will be avail
able early next year. Her
poems are a gift from God,
and all tell of life experiences.
Her poem My So-Called
Friend in the Bottle has
helped many who struggled
with additions - physically
and spiritually.
For more informa
tion, you may contact her at
912-231-8024 or email her at
poetieexpressions 10@yahoo.
com.
YdU
Hip Hop-Themed Adaptation of
Romeo and Juliet
AWOL's theater pro
gram, known as Act Up, will
celebrate its fifth year with
its annual production, titled
Choices: The Romeo and
Juliet Story. The show will
be presented February 4-6,
2010 at the Lucas Theater.
There will be one day
time show - on Feb. 4 at
10am - presented to students
of schools from around the
region, and two nighttime
shows - on Feb. 5-6 at 8pm -
open to the general public.
The cost of the evening
shows will be $5 for youth
and $20 for adults. The day
time shows, which will be
open to schools only
(advance reservations are
required), will be $3 per stu
dent.
"I'm excited about
Romeo and Juliet because
Shakespeare's play is so uni
versal that it can be adapted
into any cultural setting or
historical period," says
Lakesha Green, the shows
Director. "Love is a univer
sal theme and it will help
introduce some of these kids
to Shakespeare in a way that
is much more accessible for
them."
"This years show not
only focuses on
Shakespeare, which is a part
of the Georgia Education
Standards, it also has an
overarching goal of attempt
ing to encourage youth to
make better "Choices" in life
through the various themes
of Shakespeare's written
work such as love, family
values, and consequences."
This complements AWOL's
mission of violence preven
tion and positive youth
development," says DaVena
Jordan, Executive Director.
The goal of the Act Up
program is to engage young
people in positive, creative
activities during evening
hours when youth are statis
tically more likely to get into
trouble.
The program teaches
them important lessons
about theater combined with
positive conflict resolution
workshops, giving students
the opportunity to pursue
their talents while showing
them ways to promote posi
tive behavior. It costs one
tenth as much to keep young
active in programs like
AWOL's, designed to keep
them out of trouble, then it
does to keep young people
locked up after they've
already gotten into trouble
with the law.
Entering it's fifth year,
this will be the first year that
AWOL's theater production
hasn't centered directly on
hip hop history. The adapta
tion of Romeo and Juliet,
which was written by
Theater Program Director,
LaKesha Green, will mod
ernize the language of the
original, as well as inject a
little hip-hop and R&B
music and dance into
Shakespeare's classic love
story.
In April, during the
Savannah Urban Arts
Festival, the play will be
translated into Spanish and
staged a second time.
The show will be done
in Spanish and feature dance
sequences using salsa,
merengue and other Latin
dance styles.
‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
SALUTES m LIFE OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR.
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