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September 14,2011- September 20,2011 • Vol. 40 No. 29 • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Savannah Jazz Festival to be Held
September 18-25
The 2011
Savannah Jazz Festival will
kick off with a week of
great music September 18-
25, 2011.
The Savannah Jazz
Festival, celebrating jazz as
a living art form-built on a
constantly evolving tradition
will offer all types of jazz,
from Dixieland, traditional
swing, straight-ahead and
bop to melodic standards,
and funky down-home gut-
bucket blues.
The festival boasts the
best in international, nation
al, regional and local jazz
talent. Sponsored by the
City of Savannah, the
Festival is free and open to
the public.
The 2011 Festival line
up includes: Sept. 18 — 5-8
p.m. - Jam Session led by
Teddy Adams; Sept. 19 —
7-9 p.m. - “Ninety Miles” —
a movie on Cuban Jazz
(cosponsored by
Psychotronic Film
Society);Sept. 20 — 7-10
p.m. - Howard Paul Quartet
w/Scott Giddens & Jody
Espina; Sept. 21 — 7-10
p.m. - George Petit 4 & Bob
Masteller & Jazz Corner
Quintet; Sept. 22 — 7-11
p.m. - Forsyth Park BLUES
NITE; Bottles and Cans,
Eric Culberson and Super
Chikan;Sept. 23 - 7-11 p.m.
Forsyth Park; Huxie Scott &
Friends (Hall of Fame
Members), Stan Killian
Quartet and UNF Band
w/Allan Harris; Sept. 24 - 4-
11 p.m. Jazz Composers
Sextet; Robert Lewis, Sax;
Randall Reese, Sax AASU;
Bill Schmid, Trumpet GSU;
Dave Springfield, Piano
VSU CofC; Frank Duvall,
Bass CofC; Steve Primatic.
Drums AASU; JB Scott/Lisa
Kelly Quintet and Deborah
Brown Quartet; Savannah
Jazz Orchestra Featuring
Wycliffe Gordon & Ron
Wilkins, Pat Martino Trio
w/Pat Bianchi (B3) and
Shawn Hill (Drums); Sept.
25 — 4-6 p.m. - Children’s
Jazz Festival, Savannah Arts
Academy Starlite Jazz
Orchestra and CJA Allstarts.
Sponsored by the City
of Savannah, the Festival is
free and open to the public.
Food and drink
venders on-site.
For more information
call 912.920.1317 or go
to www.savannahjazzfesti-
val.org.
United Way Sets a Campaign Goal
of $8,255,555
L-R: Past United Way Chair, Bert Tenebaum, Dave Paddison, Anthony Marsella, 2011 United Way Chair
Michael Traynor
United Way of the
Coastal Empire has
announced its goal for the
2011 community campaign
at the Kick-Off event held at
the Savannah Civic Center
on Thursday, September 8,
with approximately 1,000
people in attendance to help
mark the occasion.
The organization has
set an ambitious target of
$8,255,555 up $255,555
from last year.
Funds raised from the
annual Campaign help sup
port over 120 human service
programs that improve the
lives of people in Bryan,
Chatham, Effingham and
Liberty counties.
Priority funding goes to
successful programs in the
issue areas of Education and
Youth Development, Health
and Wellness, Economic
Independence and Basic
Human Needs.
“The Coastal Empire
area is an immensely gener
ous community and is made
up of individuals and organi
zations with the inspiration
to do something for others,"
said 2011 United Way
Campaign Chair Michael C.
Traynor, publisher of the
Savannah Morning News.
"We are moving confidently
toward the 2011 campaign
season knowing that area
companies and citizens will
once again generously step
forward to help improves
the lives of their families,
friends and neighbors
through their gifts to United
Way of the Coastal
Empire."
Recognized at the
Kick-Off were volunteers
See United Way, pg. 11
Boys & Girls Club
Founder Elected to
Hall of Fame
Frank
Frank Callen, founder of
the Boys & Girls Clubs of the
Coastal Empire, the first Boys
& Girls Club in Georgia, has
been elected for induction to
the 2011 Georgia Boys & Girls
Clubs Hall of Fame.
The purpose of the
Georgia Boys & Girls Club
Hall of Fame is to celebrate the
extraordinary youth, men and
women who have made signif
icant contributions to the Boys
& Girls Club Movement in
Georgia.
Like Mr. Callen, a pio
neer himself, each inductee
has helped raise the standards
and level of professionalism in
the Boys & Girls Club
Movement, while inspiring
and mentoring future genera
tions, laying the groundwork
that encourages us all to strive
for excellence in helping chil
dren who need us most.
Callen
The 2011 Georgia
Hall of Fame program will be
held on Thursday, October 20,
2011 at the Marriott Atlanta
Gwinnett Place in Duluth,
Georgia. For more informa
tion about this event, please
call Pamela Jones at 912-233-
2939, ext. 5 .
The mission of the Boys
& Girls Clubs of the Coastal
Empire is to enable all young
people, especially those who
need us most, to reach their full
potential as productive, caring,
responsible citizens. The
Frank Callen B&GC is located
at 510 E. Charlton St,
Savannah and the Kayton
Home B&GC is located at 801
Brewer St., Savannah. The
Clubs are open after school,
evenings and on school vaca
tions.
For more information
call 912.233-2939.
United House of Prayer
For All People to
Celebrate 85th Annual
Holy Convocation
The United House of
Prayer for All People of the
Church on the Rock of the
Apostolic Faith, will cele
brate its 85th Annual Holy
Convocation in Savannah,
Ga., September 18th through
25th 2011.
The week long celebra
tion will include musical pro
grams and the preaching of
God’s Word nightly. Services
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The celebration will
welcome the organization’s
Leader and Spiritual Advisor,
Bishop C.M. Bailey, Friday,
September 23rd through
Sunday, September 25th.
The celebration will culmi
nate on Sunday, with bap
tismal services at 10 a.m., the
Annual Grace American
Peace Parade at 2 p.m., and
close out services Sunday
evening.
The United House of
Prayer wishes to welcome all
to come join us for this week
of celebration, revival,
renewal, and return to the
principles of the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
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