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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 14, 2016
The Musical Birthday Celebration
Of McDuffie In The End Hits
A Powerful Melody
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Pastor George P. Lee III and E. Larry McDuffie
Photo by Yenne Shi
American Idol Winner FANTASIA
Poses With Savannah Tribunes
Tanya Milton
The night would
not have been complete if
E. Larry had not taken the
opportunity to sing just one
more time with his big sis
ter, Violet Darlington and
members of The Savannah
Community Choir. While
members of The Rosebud
Gospel Singers took us
back with “Mary Don’t You
Weep.”
McDuffie ’ s
church family choir, ‘Men
of Mighty Fortress’ sang
of the light with “Joy In
The Light, How The Light
Shines,” before The Tribe
Singers had nearly everyone
rejoicing in a sort of an is-
landy style with “Bye Bye,”
a request from the young at
heart birthday boy himself.
But the first of my three fa
vorite moments of the night
came when the combined
choirs of the St. John Bap
tist Church along with The
Tribe Singers rejoiced in
song with “I Came To Tell
You,” with lead vocals by
none other than the Pastor of
St. John himself, George P.
Lee III, who didn’t sing, but
sang.
Members of Mc
Duffie’s family traveled all
the way from Richmond,
Virginia to share by way of
song; most of whom was
near in age to E. Larry, yet
sang with the strength and
power of the vitality of
youth. This certainly is one
singing family, with mem
bers who have obviously all
walked with Jesus for a very
long time, if not for all of
their lives.
A dear friend of
McDuffie, Alderman Car
ol Bell stopped by to share
words of endearment and
how when she first met E.
Larry, he was her choir di
rector. Never has a mock
ingbird hummed so inspir-
ingly as did soloist Sis.
Jeanette when she inspired
us to worship. Debuting his
latest creation: “My Soul’s
Been Anchored I’ll Stand
For I Believe,” the Master
of Ceremony, singer, song
writer Eric Brack unveiled
his new group: ‘UnMerited
Favor.’
“Only What You
Do For Christ Will Last”
and “To God Be The Glory”
by way of song was how Sis.
C. Blake chose to bless the
Honoree of the night; and as
every performance before,
there was no one standing
to applaud with such glee
as Bro. McDuffie himself.
But, the second of my three
favorite moments came with
the dance/drama illustration
of The Royal Ambassadors,
a dramatic interpretation
by a group of young lads
illustrating the song “This
Is My Season” by William
Murphy. This was indeed a
Kodak moment when every
heart for sure was proud of
these talented youngsters for
using their gifts for the glory
of the Lord.
However, the
youngest performer of all
stood only at about 3 ft. Tall,
T. Goldwire, a pint size ap
proximately four year old
songbird who took to the mic
to bashfully honor E. Lar
ry by singing “Well Done.”
Choirs United of The Low
Country from South Caroli
na brought the evening to a
near end with a rendition of
“Ezekiel Saw The Wheel.”
We heard songs by Mar
velous Miracles of Midway
Georgia, Nicole Jefferson
and JMS Ministries, before
Booster Elliot Simmons
closed out the evening; but
not before the final of my
three favorite moments:
the powerfully moving and
soul stirring performance of
Melody Perkins that capped
the night with a moment
that somehow took us back
to the pain and struggles of
our ancestors and brought us
right where we needed to be,
at the feet of Jesus.
Never have I been
so encouraged, inspired, in
awe and so powerfully mo
tivated at a single birthday
celebration as I was at the
80th birthday celebration of
E. Larry McDuffie. Being
that today is Wednesday,
December 14th, on behalf
of The Savannah Tribune, I
want to wish you E. Larry,
a very joyous Happy Birth
day and many, many more,
at least another twenty.
After the recent
performance of Grammy
Award and third season
American Idol winner:
FANTASIA, she took the
time to pose with Tanya Mil-
ton on December 1st at the
Savannah Civic Center.
This performance
at the Civic Center was part
of FANTASIA’S The Defi
nition Of... Tour, which got
under way on November
16th.
The report of the
gala event was that FANTA
SIA welcomed the flickering
of camera lights and stated:
“These are my fans and they
came to see me!” Indicating
that she did not mind the
desire of her fans to want
to get a photo of her. That
is humility despite fame, re
alizing that her fans are the
ones who support her in her
musical career and she sim
ply wanted to reward them
December 12,
2016 , The Savannah Col
lege of Art and Design
(SCAD) is joining local
nonprofit Union Mission to
bring gifts and holiday cheer
to the area children and fam
ilies on Friday, Dec. 16 at 2
p.m. More than 150 mem
bers of the SCAD commu
nity donated items on chil
dren’s holiday wish lists and
will set up a holiday shop
for Union Mission clients to
pick out gifts for their loved
ones. The shop will be open
to Union Mission, located
at 107 Fahm St., Savannah,
Georgia.
in whatever way that she
could.
Her latest album:
The Definition Of..., was
released on July 25th and it
debuted at #1 on Billboard’s
R&B Album chart and #6 on
the Billboard’s 200 chart. It
SCAD is continu
ing its 22-year partnership
with local nonprofit Union
Mission — which works to
prevent and end homeless
ness in the greater Savannah
area — through its annual
holiday toy drive. SCAD
President and founder Pau
la Wallace, and SCAD stu
dents, faculty and staff vol
unteers will staff the holiday
shop.
The gifts present
ed will positively impact
approximately 105 children,
ranging in age from new
born to 18 years. Addition
ally, donations and gifts will
also received rave reviews
from critics and fans across
the country.
FANTASIA’ S
Tour continues throughout
the east coast.
go to over 20 women in res
idence at the Ben and Bettye
Barnes Center, which pro
vides permanent supportive
housing for homeless wom
en with disabilities.
This toy drive is
one of several annual char
itable events that the univer
sity has established to give
to the Savannah community.
Last holiday season, SCAD
donated to more than 104
children, giving gifts such
as bikes, gift cards, art sup
plies, athletic gear and more.
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Fun Facts About The
Month Of December
December Holidays
Hanukkah
Christmas
Boxing Day
Kwanzaa
Read A Book Day
Human Rights Month
Calendar Awareness Month
National Handwashing
Awareness Month
National Fruit Cake Month
December Tidbits
Winter always be
gins on the 21st or 22nd of
the month, it is the shortest
day and longest night of the
year. This day is called Win
ter or Southern Solstice in
the Northern Hemisphere.
The month of De
cember was originally the
tenth month of the year in
the Roman calendar, its
name comes from the Lat
in word “Decern” which
means tenth. It became the
twelfth month when the
Romans added January and
February to the calendar.
The birthstones for
the month of December are:
Turquoise, Zircon and Tan-
zanite. December’s flowers
are: Narcissus and Holly,
and the zodiacs are: Sagit
tarius and Capricorn.
Month In History
12/1/1955 The birth of The
Modem American Civil
Rights Movement occurred
when Rosa Parks was arrest
ed in Montgomery, AL.
12/2/1859 Abolitionist John
Brown was executed for
treason in Charles town,
WV.
12/3/1962 Edith Sampson
was sworn in as The First
African American female
judge.
12/6/1865 The 13th Amend
ment was ratified abolishing
slavery.
12/12/1805 Abolitionist
William Lloyd Garrison was
bom in Newburyport, MA.
He was the founder of The
Liberator, an anti slavery
newspaper that ran for fifty
years from 1831 to 1881.
12/20/1860 South Caroli
na was the first to secede
from the Union in prelude
of The American Civil War,
followed by Mississippi,
Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, Virginia,
Arkansas, Tennessee and
North Carolina, forming an
eleven state Confederacy
with nine million in popula
tion, including four million
slaves. The Union had twen
ty one states with a popula
tion of over twenty million.
12/20/1956 The one year
long Montgomery Bus Boy
cott ends after the US Su
preme Court integrates The
Montgomery Bus System.
12/25/0001' The birth of
Jesus Christ. Although the
exact day is not known, Ro
man Emperor Constantine
began to celebrate Christ’s
birth on December 25th in
336 A.D.
12/26/1966 Kwanzaa is
established in the African
American community.
December In Foreign
Languages
Mandarin Shl’eryue
Danish December
French Decembre
Italian Dicembre
Latin December
Spanish Diciembre