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Ginger Brown (top center) stands with her dancers Leah Mulcahy (left), Kyla Smith (right), Tori Arthur and Madelyn Arthur (bottom front). “Dancing allows them to learn discipline and that attitude is pretty much everything in life. They learn that it is not about ‘me,’ but it is about the team. Dancing is not a rose colored world, but neither is life,” said Brown. Banner photo, DELANEY WALKER
The secret life of the American dancer
The dynamic dancers who train at Ginger Brown’s Academy of Performing Arts have been shaking their tail feathers way before shows like “Dancing With the Stars” inspired the nation to go footloose. ...
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Abigail Gatlin
Abigail Gatlin is the ‘Cats’ meow
Abigail Gatlin, adjunct faculty with the Cleveland City Ballet, has just completed a run of the musical “CATS” at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, N.Y. The show was the season opener for the Coho...
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LISA MCGARVEY is still going strong as one of Cleveland’s busiest professional entertainers and respected senior performers. Her lively shows have lifted the spirit of many senior citizens across the region. McGarvey was presented with a Goodwill Ambassador Award by the Greater Cleveland Community Band in recognition for her efforts to promote the welfare of the band and community awareness in 2007.
Lisa McGarvey’s life and music
If it looks like professional accordionist Lisa McGarvey is the hardest-working senior citizen in show business since Betty White, don’t be surprised. She may well be. At age, 79, McGarvey recently...
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Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT JASON “J. SWAN” DOOLEY, a Cleveland native, is performing his original songs at local restaurants and coffee houses around Cleveland. The 29-year-old performer said his music is rooted in the realities of his personal life, which gives it an authenticity that is felt by his audience. His hybrid folk pop music is the latest in “3-D” music entertainment where the depth of his lyrics gives an added dimension to his musical arrangements. Photos by WILLIAM WRIGHT
Jason Dooley: Retro folk, pop singer goes ‘3-D’
If music’s mission is to shed light on the human heart, local musician Jason Dooley is taking that mission and making his own brand of heartfelt music. The Cleveland native is drawing on similar me...
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“LITTLE MURRAY MEMORIES in stories and pictures of the way we were” was presented to the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library’s History Branch on Sept. 9 by author Betty Bryant Bandy. From left, front, are Bandy and Barbara Fagen, History Branch manager; and back, Tommy Benson, Evelyn Benson and Ralph Bandy. Banner photo by WILLIAM WRIGHT
Historic ‘Memories’ presented to Cleveland library’s History Branch
Author Elizabeth “Betty” Bryant Bandy presented a copy of the book, “Little Murray Memories, in Stories and Pictures of the Way We Were,” to the Cleveland Public Library History Branch Sept. 9. The...
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JAY McCLUSKEY, pastor at North Cleveland Baptist Church, discussed his lifelong commitment to the Vols as well as his loyalty to family, friends and his work. The Knoxville native is celebrating a quarter of a century of service at North Cleveland Baptist Church. Photo by DELANEY WALKER
Jay McCluskey: A man who understands the meaning of loyalty
“True Southerners do not get to choose their [favorite] team, they are born with it; you live and die with them,” says Jay McCluskey. Vols fans may appreciate the heart in McCluskey, the pastor for...
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A COLORFUL CAST OF multi talented singers and dancers promise to dazzle audiences and define the true spirit of America in the world premier of the 90-minute song and dance production of “American Spirit,” a powerful, insightful, musical glimpse into American history starting with the American Revolution. For more information, call 476-6979 or 473-1114.
‘American Spirit’ concert is Sept. 27
The Cleveland-Bradley Concert Association announces its first concert of the season — “American Spirit” — will be Sept. 27 at Conn Center at 7 p.m. On this the 10-year anniversary of the tragic ev...
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Helen Burton
Helen Burton honored as member of the National Watercolor Society
Helen Burton of Cleveland has been honored with a Signature Membership in the National Watercolor Society, considered one of the most prestigious art organizations in the world. Burton painted a n...
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ROUP DELILAH is made up of former Voices of Lee singer Candace Whittington, third from right, and other top singers who performed on seasons one and two of “The Sing-Off.”
Lee alumna is back on ‘The Sing-Off’
Candace Whittington, who performed with Voices of Lee on the first season of “The Sing-Off,” is back on NBC’s hit a cappella talent show with an all-new, all-girl group known as Delilah. The 29 yea...
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WANDA IDE poses with her prophetic paintings in the sanctuary of International House of Fire in Cleveland. Her painting (from top left) of the two eagles clasping feet is titled “Commitment.” Top center painting of strawberries Ide calls “Food for Thought or Fruit of the Spirit.” The two sword-bearers and the woman is called “The Spirit of Intercession.” Next to Ides is her painting “Showers of Mercy and Grace. Banner photo, DELANEY WALKER
Wanda Ide: A prophetic artist shares her vision
For some, inspiration springs from a song, or perhaps nature. Wanda Ide, an internationally trained artist who received her training in France, said her inspiration comes straight from God. Since ...
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