Gospel Jubilee

Glorify the exuberant joy that is gospel!

Sunday, April 22, 5:00 pm

Concert starts at 5 pm - Doors open at 4 pm

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Honoring late activist, innovator and Pastor

Dr. Georgetta Dix

Schenectady, NY – April 18, 2012 – Proctors and SISTA Factory proudly present GOSPEL JUBILEE in Proctors GE Theatre on Sunday, April 22. Doors open at 4PM, and the event begins at 5PM.

All Capital Region residents are invited to experience and enjoy a soul-stirring array of spellbinding Gospel favorites from noteworthy local soloists and ensembles. The late afternoon event features a combined mass choir directed by co-host Rev. Elgin Joseph Taylor Sr. of Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Albany, NY.

This special performance of selected songs of triumph, praise and healing at Proctors is presented in association with SISTA Factory (Soulful, Inspirational Sounds to Admire). Sara Hill, founder of SISTA Factory, is Marketing Manager at Proctors and co-producer of the event. Readers may remember her as an on-air personality with Dave Lucas on WABY Radio in the ‘80s with a Gospel format. For Hill, being included among the honorees for the African American Family Day Tribute to Black Women in the Arts last August was a "spectacular moment," professionally and personally. She anticipates that Gospel Jubilee will rival that moment.

“Although baptized as a Catholic (I attended St. Columbus School & Church, Schenectady), I was enriched by the experience of the African American church and Gospel music,” says Ms. Hill.

“My foster parents instilled in me and my siblings that, in our household, the kids were going to church every Sunday; as my mom would say, “You’re going to somebody’s church!”. That ‘somewhere’ is at the heart of one of my fondest memories: embracing my own sense of spirituality through coming of age in the close-knit church community of Refreshing Spring COGIC (Schenectady) and Wilborn Temple (COGIC) in Albany,” she added.

She’s expressed deep pride in the fact that the evening proudly features a special tribute to late activist, innovator and Pastor, Dr. Georgetta Dix of Refreshing Springs Church of God In Christ in Schenectady, including a video tribute and musical dedication by the Russ Sisters, followed by remarks by NY Congressman Paul Tonko to round out the recognition.

First Lady "Nobie" Teagueof New Bethel Community Church of God in Christ, Schenectadywillco-host GOSPEL JUBILEE, which will highlight the Hamilton Hill Arts Center's Steel Drummers and The Emmanuel Baptist Church Praise Dancers of Bronx, NY.

The evening also features Rev. Elgin Joseph Taylor Sr. – and special guestBishop N.D. Lewis! Lewis is the senior pastor of The Family Of Faith Full Life Center Church, which is one church in two locations, and the Presiding Bishop of the east coast region of theFull Life Fellowship of Churches.As a singer, Lewis has shared the stage with the late Albertina Walker, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, the late Jessie Dixon, Walt Whitman and The Soul Children of Chicago, Stephanie Mills and Donnie McClurkin.

Tickets Still Available

Tickets toGOSPEL JUBILEE on April 22 are $20 and available at Proctors Box Office (518) 346-6204 or online at proctors.org. Significant discounts on tickets for GOSPEL JUBILEE are available for groups of 20 or more.  A listing of shows and pricing may be found on proctors.org/group_sales or by contacting Proctors Group Sales at 518-382-3884 ext. 139.

GOSPEL JUBILEE at Proctors is made possible with public funds from the

New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.

GOSPEL JUBILEEat Proctors is sponsored by Cool Insuring Agency and Price Chopper.

Contact

For more information onGOSPEL JUBILEE on Sunday, April 22 in the GE Theatre at Proctors, contactMs. Sara Hill, shill@proctors.org; 518.383.3884, x152. (www.sistafactory.com)

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