IPLC Black Heritage Celebration Concert Program

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Welcome Greeting

 

Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Hymn #841 (First Verse Only)

 

"God’s Gonna Cut ‘Em Down" Traditional Spiritual

The Kimpel-Bauer Family

 

Celebrating Black Composers and History Makers

Dee Kimpel

 

Adagio in F minor, Composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Pianist, Melissa Grant

 

Thou Art Risen My Beloved, 

Composer Samuel Cooleridge Taylor

Dee Kimpel, Soprano,

Accompanist, Melissa Grant 

 

The Rainbow Child, 

Composer Samuel Cooleridge Taylor

Dee Kimpel, Soprano, 

Accompanist, Melissa Grant 

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Be the Light, 

Composer Franklin J. Willis

Owen Scholastic Academy

 

We Are, 

Composer Ysaye M. Barnwell 

Owen Scholastic Academy

 

"Come, Jesus Come"

Arranged by CeCe Winans

Lead Vocalist, Zanetta Kubajak

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

 

"He Sees You"

Composer, Terrian

Lead Vocalist, Dana Bauer

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

 

Ticklin' Toes

Composer Florence Price

Pianist, Melissa Grant

 

I had no thoughts of Violets of Late

Composer Dorothy Rudd Moore 

Dee Kimpel, Soprano, Anokyewaa Oppong, Violinist,

Accompanist, Melissa Grant 

 

-Good Will Offering-

 

HEY BLACK CHILD!

A Poem by Useni Eugene Perkins

Read by Dana Bauer

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"Wade in the Water" 

Composers Junior Garr and Marsha Morrison

Accompanist, Lucas Bauer, Piano, Alasia Williams, Djembe

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

 

Wanting Memories, Composers, Sweet Honey in the Rock

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

 

Revelation 19, Composer A. Jeffrey La Valley

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

 

Total Praise, Composer Richard Smallwood

Bear Williams Band, Combined Voices

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Acknowledgements:

 

Special Thanks to Special thanks to Dana and Lucas Bauer for their amazing work on the decorations, historical facts, food and organizational skills. I could NOT have done this without your dedication to the cause. Thank you also to Bear Williams Band: Alton Smith, Chris Winters, Tim Kelly & Larry Kimpel; Melissa Grant, Annette Kmoch, Justin Marquis, Zanneta Kubajak, Jordan Kimpel, Eleanor Kepp, Nancy Curtis, 

Pastor Erin Bouman and Irving Park Lutheran Church, our loving supporters and of course our Mighty God and anyone else that we might have missed! THANK YOU ALL!

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Much Prayer, Much Power and Stay Woke Y'all!

~Dee Kimpel