MINNEAPOLIS -- In honor of Black History Month, Singers in Accord will perform with the MacPhail Community Youth Choir and Suzuki String Ensemble under the dynamic direction of J.D. Steele in a benefit concert for Shangilia Foundation USA (SFUSA).
"Ignite the Spirit - Realize the Dream" will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 12, at the O'Shaughnessy on the campus of St. Catherine University (2004 Randolph Ave, St. Paul, MN 55116).
Empowering messages of peace, hope, and love will fill the O'Shaughnessy through stirring arrangements of African and American music by J.D. Steele. The performance will include a moving medley of spirituals, and the energetic African "Masai Jumping Dance."
Ticket proceeds and donations gathered at the concert will help SFUSA's effort to build a new rescue center for orphaned children living in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Central to SFUSA's mission is the use of the performing arts as the core of its child development process.
Tickets for the event can be ordered online on the Singers in Accord website or via phone at 612.597.5483. $15/Student; $25/General Admission; $50/Reserved Seating.
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