Witness gospel music history — correction, American music history — being made as the Dixie Hummingbirds, Marie Knight, Odetta, the Huff Singers, and Willa Ward with the Johnny Thompson Singers perform for the Sister Rosetta Tharpe Memorial Fund. Music will be in the air and all around at this fundraiser, Friday, January 11, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA.
Proceeds will help purchase a long overdue memorial for Sister Rosetta Tharpe at Northwood Cemetery, and aid Community Music Scholarship Programs at Temple University and Settlement Music School.
Applause to Dixie Hummingbirds biographer Jerry Zolten and David April of “The Gospel Train” radio show for helping put together this historic celebration. For more information call 215/572-7650 or visit the Keswick Theatre website.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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