Hawkinsville Missionary Baptist Church scholarship ministry recently presented its first Robert L. Kelley Sr. and Mary H. Frazier Scholarships in recognition of two church members. Mary H. Frazier, seated, taught in Chattanooga schools for more than 40 years and the late Robert Kelley Sr. spent his career in sporting goods. Standing, from left, are Earvenia Nolan, scholarship ministry; Dierra Worbington, recipient of the Frazier award; Sarita Matthews, scholarship ministry coordinator; Marcia Kelley, scholarship ministry, and Camisha Tapscott, recipient of the Kelley award.Lee Symphonic Band visits China
The Lee University Symphonic Band recently returned from a 15-day trip to China. The chairman of Sias International University, Shawn Chen, invited the group to share American band traditions with band and orchestra students in China’s Henan Province.
While in China, Lee students performed concerts with the Sias International University Military Band and the Sias University Professional Orchestra. In addition, the local band performed two concerts of its own music. Five rehearsals were conducted with Sias University ensembles.
The band also performed for the Sias International Women’s Conference, the Sias Homecoming Parade and private schools in Xi’an and Beijing.
“Though we often could not communicate verbally, every one of us shared an understanding of music and its significance,” says sophomore music major Mia Campbell. “I had the opportunity to give one of the flute players from Sias my flute from high school because she couldn’t afford her own. I was certainly blessed by the love and acceptance shown to us by the students at Sias University.”
In addition to rehearsing and performing, Lee students visited the Oriental Pearl Tower and Yuyan Gardens in Shanghai, the birthplace of the first Chinese emperor in Zhengzhou, the Shaolin Temple, the market in Xi’an, Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City and Silk Market in Beijing.