Highlights: Our 2021 MLK Celebration
We loved welcoming the community—either in person in socially distant boxes, or virtually—to three unique events last weekend. Take a look:
More than 400 people spent a memorable evening with the 17-member Jazz Orchestra at Dr. Phillips Center and two spoken word artists. The orchestra performed iconic works by Marvin Gaye, Charlie Bird Parker and Nina Simone that surrounded Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement.
The Jazz Orchestra at Dr. Phillips Center is made possible through the generous support of Joyce and Judson Green.
Almost 700 of our neighbors enjoyed our safely reimagined version of an Orlando tradition. The free event featured performances by more than 200 people—including the Dr. Phillips Center Four Counts, supported by AdventHealth, Dynamic Fusion Dance, Three Masks, Just Dance Too, Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda, Inez Patricia School of Dance, Vivid Eye, Standing Ovation and YBA (Young Blacks in Action).
We hosted this free livestream out at our Frontyard Festival™. It creatively brought together voices, sounds and images from a diverse group of faith traditions, cultures and world views—all celebrating Dr. King’s vision of “a beloved community.”
RSVP now for Through Unity, We Shall Overcome on Saturday, February 20 at 7 p.m.
It’s performed by a community choir that’s directed and produced by Grammy Award–winning music educator Dr. Jeffery Redding. The world-renowned Aeolians Chorus from Oakwood University will return for this year’s free event—which features diverse local vocalists who come together in perfect harmony.
