a lot of people excited about this one
stage Aurora theatrical company honoring
the late Aretha Franklin with a special
show featuring of course her hit songs
joining us to tell us all about it
Accio you Wanda and your lovely friends
here and this is really something that
is especially important this year
because we just lost her such a legend
such an amazing person not only in music
but just in American history and what
better way to celebrate the holidays and
to pay tribute to her and that's why
we're doing it you know
Aretha has such a plethora of genres of
great music from gospel to soul to blues
and R&B and so we really want to pay
that tribute to her as well as raise
awareness and funds for a stage Aurora
theatrical company as well yes so are
ESP ect
yes you gotta respected tell me about
stage Aurora and just the amazing things
that you've been able to do over the
years stage Aurora has been in business
for over 25 years the very first African
American a theatrical company here in
Jacksonville Florida they were located
in Gateway Mall and they're there just
stand alone right now have don't have a
new home yet
however he's brought on Darryl Reuben
Hall is the founder and he's brought
theatre to underserved communities and
abroad internationally nationally that's
where he's trying to go internationally
national with the corporation it also
has a home in New York as well at
bunnyville so we're trying to raise
awareness for it because he really
wanted to keep and maintain theater here
in Jacksonville is that what you want
I'm trying not to you know drop too many
bad lines I'm trying not to brush it but
you know that we've all got our favorite
aretha line yes well we have some
dynamic cast here today that mr. Millia
holder Miss Vicky ferry and Miss
Kathleen Jackson they're all powerhouses
they all are soloist within the
production miss Kathleen is the musical
director for the production and I'm just
a the production manager and it's gonna
be dynamic these people have worked so
hard give credit to New Life evangelist
centers artist ministry and which Vic is
a part of but everyone has definitely
worked so hard in making this a
successful event and we really look
forward to the
people coming out on Friday at new life
evangelist at center for the show yes
it's what people want you're gonna get
what they want
yes right that are espec thesis stage or
a theatrical company is presenting
respect a musical tribute to Aretha
Franklin for one performance only that's
November 30th at 7:30 but first we are
going to get a preview of their
performance hit it ladies
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