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MLK Celebration Concert
Jan. 18 at 3:00 pm | Bijou Theatre
Program

Sponsored by the Boyd Foundation


Aram Demirjian, conductor
Michael Rodgers, baritone
Senetra Weaver, vocalist
Obayana Ajanaku, drummer
Reverend Reneé Kesler, narrator


OBAYANA AJANAKU
Drum solo

R. NATHANIEL DETT
Introduction and Juba from In the Bottoms

SCOTT JOPLIN (arr. Schuller)
The Entertainer

TRADITIONAL (arr. Demirjian)
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord 

TRADITIONAL (arr. Tyzik)
Every Time I Feel the Spirit

CHARLETON SINGLETON 
Testimony

JIMMY McHUGH and DOROTHY FIELDS
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY
St. Louis Blues 

TRADITIONAL (arr. Demirjian)
Amazing Grace

THOMAS ANDREW DORSEY (arr. Gilly)
Precious Lord

TRADITIONAL
We Shall Overcome

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing