Press Release: Generation Dream 2009 Will Honor Dr. King’s Legacy

On Thursday, January 22, 2009 a diverse group of youth performers, along with a number of adult professional artists, will present Generation Dream 2009. This fourth annual Edu-concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the VCU Singleton Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Avenue. The 90-minute show is part of Living the Dream, Richmond’s annual commemoration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The public is invited; a $3 donation per family is requested to help defray expenses.

As in past years, the audience can expect an inspiring event, presented in a lively, variety show format. The performance will consider Dr. King’s legacy of peace, nonviolence and social justice, and look forward towards what may be achieved in the years ahead.

Generation Dream 2009 will include percussion by Drums No Guns, original spoken word performances by young people from the Richmond Youth Peace Project (RYPP) and Richmond Youth Slam; dance by Richmond Ballet’s Minds in Motion team XXL and dancers from Winchester Greens led by the Latin Ballet’s Annie Gavino; vocal performances by University of Richmond’s Off the Cuff and the Thomas Jefferson High School choir; and instrumental music by harpist Ian McVoy, pianist Daniel Liebovic, and the George Wythe High School jazz band.
Generation Dream is sponsored by the Richmond Youth Peace Project, a joint project of the Richmond Peace Education Center and Drums No Guns.

For more information: Richmond Peace Education Center, 400 W. 32nd St., Richmond VA 23225; 232-1002; rpec@rpec.org.

Paul Fleisher, assistant to the director
Richmond Peace Education Center
400 W. 32nd St.
Richmond VA 23225
804-232-1002
804-836-3178 (cell)
www.rpec.org

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