[NEohioPAL] Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble Presents Seasons of Change

[Alison Bibb-Carson]

Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble Presents Seasons of Change
Fundraising performance to take place Sunday, November 21
 
 
CLEVELAND (October 20, 2010) – On Sunday, November 21, the Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble (DuffyLit) presents Seasons of Change, a DuffyLit studio fundraiser at the InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center (9801 Carnegie Avenue) in Cleveland. The fundraiser begins at 5pm.
 
Seasons of Change will showcase DuffyLit studio students and the professional vocal and dance ensembles. The performance will be a compilation of pieces from DuffyLit’s past 26 years that traces the evolution of the Negro spiritual through modern arrangements of spirituals, jazz, Motown, and down-home blues.
 
“The audience will experience a music and dance performance which captures the essence of African American music, as evidenced in the universal message of the spiritual and the musical forms for which it serves as the foundation,” says Edna Duffy, founder and artistic director of DuffyLit. “The spiritual is a national treasure -- it teaches us optimism, hope, faith and endurance.”
 
In addition to original dance and music pieces, the DuffyLit fundraiser will also feature dinner and guest performers including composer, conductor and pianist Dr. Rollo Dilworth of Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Dilworth will perform a spiritual/blues medley, which he arranged for piano. Also featured on the program is the 7:30 Club, a jazz ensemble.
 
Tickets for the Seasons of Change fundraiser are $75, which includes dinner. Tickets may be purchased from DuffyLit by calling (216) 921-0734. Payment via check, Visa, Mastercard and American Express are accepted.
 
About Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
The Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble (DuffyLit) engages the mind, disciplines the body, and develops the talents of people of all ages. A dance and music ensemble, DuffyLit improves the quality of life through performance of the spiritual and its universal messages of hope, faith, optimism and perseverance. www.duffylit.org.
 
About Edna Duffy
Edna Duffy has performed at major venues throughout the United States, Europe, West Africa and Australia. Her musical and dance performances are inspired by the music and lyrics of the American Negro spiritual. In addition to teaching dance and vocal music at DuffyLit studios, Ms. Duffy serves as the director of liturgical dance at University Circle United Methodist Church.
 



Alison Bibb-Carson 
Writer/Editor/Public Relations Consultant 
216.926.3911


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