GIVEAWAY: Christian McBride @ the Annenberg Center, 2/26

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GIVEAWAY: Christian McBride @ the Annenberg Center, 2/26

POSTED: Monday, February 21, 2011, 7:00 PM
Filed Under: Critical Mass
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McBride on stage with his uncle Howard Cooper (left) and father Lee Smith (right)
On Sat., Feb. 26, in celebration of Black History Month, Philadelphia-born bassist Christian McBride will lead his band in The Movement, Revisited, a jazz opus that pays tribute to Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and Malcolm X. He's collaborating with the Penn Jazz Ensemble and the New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir, who will undoubtedly lend sweeping, take-it-to-church vocals to the jazzy instrumentation. If you're free on Saturday around 8 p.m., we'd love to send you and a friend to see it. We have two pairs of tickets available to the first two to comment with the name of an African-American individual — past or present, famous or not — who has inspired you the most. On your mark. Get set. Go!
Jackie
Posted 2011-02-21 14:05:56
Rosa Parks
Posted 2011-02-21 14:47:03
Colin Powell
Darren
Posted 2011-02-21 14:47:22
Colin Powell
Art Shimko
Posted 2011-02-21 14:47:47
Wendell Scott - first African American NASCAR racer
Ada
Posted 2011-02-21 15:42:14
Rosa Parks also
Inna
Posted 2011-02-21 15:45:21
Derrick May!
Tony
Posted 2011-02-21 16:51:03
Our own Derrick Pitts.  He has become well known and successful in a less than exciting and unglamorous field, by being true to himself and his vision.  I often think of him when I get discouraged about my life and circumstances.  Plus, he's a really nice guy.
Gary Bundy
Posted 2011-02-22 10:52:18
August Wilson.
K. Nixon
Posted 2011-02-22 15:02:45
James Baldwin - author, Civil Rights activist, and out gay man
Josh Middleton
Posted 2011-02-22 16:23:09
Nice comments, everyone. I'm inspired just reading them!
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