Published by Torrence Glenn on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 1:06 pm.
Hey folks, last night the 2 day memorial festivities for Bishop Walter Hawkins began with the memorial concert “The Man, The Music, The Ministry: A Musical Salute to Bishop Walter Hawkins” . I wanted to make it to Oakland to attend but prior commitments and logistics just didn’t allow it, but thankfully our good friend of the blog BJ Daniels was able to attend and was willing to recap the night for us for those who didn’t make it. As I’m sure most of you know, I’m pretty active on the social media platform “Twitter” and it’s proven to be a rather remarkable way to bring people together and share information. Although most of us were unable to be at last night’s concert, you were able to get some updates of what was going on from different people on twitter. For example, the program photo tot he right was captured and posted by gospel artist DeWayne Woods. And our guest blogger today, BJ Daniels was able to offer his recap to me via twitter when he realized that I wasn’t there. How dope is that!
BJ Daniels is an administrator at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church, Washington, DC, graphic designer, former gospel radio announcer and gospel enthusiast. He also has his own blog, so you should check it out here!
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TAGS: BeBe Winans, Bill Carpenter, Bishop Alfred Owens Jr, bishop carlton pearson, bishop david Copeland, Bishop earl wortham, bishop Julia Wade, bishop Kenneth Moales, Bishop Kenneth Ulmer, Bishop Paul Morton, Bishop Quincy Fielding Jr., BJ daniels, Byron Cage, Calvin Bernard Rhone, Charles harris, Daryl Coley, Desmond Pringle, DeWayne Woods, Donnie McClurkin, Dr. Bobby Jones, Earnest Pugh, Edwin hawkins, Erica Campbell, James Hall, Jerome Bell, Jesse Jackson, Jonathan Dubose, Karen Clark-sheard, kathy taylor brown, Kurt Carr, Ledisi, Love Center choir, marvin winans, Mary Mary, Melonie Daniels, Melvin Williams, Natalie Simmons, pastor claudette copeland, Richard Smallwood, Rusty Watson, Sandra Crouch, Ted Winn, The Williams Brothers, tina Campbell, Tramaine Hawkins, Vanessa Bell-Armstrong, Walter Hawkins
Published by Torrence Glenn on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 1:32 pm.
We’ve spend the week honoring the life and music of Bishop Walter Hawkins but today I’m taking a bit of a different approach. I reached out to a bunch of folks in the gospel industry and gospel radio to share their thoughts on Walter’s passing but one story stuck out to me and I wanted to give it it’s own space.
One of the reasons this stuck out to me because many times in gospel, inside and outside of the industry, we tend to get a little jaded or even sometimes forget what makes this music and ministry so important. We sometimes forget about the power of gospel music to change people’s lives. Kurt Carr’s reflections on Walter Hawkins brought it all back and I wanted to share it with you.
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TAGS: Donald Lawrence, Edwin hawkins, Kurt Carr, Richard Smallwood, Tramaine Hawkins, Walter Hawkins
Published by Torrence Glenn on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 5:48 pm.
More details are coming in for the funeral/homegoing celebration of Walter Hawkins. Some of gospel and even r&b’s most talented and influential artists are coming to salute and pay tribute to Hawkins.
“The Man, The Music, The Ministry: A Musical Salute to Bishop Walter Hawkins” – Tuesday July, 20 @ 7:30 p.m.
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TAGS: BeBe Winans, Byron Cage, D.J. Rogers, Daryl Coley, Donald Lawrence, Donnie McClurkin, Doug Williams, Dr. Bobby Jones, Edwin hawkins, Jonathan Dubose Jr., Karen Clark-sheard, Kim Burrell, Kurt Carr, Ledisi, Lynette Hawkins, marvin winans, Mary Mary, Melvin Williams, Richard Smallwood, Rusty Watson, Ted Winn, The Love Center Choir, Tramaine Hawkins, Vanessa Bell-Armstrong, Yolanda Adams
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