Posted on 06/11/2005 3:46:35 AM PDT by paudio
Contemporary gospel artists Smokie Norful, Donnie McClurkin and Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary were special guests at the East Room of the White House this Monday as President Bush celebrated Black Music Month. Each artist performed two songs while the president and the first lady clapped and nodded along.
“Let history record you had me jumpin’ in my seat,” said President Bush to Donnie McClurkin after the artist’s performance of “Our God Is An Awesome God.”
“It was an honor singing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the White House before the President, his wife and staff. Proverbs 18:16 came to pass,” said McClurkin. “It’s wonderful that President Bush would open this up to a totally gospel evening where he would join in song and praise to God.”
The artists also had time to spend with the president after the tribute at a small dinner that was hosted by Bush.
Singing, praying, sitting, eating and laughing with us for hours was indicative of his love for God,” continued McClurkin, who was asked by President Bush to pray for the dinner. “He is a president that openly acknowledges God.”
“The artists we celebrate this month use music to lift the human spirit,” said President Bush in his remarks during the tribute. “Black music in America began with the work songs and spirituals of people held in slavery. Their songs bore witness to cruelty and earthly injustice. And yet in them we hear the voice of faith lifted up to God.”
Innovators of black music that the president cited included Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Diana Ross and Ella Fitzgerald.
“The incredible talents of black musicians keep lifting their art, and lifting the souls of America,” said Bush. “We're grateful to all the black musicians who have brought such beauty and pride to our country.”
yeah it was....
I'll be around...
It's "irrational, irrelevant and inconsequential."
I wonder if it's going to be another trollish weekend. The muggies might keep me around and trolling could be just the thing.
depends...my guess is Sunday night Monday when the storm is up in the Illinois and Michigan areas that the DU'ers errrr Teenagers errrr kiddies eerrrr trolls will be firmly stationed in their parent's basements....
I meant the programs and organizations are I, I and I. Really I just wanted to get a Seinfeld line in.
ahh ok cool then :)
Are you still in Iraq?
nah....been back for 5 months today :)
That's a good thing. Are you on a schedule to go back?
nope....
I have settled at my job at Wright Patterson and have no plans to do something that crazy again :)
Ok so that was my wife's quote :)
Pat Boone is so white, he is heavy cream.
Congrats on the aniversary.
:)
thanks :)
You'd all be welcome, FRiends! Seriously, I'm a garden variety Southern Whiteboy, and the first time I heard about soul food, I thought, "What's the big deal? Sounds like every Sunday dinner my Grandmother ever made."
When I was growing up, it wasn't just poor whites who ate like this, although we certainly qualified as both poor and white. Everybody, rich and poor, black and white, ate homegrown vegetables and chicken fried steak and BBQ ribs.
It's not "Soul Food." It's just "Good Food."
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