Internationally acclaimed singer,ODETTA and the Chicago based lyric baritone Robert Sims

Friends of Negro Spirituals
presents

Internationally acclaimed singer, storyteller, and historian ODETTA
and the electrifying award winner, Chicago based lyric baritone Robert Sims

Sunday, January 8, 2006

3 PM

Beth Eden Baptist church venue
1183 10th Street at Adeline
Oakland, CA

Friends of Negro Spirituals will present a historic Negro Spirituals concert and fund raiser on Sunday, January 8, 2006, 3 PM, at the Beth Eden Baptist church venue, 1183 10th Street at Adeline in Oakland, CA, featuring the internationally acclaimed singer, storyteller, and historian ODETTA and the electrifying award winner, Chicago based lyric baritone Robert Sims.


Ghanaian Master Drummer, Pope Flyne, will open the program with a drum tribute to the ancestors; and the musically gifted pianist, choral conductor, and educator Jacqueline Hairston will take us back to the yesterday of audiences singing the, irreplaceable songs of the African-American slaves.

Advanced tickets are $25.00 each and $30.00 at the door.

To order tickets, send your check or money order payable to:
Friends of Negro Spirituals
P.O. Box 71956
Oakland, CA 94612

Call Sam Edwards for further information about this promised sell out concert/fund raiser at 415 563-4316 or e-mail him at sedwards@stanford.edu

Sponsors: Beth Eden Baptist Church, Dr. Gillette O. James, Pastor; KPFA, 94.1, FM; Jazz Beat, MORE Public Radio;
Paul Cobb, POST Newspaper Group; KPOO, 89.5; and The San Francisco BayView Newspaper

Friends of Negro Spirituals -A 501 (c) (3) organization