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SCAD Students Named Finalists for Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award

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Filmmaking team one of only 10 in the nation to advance to competition finals
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Savannah College of Art and Design undergraduate students Colin Levy and Roque Smith-Nonini have been named finalists for the 2008 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award competition. Their team is one of only 10 in the nation to reach the final round of competition.

The annual Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award competition is by invitation only, and SCAD was one of just 13 colleges in the United States asked to participate, marking the college’s second consecutive invitation.

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Gullah Gospel Extravaganza – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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jessica alba nude Gabriella Lewis

The award winning Mississippi Quartet has inspired audiences and celebrated the gospel through their powerful vocals for more than three decades. Their CD’s include “Jesus Is Alive and Well,” in 1996; “Love Will Go All the Way,” 1998, and “Good Time, in 2000” which landed into the Top Ten of Billboard’s gospel albums chart in November, in just its second week of release. Accolades poured in during the next year when he group won Traditional Quartet of the Year at the Gospel Music Excellence Awards, and were nominated for Best Gospel Album at the Soul Train Music Awards. In May 2003, Williams and the Spiritual QC’s released their fourth disc, “Right on Time.”
Friday, February 29, 7 p.m.Admission – $20
Visual and Performing Arts Center, Hilton Head High School, 70 Wilborn Road
Visit the website for The Gullah Celebration for more details.

Savannah Swing Central Draws Over 3240 High School Students

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Aspiring young musicians to perform, study with and watch performances by esteemed clinicians including Marcus Roberts, Wycliffe Gordon, Jeff Clayton, James Ketch and Marcus Printup

Savannah, Georgia – Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from across the nation to participate in its expanded high school jazz band program, SWING CENTRAL, which takes place April 3-5, 2008.  This year, the well-established three-day workshop program features some of the country’s finest high school jazz bands going head-to-head for $13,000 in cash awards. “The students and I are excited about the opportunity to hear other bands that are working hard and are dedicated to the music,” says New World School for the Arts Jazz and Instrumental Studies Professor, Jim Gasior. “We are thrilled with the lineup of performers and educators that will lead the clinics and workshops.”

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De Young Gullah Youth Speak Out – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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Visual and Performing Arts Center, Hilton Head High School, 70 Wilborn Road
AWOL – All Walks of Life Inc., Savannah’ first and only spoken word (poetry) and hip-hop based youth development organization will partner with the Bluffton and Hilton Head Boys & Girls Clubs and local schools to present an inspirational and educational performance of issues affecting today’s youth using poetry, hip-hop and life.

Saturday, February 23, 7 p.m.Admission – $5
Visual and Performing Arts Center, Hilton Head High School, 70 Wilborn Road
Visit the website for The Gullah Celebration for more details.