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New York State
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday Memorial Observance
Monday, January 16, 2012
10:00
AM - 11:30 AM
Doors open at 9:00 AM
Convention Center, Empire State Plaza
Free
and Open to the Public
"...And
The Dream Continues"
2012
Performance Lineup
Posting of Colors:
Honor Guard, New York State Police
OPENING
Reverend Leonard Comithier, Macedonia Baptist Church, Albany
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National
Anthem performed by Union College Heavenly Voices Gospel
Choir, Lenny Walters, Choir Director
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Invocation: Rabbi Rena Kieval, Congregation Ohav Shalom,
Albany
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Musical
Youth Selection: “Amazing Grace” performed by Allyson
Crowley-Duncan, Bagpipes Solo, Shaker High School, Latham
NEW YORK
STATE CALL TO COMEMORATION
A MESSAGE ON CIVIL RIGHTS - “A MISSION TO FULFILL”
Alphonso B. David,
Deputy Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Governor
A MESSAGE OF
ACTION - “VOLUNTEERISM”
Elisa Streeter, News Anchor - WTEN-TV 10
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Video Presentation: New
York State Initiative “Labor for Your Neighbor ” produced by
the Office of the Governor
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Dramatic Presentation:
“Remember! Celebrate! Act! performed by Too Deep
Entertainment & Urban Stage Students, Hackett Middle School
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Musical Selection: “If I
Can Help Somebody” performed by Linda Mallory Mitchell,
accompanied by Bertrum Mitchell, Pianist
A MESSAGE OF
EQUALITY - “FREE AT LAST”
Yolanda Vega, New York Lottery
A MESSAGE OF
HOPE - “THE DREAM”
JoDee Kenny, News Anchor, YNN –TV, Time Warner Cable
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Musical Presentation: “I
Can Tell The World” performed by Schenectady County
Community College (SCCC) Vocal Chamber Ensemble, Dr. Yiping
Wu, Conductor
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Keynote Speaker: H. Carl
McCall, Chairman, SUNY Board of Trustees, First African
American to be Elected Comptroller of New York State
introduced by Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor, State University
of New York
A MESSAGE OF
UNITY - “LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL”
Reverend Dr. Edward B. Smart, First Israel African Methodist
Episcopal Church
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Video Presentation: Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C. produced
by NY Network, Mo Beasley and the Duke Ellington School for
the Arts, New York City,
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“Happy Birthday Dr. King”
Commemorative Birthday Cake, Price Chopper Supermarkets
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Musical Presentation:
Capital District Community Voices of Praise, Dennis Edney,
Minister of Music, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
CLOSING
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Musical Selection: Anthem
of the Movement: “We Shall Overcome”
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Benediction: Reverend
Mariana Rodriquez, First United Methodist Church, Rensselaer
and Reverend Willie J. Stovall, Mount Olive Southern
Missionary Baptist Church, Albany
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“Beloved Community” March
and Wreath Laying @ Lincoln Park King Memorial
*Licensed by
The King Center, Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta,
GA.
*Photo of Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
courtesy of National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.
Planned
Activities
"Beloved Community March"
|
Top 10 Reasons Why
You Should March
(photo, El Wise) |
Following the Memorial Observance, the “Beloved Community
March" will
begin at the Plaza Concourse Entrance on Madison
Avenue.
The March
will end at the King Monument in Lincoln Park with a Wreath
Laying Ceremony and Color Guard.
(photo, El Wise) |
The
King’s 2012 Commemorative Birthday Cake, donated by Price Chopper
Supermarkets, will be served
immediately following the
March.
For
accessibility information, call 1-518-474-8860 / voice / TTY / Espanol
Dr. King
Memorial
 In
commemoration of the Dr. King Holiday Memorial Observance, New
York State was presented with a glass sculpture commissioned by
Corning Incorporated called Seeds of Enlightenment. The
sculpture consists of four abstracted glass columns which are
joined together by a large triangular prism. Tiny polished
circles appear randomly in the crystal. Designer Eric Hilton
states that “[the circles] represent the seeds of
enlightenment-the planning of ideas that would lead to the
achievement of Dr. King’s dream.” This magnificent tribute to
Dr. Kings’ visions for humankind- the promise of peace, justice,
and freedom for all- is on permanent display in the Empire State
Plaza’s North Concourse next to Key Bank, in Albany.
2003 Dr. King
Observance Photo Gallery
2004 Dr.
King Observance Photo Gallery
2005 Dr.
King Observance Photo Gallery
For more information, please call (518)
486-9866
Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
State Member of the King Center National Holiday Advisory
Committee
Authorized by the King
Center, Atlanta, G.A. For more information about building
Dr. King's Beloved Community, visit
www.thekingcenter.org |
