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New York State
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday Memorial Observance
Monday, January 18, 2010
9:00
- 11:30 a.m.
Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
Convention Center, Empire State Plaza
Free
and Open to the Public
"...And
The Dream Continues"
Featuring
Interfaith Prayers, Call to Service,
Kids for King Showcase, Children’s Art Display,
Volunteer Fair, And Price Chopper Commemorative Cake
Musical Selection
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Women’s Choir
Under the direction of Dennis Edney, Minister of Music, Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, Albany
Anthony Gargiula, 10 year old national recording artist
Troy High School Jazz Band
Under the direction of Tim Williams, Enlarged City School
District of Troy
“Precious Lord”– A Favorite Hymn of Dr. King
Antonia Brown, Local Recording Artist, Albany
King Video Moment I
“Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On…Not a Day Off”
Dramatic Presentation – “The Dream Continues – Part 2…”
Too Deep Entertainment, Inc.
King Video Moments II
Dr. King - The Man
Introduced by the Reverend Dr. Edward B. Smart, “First” Israel
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Albany
Tribute to Mrs. Coretta Scott King
Poetry Reading – “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou
followed by a performance of “The Wind Beneath My Wings”
Ms. Rukayatu Tijani, Junior, State University of New York at
Albany
Keepers of the Dream II
Saffron Livaccari, Grade 7, Howard L. Goff Middle School, East
Greenbush
Featured Speaker
Introduced by Curtis Lloyd, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Finance and Administration, State
University of New York
Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III,
President, SUNY College at Old Westbury; Chairman and Founder of
Abyssinian Church Development Corporation, Pastor, Abyssinian
Baptist Church, Harlem
Step Tribute to Brother King
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Beta Pi Lambda Chapter
King Video Moments III
Update on the Dr. King Washington, D.C. Memorial
“Beloved Community” March & Wreath Laying Ceremony
Please join us immediately following the Memorial
Service, For a community walk commemorating Dr. King’s “81st
Birthday”, ending at the City of Albany’s
Dr. King Memorial in Lincoln Park.
"Beloved Community March"
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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 2010 Commemorative Birthday Cake, donated by Price Chopper
Supermarkets, will be served
immediately following the
March.
For
accessibility information, call 1-800-522-4369 / voice / TTY /
Espanol
Dr. King
Memorial
 Seeds of
Enlightenment was
commissioned by Corning Incorporated, Steuben, and presented to
the State of New York in commemoration of the 2000 Dr. King
Holiday Memorial Observance held on January 17, 2000. Designer
Eric Hilton stated, "the tiny
polished circles engraved in the crystal represent the seeds of
enlightenment - the planning of ideas that would lead to the
achievements of Dr. King's dream." This magnificent tribute
to Dr. Kings' vision 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 |
