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TESSA JOHNSON For The Red & Black
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Out & About
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Although Sweet Honey In The Rock doesn't refer to the tasty handiwork of a honey bee, the music this group produces is so rich that it could be eaten anyway.
The soulful, swaying melodies and stomach-clenching harmonies of Sweet Honey In The Rock will be available to Athens residents for the first time Sunday when Hugh Hodgson Hall presents this Grammy Award-winning a cappella group.
SWEET HONEY IN
When: 8 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hodgson Concert Hall in the UGA Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $23 - 28; half-price for students with UGA ID
More Information:
(706) 542-4400 and www.uga.edu/pacIts music features the "complex sounds of Blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, hip-hop, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation," according to its Web site.
Sweet Honey In The Rock is an African-American ensemble based in Washington, D.C.
The name of the ensemble comes from the Bible's Psalm 81:16 in which people are promised to be fed honey from the rock. For the ensemble, the honey represents nurturing, and the rock represents an enduring substance. This metaphor represents their basis in the Black church, as well as a commitment to justice.
The group was created in 1973 at the Black Repertory Theater Company by Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Reagon was raised in Southern Georgia and witnessed the Civil Rights Movement firsthand as an activist in the Freedom Singers.
After more than 30 years of leading the group, Reagon has now dedicated herself to other endeavors such as scholarship and teaching. The group remains strong and continues to share its powerful music with the world.
"Audiences appreciate the fact that this group seeks to draw communities together, singing music of hope, love, justice and peace," Bobby Tyler, marketing & media relations director of the UGA Performing Arts Center, said in an e-mail.
The Performing Arts Center feels it's important to bring groups such as Sweet Honey In The Rock to the University because it enhances the cultural opportunities for students and the community in a way that they wouldn't normally have access to.
In order to further reach out to the community, this performance will be sign language interpreted.
The music contains strong lyrics regarding issues that concern the members, allowing it to translate to sign language without the audio component.
"Sweet Honey feels it is important to reach out to as many people as possible with their performances," Tyler said.
The soulful, swaying melodies and stomach-clenching harmonies of Sweet Honey In The Rock will be available to Athens residents for the first time Sunday when Hugh Hodgson Hall presents this Grammy Award-winning a cappella group.
SWEET HONEY IN
THE ROCK
When: 8 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hodgson Concert Hall in the UGA Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $23 - 28; half-price for students with UGA ID
More Information:
(706) 542-4400 and www.uga.edu/pac
Sweet Honey In The Rock is an African-American ensemble based in Washington, D.C.
The name of the ensemble comes from the Bible's Psalm 81:16 in which people are promised to be fed honey from the rock. For the ensemble, the honey represents nurturing, and the rock represents an enduring substance. This metaphor represents their basis in the Black church, as well as a commitment to justice.
The group was created in 1973 at the Black Repertory Theater Company by Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Reagon was raised in Southern Georgia and witnessed the Civil Rights Movement firsthand as an activist in the Freedom Singers.
After more than 30 years of leading the group, Reagon has now dedicated herself to other endeavors such as scholarship and teaching. The group remains strong and continues to share its powerful music with the world.
"Audiences appreciate the fact that this group seeks to draw communities together, singing music of hope, love, justice and peace," Bobby Tyler, marketing & media relations director of the UGA Performing Arts Center, said in an e-mail.
The Performing Arts Center feels it's important to bring groups such as Sweet Honey In The Rock to the University because it enhances the cultural opportunities for students and the community in a way that they wouldn't normally have access to.
In order to further reach out to the community, this performance will be sign language interpreted.
The music contains strong lyrics regarding issues that concern the members, allowing it to translate to sign language without the audio component.
"Sweet Honey feels it is important to reach out to as many people as possible with their performances," Tyler said.
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Lori
posted 2/16/07 @ 11:15 AM EST
The show is actually being presented at 3PM on Sunday, not 8PM.
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