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GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING GOSPEL ARTIST
YOLANDA ADAMS SHARES A NIGHT OF INSPIRATION AT
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Elise Durham
Edurham@morehouse.edu
404-507-8648



Who:
Yolanda Adams

What:
An Evening of Inspiration

When:
Friday, February 20, 2004

Where:
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
830 Westview Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314

Tickets:
$50 VIP (includes pre-concert reception)
$40 General Admission
$20 AUC students (w/ valid identification)


ATLANTA, January 12, 2004 – She has performed for Presidents and brought fans from all walks of life to tears. Now, the incomparable Yolanda Adams brings her soulful, platinum-plus voice to the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel for An Evening of Inspiration.

As part of Morehouse College’s 137th Founder’s Week celebrations, Yolanda Adams will perform for one night only, Friday, February 20, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.

Adams’ performance highlights the College’s new Church Music Concentration, an addition to the school’s academic curriculum. The Church Music Concentration is designed to educate students on practical issues in church music, gospel and hymn improvisation, theological perspectives and studies in modern liturgies.

*Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 404-817-8700 or by logging onto Ticketmaster.com

Ranked the number one college in the nation for educating African American students by Black Enterprise magazine, and recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top feeder schools for the 15 most prominent graduate and professional schools in the country, Morehouse College is the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for men. The College offers 26 majors in three academic divisions: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Mathematics, and Business and Economics.

Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine; Sheldon “Spike” Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Maynard H. Jackson, founder of Jackson Securities and the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.

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