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Holland Park in Albion MI is in the middle of a transformation to a multi-generational community park with areas dedicated to senior activities, children and families. In order to complete our work, we need to continue to raise funds to support additional components of the project.
Native born son and Albion High School graduate ('67), Dr. Von Washington, Sr., has written a new play called In Search of Giants Who Cared About Me. The committee would like to reserve this play and show it during Black History Month on February 12 & 13th at Washington Gardner School. To reserve the play for showing, the committee needs to place a deposit with Washington Productions, Inc. (WPI) of $3,000.
If we can raise $3,000 to secure the play, then ticket sales for the event will help pay for more work being accomplished at Holland Park, a terminal point on the underground railroad located in Albion MI.
The committee needs to pay this deposit as soon as possible in order to proceed. Please contribute to this fund and help us bring this thought-provoking new play to Albion MI.
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Dr. Von H. Washington, Sr., formerly the director of Black Theatre Programs at three leading Universities in Michigan, has concerntrated much of the last 20 years on a storytelling style he and his company, Washington Productions, Inc., have used during more than 525 performances in the region and around the state. Utilizing the Spoken Word style of the African Griot, his newest creation, In Search of Giants, received its premier at the Ladies Library, in Schoolcraft MI during November, 2015.
Dr. Washington states that he developed an interest in storytelling in the African style while examining his ancestral history. "I studied, taught, wrote, performed in and directed American and European style theatre for more than 40 years, the the African style of storytelling was always in my sight because it concentrates on the storyteller. This was the way it was in my community when I grew up. Everyone was a storyteller, with the preachers being the best there were. They were like the African Griot and the Griot was the most popular person in the community. In this production, we follow the storytelling format of our African ancestors, but we use more than one storyteller. It covers a lot of territory and it's alive, dramatic and fun, all at the same time."
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