by Joe Jaynes | Feb 1, 2013 | Touring Wing
A Director’s Reflections on “Lift Every Voice” by Tracey Copeland Halter It is 2013 and we have a Black president. When I looked at the history of this country through the eyes of the characters portrayed in Lift Every Voice, I realized it is the...
by Joe Jaynes | Jan 4, 2013 | Featured
Ethan Norman: The WORDathon was a better experience than I had even imagined. The idea of being covered in Scripture was certainly appealing, though some of the time slots were not. Yet, sitting in the Sanctuary being steeped in the Psalms for several hours before the...
by Joe Jaynes | Dec 28, 2012 | Featured
Reading Scripture Through the Night by Joe Jaynes The 2012 WORDathon is in full swing as I write this blog entry. We began reading Genesis 1:1 at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 26 and my first reading shift rolled around at 2:25 am Thursday. Rev. John Stuart and I read...
by Joe Jaynes | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Michelle Clayton plays “Sarah” in Ragtime, and we’ve asked her a few questions about her own career in the theatre and the opera and about upcoming show. Please tell us about your background in opera and theatre. I entered into opera during my second year in undergrad...
by Joe Jaynes | Jan 20, 2012 | Touring Wing
We all know that Rosa Parks proudly refused to give up her seat on a bus because she was African American. However, less folks know of a not-so-documented instance twelve years before her arrest. One day in 1943, Ms. Parks boarded the front of the bus because there...
