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King Day program includes McCray, Girlchoir, prizes
This year's Martin Luther King Day
program will feature a look at the media's portrayal of Dr.
King and other leaders of the civil rights movement, an
internationally known choral group and the winners of a
millennial essay contest.
The program will begin at 1:30 pm on Martin Luther King
Day, January 17, in Richardson Auditorium.
The speaker will be Melvin McCray, a 1974 Princeton
graduate currently teaching a seminar on "The Politics of
Images in Television News" as Ferris Professor of
Journalism. An award-winning editor for ABC News and an
independent television and video producer, McCray also has
been a reporter for Money, People, Life and
Time magazines.
Music will be provided by the Princeton Girlchoir, a
10-year-old organization that next month will be the only
choir from New Jersey at the eastern regional convention of
the American Choral Directors. Founded and directed by Janet
Westrick, director of the music program at Princeton Day
School, the choir has performed at Lincoln Center, in
several states, and in Italy, England, France and Spain.
In addition to recognizing winners of a poster contest
for grades 4 through 6 (winning posters will be on display)
and an essay contest for grades 7 and 8, this year's program
will present prizes in a special millennial essay contest
for grades 9 through 12 sponsored by the Class of 2000. The
contest asked high school students to propose ways to
improve the quality of life in their communities. The Class
of 2000 will present a $1,000 prize and donate seed money to
a local community organization to help initiate the project
proposed in the winning essay.
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