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February 2020
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sun, Jan 26	Mon, Jan 27	Tue, Jan 28	Wed, Jan 29	Thu, Jan 30	Fri, Jan 31	Sat, Feb 1 3:00pm: Heritage Annual Festival of Spirituals 2020 3:00pm: Heritage Annual Festival of Spirituals 2020 Sat, Feb 1 3:00pm – 5:00pm Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 185 Eddie Robinson Sr Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70802 US (225) 343-0640 We’re honored to once again be invited to participate in Heritage’s Annual Festival of Spirituals! Heritage is a Spirituals chorale in Baton Rouge that’s analogous to us up here in NW Louisiana, founded and still directed by Clarence Jones. Each year we go to their Festival on the first Saturday of Black History Month, and they in turn come up to our Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals on the last Saturday of Black History Month (Leap Year Day this year — announcement coming soon to this website). This year it’ll be held at a different venue than before (see venue address block). Invited Performers Acadiana Ecumenical Choir / Tri-Parish Chapter of Gospel Music Workshop of America Baton Rouge High School Festival Singers & Bell Ringers Grambling State University Concert Choir The Huntsville Spiritual Chorale Voices Istrouma Magnet High School Choir McKinley Senior High School Choir Us! Philander Smith College Collegiate Choir Scotlandville High School Choir Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA Concert Choir Read more
Sun, Feb 2	Mon, Feb 3	Tue, Feb 4	Wed, Feb 5	Thu, Feb 6	Fri, Feb 7	Sat, Feb 8
Sun, Feb 9	Mon, Feb 10	Tue, Feb 11	Wed, Feb 12	Thu, Feb 13	Fri, Feb 14	Sat, Feb 15
Sun, Feb 16	Mon, Feb 17	Tue, Feb 18	Wed, Feb 19	Thu, Feb 20	Fri, Feb 21	Sat, Feb 22
Sun, Feb 23	Mon, Feb 24	Tue, Feb 25	Wed, Feb 26	Thu, Feb 27	Fri, Feb 28	Sat, Feb 29 3:00pm: 30ᵗʰ Annual Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals 3:00pm: 30ᵗʰ Annual Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals Sat, Feb 29 3:00pm – 5:00pm Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church 5340 Jewella Ave. Shreveport, 71109 USA (318) 636-6172 Come join us as we close out Black History Month with our annual Festival of Spirituals, renamed in honor of our late and much-missed founder and long-time artistic director, Mæstro Bobby Wiggins. — Participating Choirs — Grambling State University Concert Choir under the direction of Natorshau Davis — they get better every year! Southern University and A&M College — Baton Rouge Concert Choir under the direction of Prof. Charles Lloyd, Jr. Heritage of Baton Rouge (which holds a similar Festival of Spirituals there on the first weekend of Black History Month each year, in which we participate), under the direction of Clarence Jones Philander Smith Collegiate Choir under the direction of Dr. Stephen Hayes, who formerly directed the Acappella Choir of Wiley College which has performed at past Bobby Wiggins Festivals. We can’t wait to see what he’s done with this new choir of his! Texas Southern University Choir under the direction of Dr. Kiana Williams Festival Choir — consisting of singers from these local High School choirs jointly directed by Caddo Magnet High’s own Jennifer Jackson: Booker T. Washington High School () Caddo Magnet High School (Jennifer Jackson) Huntington High School (Arnese Brass) Southwood Senior High School (Michele Loyd DesLattes) (This list may be updated. Watch this space!) Free & open to the public! (A love offering will be requested.) Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council (LSAC) and administered by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC). Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works; The Black Cultural Arts Coalition of Shreveport; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; and Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport. We are deeply grateful for their support. Event on our NDCS Facebook Page (say you’re Going or at least Interested, and Like and Share and Invite Friends!). Download printable flyer as .PDF Read more

3:00pm: Heritage Annual Festival of Spirituals 2020

Sat, Feb 1 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

185 Eddie Robinson Sr Dr

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

US

(225) 343-0640

We’re honored to once again be invited to participate in Heritage’s Annual Festival of Spirituals! Heritage is a Spirituals chorale in Baton Rouge that’s analogous to us up here in NW Louisiana, founded and still directed by Clarence Jones. Each year we go to their Festival on the first Saturday of Black History Month, and they in turn come up to our Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals on the last Saturday of Black History Month (Leap Year Day this year — announcement coming soon to this website).

This year it’ll be held at a different venue than before (see venue address block).

Invited Performers

Acadiana Ecumenical Choir / Tri-Parish Chapter of Gospel Music Workshop of America
Baton Rouge High School Festival Singers & Bell Ringers
Grambling State University Concert Choir
The Huntsville Spiritual Chorale Voices
Istrouma Magnet High School Choir
McKinley Senior High School Choir
Us!
Philander Smith College Collegiate Choir
Scotlandville High School Choir
Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA Concert Choir

3:00pm: 30ᵗʰ Annual Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals

Sat, Feb 29 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church

5340 Jewella Ave.

Shreveport, 71109

USA

(318) 636-6172

Come join us as we close out Black History Month with our annual Festival of Spirituals, renamed in honor of our late and much-missed founder and long-time artistic director, Mæstro Bobby Wiggins.

— Participating Choirs —

Grambling State University Concert Choir under the direction of Natorshau Davis — they get better every year!
Southern University and A&M College — Baton Rouge Concert Choir under the direction of Prof. Charles Lloyd, Jr.
Heritage of Baton Rouge (which holds a similar Festival of Spirituals there on the first weekend of Black History Month each year, in which we participate), under the direction of Clarence Jones
Philander Smith Collegiate Choir under the direction of Dr. Stephen Hayes, who formerly directed the Acappella Choir of Wiley College which has performed at past Bobby Wiggins Festivals. We can’t wait to see what he’s done with this new choir of his!
Texas Southern University Choir under the direction of Dr. Kiana Williams
Festival Choir — consisting of singers from these local High School choirs jointly directed by Caddo Magnet High’s own Jennifer Jackson:
- Booker T. Washington High School ()
- Caddo Magnet High School (Jennifer Jackson)
- Huntington High School (Arnese Brass)
- Southwood Senior High School (Michele Loyd DesLattes)

(This list may be updated. Watch this space!)

Free & open to the public! (A love offering will be requested.)

Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council (LSAC) and administered by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC).

Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works; The Black Cultural Arts Coalition of Shreveport; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; and Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport.

We are deeply grateful for their support.

Event on our NDCS Facebook Page (say you’re Going or at least Interested, and Like and Share and Invite Friends!).
Download printable flyer as .PDF

3:00pm: Heritage Annual Festival of Spirituals 2020

Invited Performers

3:00pm: 30ᵗʰ Annual Bobby Wiggins Festival of Spirituals

— Participating Choirs —

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