This past summer, the Gertrude Hoggatt-McAlister Scholarship Fund funded the participation of four talented youngsters at the BEVERLY THOMAS ARTS INSTUTUTE. Alana Hughes, Kory Russell, Keith Day Jr. and Bria Baker, all members of St. John A.M.E. Church in River Rouge Michigan, attended a week long instruction period at Camp Baber in Western Michigan. They received intense musical ad creative writing instruction that was designed for serious students of the fine arts. The entire week ended with a melodious outdoor recital, in which each St. John student shined with an exceptional performance.
As the administrator of my Mother's Scholarship Fund, I was excited that it helping these youngsters. I've met them and they are all exceptional. I could see her smiling right now as I type, with her hands folded in front of her, about waist high, nodding her head in approval, with nothiing else to say other than "that's nice, that's nice."
