FW: [oconee] Upcoming Moore's Ford Memorial Events

The Moore's Ford Memorial Committee's Tri-County talent show this Saturday night showcases at the Oconee County Civic Center is always an entertaining good time. Please consider attending this event. Thanks to Cathi Watkins for drawing our attention to this event. I cannot vouch for the non-standard email address of Mary Babington but I would suggest calling Kirkland or email Hattie if you are interesting in attending the event in Savannah at the end of March.

Woven brightly,
Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.




We'd love to see some you at either or both of our upcoming
events -Cathi Watkins

The first Moore's Ford Memorial Committee Civil Rights Bus Tour will
be traveling to the RALPH MARK GILBERT CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM in
Savannah, Georgia on Friday evening; March 28, 2008. It will leave
the Athens area around 6:00 pm.
Scheduled return trip back to Athens area is approximately 10:00 pm
Saturday night March 29, 2008. Please see the attached flier for
registration and cost.

For more information:
Mary Babington at: maryb@maryb.mayfirst.org or (912) 571-6514
Kirkland Dixon at (678) 938-4816
Hattie Lawson: hattielawson@hotmail.com or (706) 546-6799

Tri-County Talent Show Set THIS SATURDAY Feb. 16
Tickets available at the door: Adults $10 ~ Students $5

As a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor the King
Holiday, the Moore's Ford Memorial Committee is hosting the Sixth
Annual Tri-County Talent Show/Martin Luther King Celebration at 7
p.m., Sat., Feb. 16 at the Oconee County Civic Center.

Currently enrolled public high school students, grades nine
through twelve, from Athens-Clarke, Oconee and Walton Counties will
compete for $1000 worth of prize money. Based on the auditions, this
year's shows promises to be the best. An art exhibit will accompany
the talent show.

"We realize our talent show is late for the King holiday," said
MFMC secretary Rich Rusk. "But these shows are infused with the
spirit of Dr. King. We urge everyone to attend."

The benefit performance will raise money for Moore's Ford Memorial
Scholarships. The multiracial citizens group, formed to commemorate
two African American couples killed by racial violence at the Moore's
Ford Bridge in 1946, awards seven $1,000 scholarships to area high
school seniors each Spring as "living memorials" to George and Mae
Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Malcom.

For information, call 706-769-0988; 706-202-7802 or
richrusk@bellsouth.net.


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