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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
SGI-USA Washington's New Century Chorus sang yesterday at College Park's annual tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the University of Maryland.
(By Mark Gail -- The Washington Post)
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MARYLAND
Awards Banquet Alvin Thornton, a Howard University official, will be the keynote speaker. Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele will also speak. 2 p.m. Best Western College Park Inn, 8601 Baltimore Ave., College Park. $40. Reservation deadline is today. 301-773-1274.
Gospel Quartet The Sensational Nightingales will perform. 4 p.m. Union Bethel AME Church, 6810 Floral Park Rd., Brandywine. Free. 301-372-6036.
Calvert County Concert A mass choir of choir members from churches in Calvert County will perform. 6 p.m. Huntingtown High School auditorium, 4125 N. Solomons Island Rd., Huntingtown. Free. 410-535-0413.
Howard County Tribute The Howard County Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission presents its 21st annual program, with guest speaker District Court Judge Pamila J. Brown, vocalist Julie Hall and local entertainment. 4 p.m. Smith Theatre, Howard Community College, off Little Patuxent Parkway. Free. 410-313-6430.
VIRGINIA
Commemorative March "Are We Keeping the Promise?" is the march theme. 2:45 p.m. Lake Anne Plaza, off Village Road and North Shore Drive, Reston. 703-390-6161 or visit http:/
McLean Celebration "Embracing the Dream: Celebrating Family, Youth and Community Service." Program will feature singing and dancing, with More and More Praise of Mount Olive Baptist Church of Centreville and speakers Gary T. McCollum, vice president and regional manager of Cox Communications, Northern Virginia, and Marty Smith, principal of Franklin Sherman Elementary School. 3 to 5 p.m. Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave. Free, but tickets required. Those attending are asked to bring an item of nonperishable food for Share Inc. 703-790-0123 or visit http:/
Gospel Concert/Community Singalong Participants will include churches from the Reston-Herndon area; Ezra M. Hill Sr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II; and the gospel group Rafael Ross and Reconciliation. 4 p.m. Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation, 1441 Wiehle Ave., Reston. Free.
Pops Concert The Reston Chamber Orchestra will perform popular songs, spirituals and selections from "Porgy and Bess," with vocalists Beverly Cosham and Ellyn Lomack Crawford. 6 p.m. Reston Community Center, Hunters Woods Shopping Center, 2310 Colts Neck Rd.
Arlington County Tribute Arlington's 37th annual observance will have music, dance and the spoken word, with gospel and jazz artist Kim Jordan, the vocal ensemble the Virginiaires and students reading King-themed essays. 7 p.m. Thomas Jefferson Theatre, 125 S. Old Glebe Rd. Free.
