Detroit Evening Report: Kwanzaa celebrations in Detroit
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The Motor City Kwanzaa Kinara in 2022.
Detroit’s Cass Technical High School’s Harp and Vocal Ensemble is almost 100 years old.
The program was founded in the mid-1920s and is just one part of a rich musical history at Cass. WDET’s Jerome Vaughn spoke to Lydia Cleaver, the director of the harp and vocal program, in 2016.
The program has survived and thrived, Cleaver says, because students of the program continually return to lead it. Cleaver is an alumna of the program herself. She says she’s seen how it has changed as forces from within and outside the district have changed how they prioritize music education.
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Other headlines for Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023:
- The City of Detroit lights its official Kwanzaa Kinara in Campus Martius.
- The Alkebu-lan Village Kwanzaa Ball is tonight. alkebulanvillage.com.
- The Wright Museum will host Kwanzaa events everyday at noon.
- King Solomon Baptist Church will host Kwanzaa ceremonies everyday at 6pm.
- The Detroit Public Library is offering Craft and Storytime at the Redford Branch and Lego Club at the Main Branch on Wednesday.
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