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NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER CELEBRATES A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF INFLUENCE A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 FROM 7PM - 11PM AT STAGE AE ON PITTSBURGH'S NORTHS SHORE FEATURING CARRIE LUCAS

NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER CELEBRATES
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF INFLUENCE

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
CONCERT BY CARRIE LUCAS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 | 7PM - 11PM
STAGE AE ON PITTSBURGH'S NORTH SHORE

NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER CELEBRATES
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF INFLUENCE

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 | 7PM - 11PM

STAGE AE ON PITTSBURGH'S NORTH SHORE
STAGE AE. 392 NORTH SHORE DRIVE PITTSBURGH, PA 15212

Celebrate with us to pay homage to the NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER.

This red carpet event will include a VIP cocktail reception with national and local dignitaries, dinner, LEGACY AWARDS PROGRAM, a comeback tour concert of CARRIE LUCAS, head Diva of LA's Solar Records, and a desert reception.

TICKET INFORMATION
$150
DINNER, AWARDS CEREMONY, CONCERT AND DESSERT RECEPTION
$75
AWARDS CEREMONY, CONCERT AND DESSERT RECEPTION

FEATURING A CONCERT BY CARRIE LUCAS
HEAD DIVA OF SOLAR RECORDS

One of America’s oldest Black newspapers, the New Pittsburgh Courier, caps off its Centennial celebration with a dinner, Legacy Awards Ceremony and gala concert Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Stage AE on the North Shore.

Distinguished Former Courier Executive Awards will be presented to the families of P.L. Prattis, executive editor; Earl Hord, general manager; and John H. Sengstacke, former owner, editor and publisher.

Carrie Lucas, known as Head Diva of Solar Records, inaugurates her comeback tour in Pittsburgh when she entertains the Courier celebrants. Ms. Lucas made six albums in seven years for Solar and Soul Train Records, including such singles as “I Gotta Keep Dancing” and “Gotta Get Away From Your Love.” Of her music, one YouTube enthusiast commented, “They don't make music like this anymore. At the clubs here in Chicago, this song and others like it, blew the doors clean off of the hinges. How many of today's songs can you say that about?”

From its establishment in 1910, the Pittsburgh Courier grew to become the largest, most influential Black newspaper in the nation with a circulation of 250,000 and over 400 employees in 14 cities. Among its award-winning journalists was Frank Bolden, who covered WWII, and interviewed luminaries such as Gandhi, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. For 40 years, photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris captured everyday people and places in the nightclubs, alleyways and workplaces of Pittsburgh.

According to Rod Doss, current editor and publisher of the Courier, “It is an honor to continue the legacy of these great journalists and to honor three of the individuals who put the newspaper at the forefront of African-American chronicles.”

Accepting the awards on behalf of their late fathers are:
· Patricia Prattis Jennings, former principal keyboardist for the Pittsburgh Symphony;
· Marva Harris, retired executive with PNC Financial Group, Earl F. Hord, former director, Economic Development of Allegheny County, and Dr. Betty Robinson, retired co-founder of the Manchester Academic Charter School;
· Robert Sengstacke, photographer.

Tickets for the dinner, awards ceremony, concert and dessert reception (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) are $150; for the awards ceremony, concert and dessert reception (doors open at 7:45 p.m.), tickets are $75. For more information, check www.newpittsburghcourier.com.

For reservations or information, please contact Save The Date Creative Services, LLC at savethedate_pgh@yahoo.com or 412-781-3486.

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