Now let me show you something else.
Just to show you how person he really is.
Now watch, he's going to flip flop on you right now.
Y'all know John played all that stuff.
What he just did, John can do the same thing.
I should have John and Roger on a duo concert.
I'm going to have that next season.
Watch, I'm going to show you how we pass legacy on.
Come on Roger, let's see the flip flop of Roger Dimond.
Now this is what he came up and asked me.
It's amazing how he's grown from there to now.
Hold your seat belts.
I'm going to show it to you real quick. 2016
If you want to go out and do the FNAC,
stand right there, this way.
Y'all keep the applause going.
As you have already seen, this is his teacher,
Mr. John Tanger.
Come on John, and the young shall lead us right.
Don't forget, channel 13,
July when?
What time? Good.
And call channel 13 and tell them how much you enjoy
their needs from Dallas.
We're going to ask two of our partners who are coming
to do this piece for us.
They're filling in, it wasn't for your grace.
They just want the spirits to go because the
people we had
leading this song actually had an emergency.
But now these sisters can sing too,
don't fool yourself.
If you want to go out and do the FNAC,
stand right there, this way.
And the young shall lead us right.
Don't forget, channel 13,
July when?
What time? Good.
And call channel 13,
tell them how much you enjoy their needs from Dallas.
We're going to ask two of our partners who are coming
to do this piece for us.
They're filling in, it wasn't for your grace. Good.
And call channel 13 and tell them how much you enjoy
their needs from Dallas.
We're going to ask two of our partners who are coming
to do this piece for us.
They're filling in, it wasn't for your grace.
But now these sisters can sing too,
don't fool yourself.
Give it up for 2 of our wonderful five-member.
My name is Kelli Lewis, Kimberlyllant.
We've been best friends since 1994,
We've been best friends since 1994. This is our
first time singing together.
I would be lost like a shadow,
if only I could understand.
I would be lost like a shadow,
lost like a ship without a sail.
I would be nothing, I am sure, that I could sail.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
If it wasn't for the break.
I would be lost like a ship without a sail.
I would be nothing, I am sure, that I could sail.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
If it wasn't for the break.
I've seen so many hard times, I've shed my
share of tears.
So many trials down through the years, but I
never would have made it without your praise.
Oh, looking back on my life and everything
you've brought me through.
Lord, I can't help but to lift my hands and say
thank you.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
If it wasn't for the break.
I've tossed and I've turned all through the night.
Wondering if life was gonna make everything alright.
But I never would have made it without your praise.
I've been so stressed, thought I'd lose my mind.
But your grace and your mercy give me peace of mind.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
If it wasn't for the break.
Sing praise.
How sweet the sound.
How great the sound.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
Your grace and mercy.
It was your amazing grace that kept me.
It was your amazing grace.
Your grace and mercy.
Thank you Lord.
Your grace and mercy.
Never would have made it if it wasn't for the break.
If it wasn't for the break.
Sing praise. Alright.
Put the talent out as we near the end.
Come on brother Donald down.
When we look back on all that we have done.
We have made it.
Isn't that right.
Get into all these people in the house.
I'll come back in a minute.
We make it that's all I can say.
All the way from downtown Dallas to the Black
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
put your hands together. Can we have a little
church to see here y'all, come on. Come on, I
know we have some church folk in here. Put your
hands together. Come on.
and you can't
hold on
you can't
You can't let it go. come on put your hands
together. Come on.
because you're depending, depending on the Lord
Moses has no faith in trusting in the Lord
My Lord, save and love me, Lord, love me
always, oh!
Let the chicken quit, let go, let this heart
go, oh!
That's how we make it rockin'!
It's the time we make it.
That's how we make it rockin'!
That's how we make it.
That's how we make it rockin'!
Ooh, oh.
That's how we make it rockin'!
That's just how we play, Cunningham
Everybody put your hand up
That's just how we play, Cunningham
Put your hands together. Yeah!
Put your hands up.
Everybody, so talk for me.
Put your hands together. Yeah.
Hold on.
You sure?
Keep it strong.
Come on, man.
Come on, baby.
1, 2, 3, 4...
Let me hear you say,
We made it!
We made it, we made it.
Through sickness and pain,
We made it, we made it.
Anybody here got a name?
We made it, we made it.
It's still the hot time, hey
I'm going to play this
I need an OG
Anybody here with me?
I need an OG
Keep singing
There's no love in the wind OG
That's how time
That's just how we play OG
Come on somebody put your hands together
Come on
I don't know about you but I think you're doing
a good job Yeah
That's just how we play OG
Come on OG
I'm not leaving, you gonna cheat?
You're cheating!
That's my time!
Wait a minute y'all, anybody glad you made it tonight?
Come on, don't fool me, anybody glad you made
it here tonight?
Listen y'all, we got to make it through so much!
We made it through slavery,
through Boycotts and sedans,
we got to endure 9-11,
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita,
and now even the gas prices y'all!
And I'm glad!
Come on somebody, I'm glad that I made it!
Now those of you from New Orleans,
y'all know we got a little dance that we do
back home.
And mind you, we gonna celebrate New Orleans
style tonight, is that alright?
Here we go, one, two, three!
Come on, come on!
I see Ya!
We made it!
Through Katrina,
through Rita,
I'm glad I made it!
It's a little hot time in here,
but we made it!
Come on y'all, come down!
Somebody stand up on your feet with us tonight!
Come on, we going home tonight celebrating!
Stand on your feet and celebrate with us!
Come on!
Come on somebody, I'm glad that Jesus made it!
Through Christ,
I'm glad that I made it!
By His grace!
We made it!
I'm glad I made it!
It's a little hot time!
I'm glad I made it!
He's happy too!
For the storm that rained!
He's happy now!
Who's taking the pain?
Alright, bring it down a bit.
Real soft, real soft.
Keep moving.
Alright you momma, now she's a jazz artist too.
So let's see you scatter that body again.
We made it!
I don't know about you.
And I want you to know that I really do, do, do
love you.
I really do love you.
And I want you to know that I baby do, do, do
love you, do, do.
Put your hands in your pockets.
And if you're a man.
Oh oh oh oh.
Don't be one of those guys that plays the gypsy.
Oh, yeah! Yeah!
who made it.
Who made it.
I bet I made it. Who.
I made it.
Through sunshine and rain.
Through heartache and pain.
I made it. Ooh.
I made it.
Got some fun.
We made it.
Through the dreamer.
Through the reaper.
Through my beloved.
We made it.
We glad you made it.
Aren't you glad you made it?
Bum, bum, bum.
Come on clap your hands.
And we're gonna have a good old time.
Come on clap your hands.
Come on and let's go.
We made it, yeah
Come on, come on
We made it, yeah Yeah
We made it Whoo
Yeah, made it
I'm gonna give it up for Miss Pat, she can do
that but she can also sing too.
Come on Miss Pat.
Come on Miss Pat, give it up for Miss Pat, she
can sing too now.
We having a good time, you know, we ain't got
nowhere to go.
Give it up for Miss Pat Desee.
Watch this.
Oh, I got over, my soul was back in wonder.
I got over, my soul was back in wonder.
I got over, over, over, over, my soul was back
in wonder.
Idle on to you!
Oh, sweet love!
Oh, yes, that's how!
Oh, yeah! Waaah!
Idle on, Idle on, oh!
Idle on to you!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
Alright, thank you guys, man.
You know there's nothing wrong with having a
good time, right?
This is absolutely incredible.
Did you have a good time?
It's just 4:05. We have a good time, click of
our fingers.
Come on, we can do it, let's do it.
What's up?
Come on, interns up here. Come on, interns.
These are all the Black Academy interns that we have.
They're here from Los Angeles.
What happening?
These are all the Black Academy interns.
They performing tonight.
Come on, give it up for our interns.
Get in the groove next time.
Iowa University, what happened?
Come on, everybody do the same thing.
Come on, everybody, come on.
You all have a good time?
We have a good time, I don't care about nothing else.
Anybody from Thorpe in the house want to have a
good time?
Come on down, come on down.
Come on, come on.
Come on down here.
I've got the victory.
Come on down before we break this call into the
New York.
I've got the victory.
Yes, I've got the victory.
It's all in my hands.
I've got the victory.
We can shout about it now.
Come on, shout about it now. Yeah.
You've got the victory. Ooh.
We made it.
We made it, we made it.
That's how we make it.
I'm feeling so good Ooh
Oh, yeah Yeah
Yes, people. We got a good time.
Oh, yeah.
One thing, all of our artists,
you got to come to the program tonight at 9:00.
These are our interns here.
They're here from California.
They're here from Grambling.
They're here from DC, etc, etc.
All the interns, raise your hand.
They have worked with us for one month,
and they have put the show...
Come on, Giles, let's hear it.
Giles is working with them.
He's on our staff here.
They have an incredible show in our Muse Cafe Theater.
Tonight is called Water, Wine, Water Mirror,
and the Bird.
I'm telling you, it is off the chain.
Our poppa told the ladies they have a choice.
They had to put a show together.
They put a show together, and it's one-three.
I'm telling you, it's the bomb.
So if you're not doing anything tonight,
come back and see them, and you come and tell me
or tell the Box office that you attended the
concert today,
I'll give you a free ticket.
That's how bad I want you to be here tonight.
It's wonderful, and don't forget, on the 20th,
30th, 30th,
we should have got our students
that will be performing right on the main stage here.
How many members are there in the Black Academy here?
Oh, fantastic members.
All non-members of the Black Academy,
we have complimentary membership.
A friend of mine gave $25,000
so that we can sponsor membership.
If you want to know more about the Black Academy,
fill out the form before you leave,
and you'll get all the information
the program has written on.
We have an exciting season coming up next year.
It looks like we're gonna have Angela Bass
and her husband on our stage next year.
So get your membership, which is a sponsored membership
of the Black Academy, Arthur Leather,
fill out the gold form,
and then you'll start getting information
from the Black Academy of Arthur Leather.
And again, thanks, Brother Johnson,
for just coming and pitching in.
We got to put you in our season.
I mean, fantastic.
All of our artists, thank you very much.
Pat Chung, choir, stand by.
You all gonna be hearing from us.
We going to Atlanta, right? Yeah!
Are we ready to go? Yeah!
Y'all ready to go to Atlanta? Yeah!
We gonna turn Atlanta upside down.
Y'all did a fantastic job.
And Jackie and Sherlene, where are you?
Jackie and Sherlene, thank y'all very much.
Y'all did a wonderful job at making sure
that even though the people didn't come
and fill the house, but we still got that money.
You all were fantastic.
Quiet, you were brave, we appreciate you, we
love you.
If you were here for all of our guests,
for so long, you're gonna be going to Atlanta
with us.
We not use no Atlanta so long
as long as y'all people is here, right?
Pat and Chung, you were here with us.
All musicians, thank you.
Sheryl, you can deliver my poem, I love it.
I'm gonna record that.
Thank you very much, have a wonderful evening,
and God bless all of you all.
Take out your membership and remember, we made it.
All the French dancers, all the French dancers,
Darrell and budget, y'all give it up for our
French dancers.
Come on, you can do better than that.
Darrell and Carl,
they're the four y'all in the back,
we take 100 places to Atlanta with us.
So Darrell, thank you and good luck.