GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL SERIES: GULLAH ME, GULLAH YOU
Join us at SoundWaves as our Gullah concert event series continues, featuring fifth-generation Gullah descendants, Jamal Edwards, dancer and choreographer, and Sonya Grant, owner of Gullah T’s N’ Tings, and other young Native Islander entrepreneurs!
Our musical guest is Atlanta-based, Lowcountry native, and soulful songstress Latrese Bush, who, among many accomplishments, has worked with Tony and two-time Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday, Grammy Award winner Gloria Gaynor, Jazz icon Phil Perry, Rhythm & Blues star Bobby V, and pop phenom Justin Bieber. Bush’s melodic vocal range has supported these and many other musical greats! When she’s not traveling the world with Gloria Gaynor performing the iconic hit “I Will Survive,” Latrese can be found singing at various venues, songwriting, and making music.
Chef Wendell Osborne of Food Savvy, LLC has prepared an authentic menu including options of sweet tea brined chicken with pan gravy over Carolina gold rice pilaf, topped with Lowcountry relish (black eyed pea, corn, tomato) and crispy okra (GF); blackened mahi over Carolina gold rice pilaf, topped with Lowcountry relish (black eyed pea, corn, tomato) and crispy okra (GF); and a vegetarian option of roasted mushroom over Carolina gold rice pilaf, Lowcountry relish, and crispy okra (GF)(V).
Lavon Stevens, artistic advisor
Latrese Bush, vocalist
Jamal Edwards, Sonya Grant, and Latrese Bush, panelists
The Lavon Stevens Band
Lavon Stevens, piano
Clarence Williams, bass
Jimmy Charles, drums
Cuisine Partner – Chef Wendell Osborne, Food Savvy LLC
HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra (HHSO) is a prominent cultural institution on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, known for providing musical performances and educational programs to the Lowcountry community. Led by Music Director and Conductor John Morris Russell, the orchestra presents a diverse range of music, from classical symphonies to pops, jazz, and cabaret performances.