mary&parrish events

I graduated from Leadership Triangle in 2003. On August 16, Parrish and I sponsored/ helped out with the Annual Reception featuring new Board Chair Jim Goodman at the American Tobacco Complex. Good to see alumni- especially women!- running for office. I would like to work with them on event-fundraising strategies using my experience as Senator Janet Cowell’s ’04 Campaign Manager. Other tidbits: It looks like the United Way is getting ready to launch their annual campaign and could use some assistance in drumming up support. Finally, I spoke with Al from Rails to Trails (the Santa Clause of the bike paths) who is pushing for the Rails WITH Trails concept for the track that runs near downtown Durham. He pointed me to a lovely section of the American Tobacco Trail on HWY 751 just south of HWY 64 in Eastern Wake County for a nice seven-mile bike ride.

The “theme” I set for the gospel day of BIMBE was Muses. Just in case the Mighty Gospel Inspirations couldn’t inspire the theme, I had my Muses Parade mardi-gras beads hanging from our tent.

The first day had an eclectic line-up and a diverse audience. A huge thank you goes out to Ricardo Granillo of Carnavalito who stepped in to play the blues with Cool John Ferguson when their bassist was called away for a last minute emergency.

The gospel day brought a devout worshipping crowd and the dancing was limited to arms waving in the air. The Mighty Gospel Inspirations were fantastic. Chuck Davis, whose African American Dance Ensemble performed the opening ceremony the day before, made sure to be in attendance for Sunday’s Inspirations.