DIAMOND GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMBERS
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Two John Yeates Middle School students are set to perform in the 2015 Middle
School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall.
Jaylon Hayes-Keller, an eighth-grader who plays the viola, and seventh-grader Cree Diggs-Brown, who plays the cello, have been accepted into the Honors Junior Orchestra.
Cree Diggs-Brown is the daughter of Ms. Carrie Diggs. They are members of Diamond Grove Baptist Church. Cree is an active member of the church serving as a youth musician, playing the piano for the youth choir, and assisting the minister of music, playing for other church choirs at the church. Cree is a youth ushers and a part of the youth ministry at Diamond Grove. We are so proud of Cree and all of her achievements. We support her and wish her all the best.
John Yeates Middle School students Cree Diggs-Brown and Jaylon Hayes-Keller will travel to New York next month to perform at Carnegie Hall with the Honors Junior Orchestra in the 2015 Middle School Honors Performance Series. (Submitted Photo)
Linda Hurwitz, orchestra director at John Yeates and Lakeland High School, said the students are “very excited.” “There were approximately 100 other students selected from around the country,” she said.
“Each of them prepared an audition tape in the fall of 2014, and they received notification in March 2015.”
To help fund the expensive trip to New York, each student received a $1,000 scholarship from the Suffolk Education Foundation.
“Both of them have remarked how grateful they are for the funding assistance from the foundation,” Hurwitz said. “Without that, they would not have been able to participate.”
Hurwitz said Cree has been playing her instrument for two years, and Jaylon his for three years.
“I would say they are both extremely conscientious and dedicated to their instruments,” she said.
Hurwitz has an idea about what her students can expect — she performed at Carnegie in 1997.
“It’s thrilling,” she said. “I would say it’s the thrill of a lifetime, because it is so acoustically fabulous.
“I think they are going to remember it forever.”
The students’ applications were evaluated by “an expert board of professional musicians,” according to the website for the performance series.
The five-day itinerary includes time to explore tourist attractions like Times Square, 5th Avenue, the Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as well as an evening Broadway show.
The orchestra also has five rehearsal sessions, before performing on the evening of June 27 and leaving for home the next day.
Jaylon Hayes-Keller, an eighth-grader who plays the viola, and seventh-grader Cree Diggs-Brown, who plays the cello, have been accepted into the Honors Junior Orchestra.
Cree Diggs-Brown is the daughter of Ms. Carrie Diggs. They are members of Diamond Grove Baptist Church. Cree is an active member of the church serving as a youth musician, playing the piano for the youth choir, and assisting the minister of music, playing for other church choirs at the church. Cree is a youth ushers and a part of the youth ministry at Diamond Grove. We are so proud of Cree and all of her achievements. We support her and wish her all the best.
John Yeates Middle School students Cree Diggs-Brown and Jaylon Hayes-Keller will travel to New York next month to perform at Carnegie Hall with the Honors Junior Orchestra in the 2015 Middle School Honors Performance Series. (Submitted Photo)
Linda Hurwitz, orchestra director at John Yeates and Lakeland High School, said the students are “very excited.” “There were approximately 100 other students selected from around the country,” she said.
“Each of them prepared an audition tape in the fall of 2014, and they received notification in March 2015.”
To help fund the expensive trip to New York, each student received a $1,000 scholarship from the Suffolk Education Foundation.
“Both of them have remarked how grateful they are for the funding assistance from the foundation,” Hurwitz said. “Without that, they would not have been able to participate.”
Hurwitz said Cree has been playing her instrument for two years, and Jaylon his for three years.
“I would say they are both extremely conscientious and dedicated to their instruments,” she said.
Hurwitz has an idea about what her students can expect — she performed at Carnegie in 1997.
“It’s thrilling,” she said. “I would say it’s the thrill of a lifetime, because it is so acoustically fabulous.
“I think they are going to remember it forever.”
The students’ applications were evaluated by “an expert board of professional musicians,” according to the website for the performance series.
The five-day itinerary includes time to explore tourist attractions like Times Square, 5th Avenue, the Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as well as an evening Broadway show.
The orchestra also has five rehearsal sessions, before performing on the evening of June 27 and leaving for home the next day.
CREE PLAYS HER CELLO AT DIAMOND GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
CREE PLAYS HER CELLO AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK !
CREE DIGGS-BROWN ON HER WAY TO COLUMBUS OHIO
FOR THE GIRL SCOUT NATIONAL CONVENTION !
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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 Suffolk Girl Scout Selected to Join Girl Scout National Convention Planning Team Every three years, Girl Scouts from across the country convene for National Convention. It’s a four-day experience where the national board is elected, governance decisions are made, female leaders deliver empowering keynote speeches and Girl Scouts get to meet new friends and swap program ideas. Preparations are already underway for the next Girl Scout National Convention, scheduled to take place in Columbus, Ohio in 2017. And, for the first time ever, Girl Scouts of the USA has put together a movement-wide team of girls to help plan the big event. Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast is proud to announce that Suffolk resident Cree has been selected to participate on this 21-member team of Girl Scouts from 17 different Girl Scout councils in the country
Cree and GSCCC CEO Tracy Keller
Cree, who has been a Girl Scout for seven years, is an active member of her troop and learned about applying for the Convention planning team from her troop leader, Dina Crewe. As a member of the planning team, Cree will take part in virtual monthly meetings and three face-to-face meetings, including one in Columbus this July. Next summer, the team will be meeting at the Girl Scout central office in New York City, and their third meeting will be at the convention.
“Now, we are primarily working on the Hall of Experiences, which is where we’ll have interactive activities and vendors, as well as programs and evening events,” Cree said. “We are also helping to approve other aspects, such as the design of the logo for Convention.”
For Cree, being a Girl Scout is an important part of her life. She attributes Girl Scouts to helping her build self-confidence, make great friends and provide her with opportunities to make a difference in her community. In the past year alone, Cree has accomplished many things as a Girl Scout. She earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the second highest award a girl can earn in Girl Scouts. She has also participated in numerous community service projects, including a pajama collection, multiple food drives and laying wreaths on veterans’ graves before the holidays. As a member of Troop 4312, Cree has had time for fun activities as well, including a trip to Roanoke Island Festival Park in the Outer Banks, a tour of the USS Eisenhower, a dolphin watching excursion, a night at Harbor Park for Tides baseball and a technology workshop at the Apple Store. Cree is looking forward to sharing all of her Girl Scout experiences with her fellow planning team members to make the 2017 Girl Scout National Convention the best one yet.
“I am most excited about the actual National Convention, where I can see the work and time we put into planning come to fruition,” Cree said.
Girl Scouts will convene in Columbus, Ohio in October 2017 for their 54th National Council Session and Convention. For more information about taking part in unique experiences in Girl Scouts, visit www.gsccc.org .
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 Suffolk Girl Scout Selected to Join Girl Scout National Convention Planning Team Every three years, Girl Scouts from across the country convene for National Convention. It’s a four-day experience where the national board is elected, governance decisions are made, female leaders deliver empowering keynote speeches and Girl Scouts get to meet new friends and swap program ideas. Preparations are already underway for the next Girl Scout National Convention, scheduled to take place in Columbus, Ohio in 2017. And, for the first time ever, Girl Scouts of the USA has put together a movement-wide team of girls to help plan the big event. Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast is proud to announce that Suffolk resident Cree has been selected to participate on this 21-member team of Girl Scouts from 17 different Girl Scout councils in the country
Cree and GSCCC CEO Tracy Keller
Cree, who has been a Girl Scout for seven years, is an active member of her troop and learned about applying for the Convention planning team from her troop leader, Dina Crewe. As a member of the planning team, Cree will take part in virtual monthly meetings and three face-to-face meetings, including one in Columbus this July. Next summer, the team will be meeting at the Girl Scout central office in New York City, and their third meeting will be at the convention.
“Now, we are primarily working on the Hall of Experiences, which is where we’ll have interactive activities and vendors, as well as programs and evening events,” Cree said. “We are also helping to approve other aspects, such as the design of the logo for Convention.”
For Cree, being a Girl Scout is an important part of her life. She attributes Girl Scouts to helping her build self-confidence, make great friends and provide her with opportunities to make a difference in her community. In the past year alone, Cree has accomplished many things as a Girl Scout. She earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the second highest award a girl can earn in Girl Scouts. She has also participated in numerous community service projects, including a pajama collection, multiple food drives and laying wreaths on veterans’ graves before the holidays. As a member of Troop 4312, Cree has had time for fun activities as well, including a trip to Roanoke Island Festival Park in the Outer Banks, a tour of the USS Eisenhower, a dolphin watching excursion, a night at Harbor Park for Tides baseball and a technology workshop at the Apple Store. Cree is looking forward to sharing all of her Girl Scout experiences with her fellow planning team members to make the 2017 Girl Scout National Convention the best one yet.
“I am most excited about the actual National Convention, where I can see the work and time we put into planning come to fruition,” Cree said.
Girl Scouts will convene in Columbus, Ohio in October 2017 for their 54th National Council Session and Convention. For more information about taking part in unique experiences in Girl Scouts, visit www.gsccc.org .