MLK Blues n' BBQ Dinner at McLean Community Center
Annual MLK Day celebration brings entertainment and education
Barbecue and blues was on the menu Sunday night as the McLean Community Center celebrated its eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day gathering, with over 200 people coming out to listen to Curtis Blues and feast on hickory smoked barbecue. “It’s the occasion of celebrating Dr. King, what he stood for and to continue honoring his legacy,” Sam Roberts, the Special Events director said of the event. “Most people like barbecue, and who doesn’t like the blues?” Tables filled the community room, lined the hallway and into an overflow room. The Martin Luther King celebration is always McLean's most integrated event of the year. Black folks and white folks, young and old moved their heads to keep time with the music. Folks talked to their …
Khama
8:01 am on Monday, January 24, 2011
This was great event, a befitting remembrance to MLK. Congratulations to the organizers. more ›