Robert Hankle Is being honored at
Felician College in Lodi
This Saturday afternoon,
April 14th
By The Jelani Institute
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For his outstanding career as a trombonist, and for his extraordinary ability to recognize talent in young people and to develop that talent to a level of excellence that enriches their lives forever and also produces many future outstanding professional musicians.Please come out and support us at this important event! Hope to see you there.
RSVP (201) 837-3037 or carolmanigault@yahoo.com.
You are all lovingly invited to this year’s Jelani Institute Program and Day of Remembrance. It will be held this Saturday, April 14th, at Felician College’s Lodi campus cafeteria. It will consist of a Community Forum on Crisis Intervention and an Awards Dinner and Jazz Concert Fund Raiser. Major Cochran’s presentation, as part of the Community Forum, will begin at approximately 2:30. A buffet dinner will then be served at approximately 4:30, at which there will be (1) a brief audio/video remembrance of our guy; (2) the issuance of our very first JELANI Institute award of excellence for development of talents in young people, to be awarded to Mr. Robert Hankle (Jelani’s high school jazz band director) -- an outstanding trombonist and the instrumental music director at Teaneck High School; and (3) a fabulous jazz concert, featuring a roster of renowned jazz musicians, including several multi-Grammy award winners, who are all donating their time and talents for this important benefit concert. The bill includes the legendary Ed Pazant (jazz sax and flute), Jeannette Curtis-Rideau (jazz poet), Mark Gross (alto and soprano sax), Bob Crenshaw (bass) with Jelani’s cousin Monique Manigault as vocalist; Jelani’s cousin Russell Sledge (bass); and a special treat -- several of Mr. Hankle’s former students who were in jazz band with Jelani and are now professional jazz musicians – including the phenomenal Fred Hendricks and Ben Hankle (trumpeters)
What better way to spend your Saturday afternoon and early evening! The institute really needs your support at this critical time.
Bring the kids. There is infant care, as well as exciting age-appropriate Jelani Tree activities for pre-schoolers up to young adults, and a jazz workshop for those who are interested.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN US THIS SATURDAY!
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