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Press Release/for
immediate release
From: Barbara J.
Beitel
Telephone: (609)
465-3963
‘WE ARE FAMILY’ SISTER SLEDGE MEMBER,
KIM, TO HIGHLIGHT ACCESS TO ART’S SOCIAL ON
MAY 17TH AT THE MIDDLE TOWNSHIP
PAC CELEBRATING PHILADANCO!
Cape May Court
House. Do you remember the l970’s # l
R&B hit, “We Are Family” by the Sister
Sledge group? It became the theme song for
the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kim Sledge, of the
Sister Sledge group, will perform for Access
to Art, Inc. at the Middle Township PAC on
May l7th from 5-7 p.m. to entertain the
assembled guests at a reception hosted there
celebrating the founder of Philadanco,
Joan Myers Brown. The event is open to the
public. Joan Myers Brown is the founder and
artistic director of the internationally
celebrated Philadanco! who
will perform following the reception at 7:30
p.m. at the PAC. She will be joined by Lois
Smith, of Cape May, a jazz singer who also
sings Negro Spirituals.
Sister Sledge’s first
national hit came in 1974 when “Love, Don’t
You Go Through No Changes on Me” reached
number 31 on the R.& B charts. Kim was
singing since she was three years old with
her grandmother, an opera star, who took
the girls around with her and had had them
sing in Philadelphia at churches, banquets
and teas. Soon, she expanded their reach
around the globe, on her opera stints.
Kim travelled with her three sisters,
Debbie, Joni and Kathy Sledge, honing their
skills before local and international
audiences. They sang in Europe and in
China. They began to tour the world with
their opera star grandmother as toddlers and
were singing since they were 3, 4, 5 and 7
years old on stages across the world. They
planned to retire when they came home and
were invited by Chic to record “We Are
Family.” They came home to go to college,
teamed up with Chic in the late 70’s, and
reached the height of their popularity
during the disco era. “We didn’t ever think
of growing up and becoming stars,” Kim
said. “We just sang; that’s what we did.
We came home to go to college, to begin our
real careers, and we happened to cut “We Are
Family,” and the rest is history.” she said.
They began in their
churches, and they still sing gospel. Kim,
an ordained minister, for seven years, with
IFCM (International Fellowship at Christian
Ministries,) is part of the Paradise
Project, a network of international prayer
ministries with a creative arts component.
Her sister is currently in Russia. Six years
ago, she gave up her secular singing career,
but continued praising God around the world.
Honorary hosts for the
dance event are Rita Fulgineti, County Clerk
of Cape May, Senator Jeff Van Drew, D., lst
district, and Rev. Robert O. Davis, of the
Macedonian Baptist Church in Cape May.
Tickets for the
reception, which includes wonderful hors
d’oeuvres, and VIP tickets to the dance
performance are $60. Call Access to Art,
Inc. at (609) 465-3963 for reservations or
call the Middle Township PAC from Monday to
Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (609)
463-l924. The performance of Philadanco
follows at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the dance
performance are $25. and $30. The $60.
tickets cover the reception and the dance
performance. Access to Art is presenting
its llth dance weekend and is a l6 year old
not for profit.
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