Press Release from www.uncf.org:
UNCF CELEBRATES
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN EVENING OF STARS ®
UNCF SALUTES PATTI LABELLE WITH ITS HIGHEST HONOR
FAIRFAX, Va. (July 21, 2008) – UNCF - The United Negro College Fund - celebrates the 30th anniversary of An Evening of Stars® (AEOS) with a salute to Patti LaBelle. The soulful songbird from Philadelphia, who has earned her rightful place among rhythm and blues royalty, will be honored by UNCF, the nation’s largest minority higher education assistance organization, on its 30th annual television special An Evening of Stars ® presented by Target. The two-hour tribute will honor LaBelle before a live audience at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on September 13, 2008, and will be televised nationwide in January 2009.
The Grammy-winning R&B/soul singer will receive UNCF’s prestigious Award of Excellence in recognition of her distinguished career as an artist and performer and for her longstanding support of UNCF. Previous AEOS Award of Excellence honorees include Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Steve Wonder, Quincy Jones and Lou Rawls.
“Throughout her career, from the first notes she sang in her church choir through her four decades as a renowned vocalist, Patti LaBelle has exemplified the dedication to excellence that UNCF honors and supports,” said Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF. “Through her best-selling books and the numerous businesses she has started and seen through to success and, most of all, through her generous support of UNCF and many other charities, Patti embodies the spirit of UNCF’s iconic motto, ‘A mind is a terrible thing to waste.® ’”
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