{"id":2857,"date":"2023-04-06T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2023-05-29T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:37:08","slug":"bowie-state-universitys-performing-arts-center-theatre-named-for-dionne-warwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/2023\/04\/06\/bowie-state-universitys-performing-arts-center-theatre-named-for-dionne-warwick\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowie State University\u2019s Performing Arts Center theatre named for Dionne Warwick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Deborah Bailey,<br \/>\nContributing Editor<\/p>\n<p>Bowie State University\u2019s Performing Arts Center (PAC) now bears the name of internationally renowned singer, Dionne Warwick. In a ceremony this past week, the PAC theatre was formally renamed the Dionne Warwick Performing Arts Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gathered in attendance to celebrate with Warwick and the campus, including Gospel Singer, BeBe Winans, who graced the audience with an \u201cimpromptu\u201d performance of Amazing Grace, during the moving tribute in honor of Warwick\u2019s legendary 40-plus year career.<\/p>\n<p>The six-time Grammy Award winning artist takes her collaboration with Bowie State, the first HBCU in Maryland, seriously.\u00a0\u00a0Warwick told the audience she carefully chooses projects and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout this theatre bearing my name, you know I do not lend my name to everything,\u201d Warwick said.<\/p>\n<p>This is something I am incredibly happy and proud to say \u201cyes\u201d to. I feel exceptionally privileged to have my name on those doors out there,\u201d Warwick continued.<\/p>\n<p>Bowie State University President Aminta Breaux celebrated a partnership that developed over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was three years in the making.\u00a0\u00a0Three years ago, we were privileged and honored to welcome Ms. Warwick here,\u201d Breaux said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe embraced the vision.\u00a0\u00a0She didn\u2019t waver. She\u2019s dedicated to our youth, Wilkins their education and the arts,\u201d Breaux said.<\/p>\n<p>NBC \u2013 4 television investigative reporter Tracee and national radio talk show host Joe Madison\u00a0\u201cthe Black Eagle\u201d Madison served as hosts for a tribute to Warwick featuring students dance, instrumental and choral music from Bowie State University\u2019s fine arts department.<\/p>\n<p>Tewodross Williams, Chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts Program reflected on the remarkable growth of the BSU Fine Arts program in recent years and thanked the organizations that supported the Theatre dedication including Zeta Phi Beta sorority. The sorority of which Warwick is a member, supported Warwick and the event in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p>A host of celebrities, which included Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Tom Selleck and MJ the Musical\u2019s lead actor, Myles Frost, honored Warwick through video messages that were shown during the program.<\/p>\n<p>Warwick is one of a growing number of Black celebrities, business leaders and political figures who are turning to HBCU\u2019s to invest in legacy projects that will serve future generations of students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo whom much is given, much is expected. I hope I will be able to live up to the expectation you all have of me,\u201d Warwick said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now all of you are my family,\u201d Warwick said during the last moments of the program. 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