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DocuSign Envelope ID:883AB84D-78B1-4D41-BOEF-BE6A942205E0 <br /> Photo by Lou Hairston <br /> Members of N.C.A&T's Delta Sigma Theta Sorority worked with children from the M¢Girt-Horton Library,community to help complete the corn- <br /> inunity story quilt(pictured in the background). <br /> Wilde who is a,literacy spe- The Dudley High School and'the fi!fc i r - rton Dance 'To .. t ie`quilt, We Need <br /> cialist said this is not the first Jazz band directed by Brannon Troupe:' y'' Books;s '``'Visit the IvicGirt- <br /> time she and textile artist'Gig- . Bynum,entertained guests with Shoffrlet said 'she is opti- Hortedt*aisiocated at 2509 <br /> noux have worked together on jazz selections and deejay, mistic about the plans for a new , Phillips Avenue. -For more <br /> projects. About four years ago, Abdula Fisher kept the'music library but realizes it will all information call the library at <br /> the_two united their talents and playing during the band's inter- depend on the outcome of the 373-58110. - <br /> started•• creating imaginative missions. Other performances Greensboro's'bond referendum <br /> story quilts. throughout the afternoon this November. She said The <br /> we wanted to do here included.spoken word artists quilt would be the first piece. <br /> was to represent the library in Clemente Mallory & Friends displayed in the new library. <br /> both word and image, said -- — -- — - <br /> Wilde. "We collaborated with <br /> the children so they could cre- <br /> ate something bigger together <br /> than they could ever create <br /> alone." - <br /> Wilde said that the children <br /> were asked to develop charac- <br /> ters and ideas using the garden <br /> as a theme. "I did the writing <br /> with the kids and Peg illustrated <br /> the setting and details.The idea <br /> of a garden came from an <br /> (library.board) advisory mem- <br /> ber <br /> that compared a library to a <br /> garden,"Wilde said. <br /> "This was such an incredi- -- <br /> ble community' effort. One <br /> thing we learned.is that all the <br /> work done together is greater <br /> than any work that could be <br /> done by one person,"-said Gig- <br /> noux. .- <br /> Shoffner said she was very <br /> grateful to the. Public Library <br /> Foundation and commended <br /> members of Delta Sigma Theta <br /> Sorority, Inc. of N.C. A&T <br /> State University for their out- <br /> standing work on the project. <br /> "It is good to Work with the <br /> community and that is basically ' <br /> why we.. were.,here," Erin <br /> Hedges, graduating -senior at <br /> N.C.A&T said. . <br /> Hedges .said she.believed <br /> working with this project was <br /> an opportunity.for the sorority.. <br /> members to be good role mod- <br /> els for the participating .chil- <br /> dren• • <br /> ' "It's good especially for <br /> these young black girls, seeing <br /> that we .ai•e in college and are <br /> being educated. We want them <br /> to see us as participants and that <br /> is part Of why we are here," <br /> Hedges said. <br />