{"id":48093,"date":"2018-08-22T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T21:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=48093"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:21:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T21:21:39","slug":"grammy-museum-mississippi-celebrates-gospel-music-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/grammy-museum-mississippi-celebrates-gospel-music-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAMMY Museum\u00ae Mississippi Celebrates Gospel Music Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><b>Celebration Includes Gospel Music-themes Events and Programs Throughout September<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>GRAMMY Museum<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Mississippi<\/strong>\u00a0will celebrate <strong>Gospel Music Heritage Month<\/strong> with events and programs open to the public throughout the entire month of September.\u00a0Known informally as part of the \u201cBible Belt,\u201d the state of Mississippi\u2019s roots run deep in the origins of gospel music\u00a0and American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gospel-Showdown.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gospel-Showdown.jpg?resize=640%2C989\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"989\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Upcoming events during Gospel Music Heritage Month include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Spotlight: <strong>Travis Greene<\/strong> on\u00a0September 4\u00a0in the <strong>Sanders Soundstage<\/strong>. The event will start at\u00a07 pm, and doors will open at\u00a06:30 pm.\u00a0Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Greene will also participate in the Museum\u2019s Backstage Pass education workshop at\u00a011 am.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <strong>Gospel Showdown<\/strong> on\u00a0September 15\u00a0on the Front Lawn. Ten choirs will be selected to perform two songs and be judged by song, appearance, and crowd support. The event will start at\u00a02 pm, and the winner of the competition will receive a $500 donation to their organization. Tickets are free for members and advance tickets are $5 for non-members and $8 at the door.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Gospel Roots Family Day<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0September 29 from 10 am to 3 pm includes fun activities for all ages. Gospel Roots Family Day admission is half price and supported in part by the <strong>King\u2019s Daughters and Sons Circle Number 2<\/strong> and <strong>The Delta Center.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSo much of our history has been told through hymns and spirituals,\u201d said GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Executive Director <strong>Emily Havens<\/strong>. \u201cThe Museum is excited to put a spotlight on a genre that shares the pain, the joy, and the inspiration that shapes our American history\u2014only gospel music can do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is located at <strong>800 West Sunflower Road, Cleveland, Mississippi<\/strong>.\u00a0For more information on upcoming events, visit\u00a0GRAMMYMuseumMS.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>About GRAMMY Museum Mississippi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Developed by the <strong>Cleveland Music Foundation<\/strong>\u2014a nonprofit organization founded in 2011\u2014the 28,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is housed near the campus of <strong>Delta State University<\/strong>, home of the <strong>Delta Music Institute<\/strong>&#8216;s Entertainment Industry Studies program, which features the most unique audio recording facilities in the South. Affiliated with the Recording Academy&#x2122;, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is dedicated to exploring the past, present, and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum features a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric area that introduces visitors to the impact of Mississippi&#8217;s songwriters, producers, and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For more information, visit\u00a0<u>GRAMMYMuseumMS.org<\/u>, &#8220;like&#8221; GRAMMY Museum Mississippi on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grammymuseummississippi\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grammymuseummississippi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535040866322000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpIjU1RdlyCEvuVDGbIJ2Hz4rmjQ\">Facebook<\/a>, and follow @GRAMMYMuseumMS on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grammymuseumms?lang=en\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/grammymuseumms?lang%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535040866322000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFVmYW-Ize47U_br1mZSMvWMMXCg\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grammymuseumms\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grammymuseumms\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535040866322000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPZ2YeuFqKa8oKP5FaqCDlrrPzLA\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebration Includes Gospel Music-themes Events and Programs Throughout September GRAMMY Museum\u00ae\u00a0Mississippi\u00a0will celebrate Gospel Music Heritage Month with events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":34563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[57,8902,11777,4925,8903,13092,13095,13094,8580,13096,5,9809,13097,13093],"class_list":["post-48093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-shows","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-music-foundation","tag-delta-music-institute","tag-delta-state-university","tag-emily-havens","tag-gospel-music-heritage-month","tag-gospel-roots-family-day","tag-gospel-showdown","tag-grammy-museum-mississippi","tag-kings-daughters-and-sons-circle-number-2","tag-mississippi","tag-sanders-soundstage","tag-the-delta-center","tag-travis-greene"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GRAMMY-Museum-LOGO.jpg?fit=650%2C286&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}