AS WE CONTINUE TO
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
TODAY WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A
MAN WHO IS CREDITED AS
THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN
GOSPEL MUSIC OF COURSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT DR. CHARLES
ALBERT TENLEY AND WHILE HIS
SONGWRITING TALENT CAN STILL
BE HEARD TWO STAY INSIDE
CHURCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD
DID YOU KNOW HE WAS BORN
RIGHT HERE ON DELMARVA CALVIN
COLLINS IS A SENIOR MAJORING
IN MUSIC AT SALISBURY
UNIVERSITY AND HE'S GETTING
READY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO DR.
TENDERLY DURING A CONCERT ON
FRIDAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE THE SAND ALL RIGHT
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THAT CONCERT COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS BUT WE
WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT DR. TENLEY HAD
QUITE A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SYDNEY HE'S CERTAINLY DID. I
KNOW THAT THERE WERE MANY
PEOPLE THAT KNOW OF TINLEY
AROUND THIS AREA. HE HAS MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE RELATIVES
THAT LIVE IN A PLACE OUTSIDE
OF BERLIN CALLED TENLEYTOWN
AND THERE'S OTHER PERSONS
WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH I
ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THAT
THE CALVIN BE TAYLOR MUSEUM
IN BERLIN HAD A LOT OF
INFORMATION BUT OTHER PERSONS
AND BOOKS AND EVERYTHING AS
YOU KNOW HAVE RESEARCH GOES
THAT IS A LOT BUT ONE OF
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I THINK
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE IS THAT EVEN
THROUGH HAVING AND ENSLAVED
FATHER AND A FREE MOTHER THAT
HE HAD TO WORK ON
THE PLANTATION SO HE TAUGHT
HIMSELF HOW TO READ AND WRITE
SO THROUGH THIS SYSTEM OF
PICKING UP PIECES OF PAPER
OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND
THEN WOULD PUT THEM AWAY AND
THEN WOULD UNDER FIRE AT
NIGHTTIME WOULD READ LOOK AND
TRY TO PUT THEM IN ORDER OF
THE ALPHABET CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW DIFFICULT THAT WOULD BE
AND HOW MUCH PERSISTENCE THAT
HE HAD TO HAVE TO DO THAT IT
JUST IS AMAZING TO ME TO SEE
HOW FAR TINLEY CAME FROM SUCH
A LAKE SMALL BEGINNING WRITER
AND THROUGH THAT HE LEARNED
GREEK IN HEBREW EVENTUALLY IN
PHILADELPHIA I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU KNEW THAT NOW BUT HE WENT
TO PHILADELPHIA WITH HIS WIFE
DAISY AND THEN THROUGH BEING
IN PHILADELPHIA. HE LEARNED
GREEK IN HEBREW STARTED MANY
MINISTRIES AND HAD A CHURCH
OF OVER 12000 PERSON AND HE
WAS A DEACON RIGHT HE WAS A
DEACON FIRST AND THEN BECAME
AN ELDER IN THE CHURCH
THE METHODIST CHURCH THEN NOW
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
THEY USED TO ORDAINED FIRST
TO DEACON THEN TWO ELDER BUT
NOW IT IS TWO SEPARATE PATHS
AND THROUGHOUT THIS TIME HE
HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC
PARTICULARLY WRITING SONGS
YES AND I BELIEVE THAT STAND
BY ME AS ONE OF THE MOST
FAMILIAR TO MANY PERSONS
ARETHA FRANKLIN SANG THAT
ELVIS AND BOB DYLAN ALSO
PERFORMED SO I THINK WE
DEFINITELY KNOW THAT HE EVEN
THOUGH HE STARTED IN BERLIN
THAT HE CAME VERY FAR IN HIS
MUSIC AND HIS LIFE LIKE
WRITING NOTES YEAH I GUESS
WHAT SPORTS ARE INTERESTING
DOCTOR CAN LOSE LIFE I AS A
SENIOR MUSIC MAJOR I HAD TO
COME UP WITH A PROJECT AS A
CAPSTONE PROJECTS AND
THE REQUIREMENT WAS IT COULD
BE A PROJECT IT COULD BE A
PAPER AND I MEAN I THINK
WRITING PAPERS AS FUN BUT
ALSO NOT REALLY TOO MUCH. YES
BUT IT'S NICE THAT I COULD DO
RESEARCH ON SOMETHING I'M
GOING INTO THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH GOING
TOWARDS ORDAINED MASTERY AND
THIS IS PART OF THAT LEARNING
ABOUT THE HERITAGE AND
THE THINGS THAT THE METHODIST
CHURCH HAS GONE THROUGH IN
LIFE AND IN THE TIME OF LIFE
SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF
IT I WAS LOOKING AT MANY
DIFFERENT IDEAS AND I JUST
CAME BACK TO THIS BECAUSE I'M
ON THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT A
CHURCH AND SMYRNA DELAWARE
WHERE BY CHOIR AND PEOPLE
FROM THAT CHURCH LOVED HIM
MUSIC THEY LOVE HIS LEGACY
AND HAVE BEEN TO TENNESSEE
TEMPLE AND IT'S JUST
WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT IN THAT
PASSION THAT HIS MUSIC HAS SO
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRIBUTE
CONCERT THAT YOU HAVE FRIDAY
NIGHT CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO
BE A Y CONOCO PRESBYTERIAN
AND I JUST FELT THAT'S SOME
OF HIS MUSIC IT'S JUST SO
SACRED IN NATURE THAT IT
WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A
SACRED SPACE TO HAVE THAT AND
ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING
PIANO AND OREGON AND WHY
CONGO PRESBYTERIANS CHOIR
WITH A FEW OTHER VOICES WILL
BE SINGING WITH THE CONCERT
WITH THE STORM IS PASSING
OVER YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS
THIS. IT'S COMING LIKE YOU
SAID ON FRIDAY AT 7 P.M. WHY
CONOCO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SPONSORED BY THE SU MUSIC
THEATRE AND DANCE DEPARTMENT
IT'S FREE AND THE IS INVITED
TO A DANCE WITH ME. WOW OK SO
WE'RE GOING TO GET A PREVIEW
ON THE MID-SOUTH ARGUES STAGE
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING FRIDAY
NIGHT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
SING FOR US I WILL BE SINGING
STAND BY ME AND HEAVENS
CHRISTMAS TREE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SITTING ON THE COUCH
AND WALKING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON WE HAVE PLENTY MORE
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