Westminster Christian Academy will host its annual Academy Fund Banquet sponsored by the Alumni Association. This year's banquet will be featuring speaker Dr. George Grant on January 25, 2010 at the Brockway Campus. Special music will be provided by Westminster alumni Christie McCleary Weber.Dr. George Grant is the president of the King's Meadow Study Center, the pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, chancellor of New College Franklin, and the founder of Franklin Classical School. He is the author of dozens of books in the areas of history, biography, politics, literature, and social criticism and he has written hundreds of essays, articles, and columns. His work on behalf of the homeless, for international relief and development, for racial reconciliation, and for the sanctity of life has been profiled in such varied media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Focus on the Family, the 700 Club, the Coral Ridge Hour, Point of View, Crossfire, World Magazine, and Christianity Today.
Christie McCleary Weber (Class of 1991) has been an active musician all her life. She's performed various genres of music ranging from classical to musical theatre. Most recently Christie performed the role of Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Various roles include Gretel in Englebert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Mimi from Puccini's La Boheme, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Mother from Ragtime, Juliette from Gounod's opera Romeo et Juliette, and Kate/Lilli from Kiss Me Kate. In the summer of 2009 Christie performed with the Nashville Community Chorus as a featured soloist in Mozart's Grand Mass, as well as singing Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" with the Tennessee Valley Music Festival.
If you would like to attend please contact Mr. David Hammond (david.hammond@wca-hsv.org or 705.8000) for information on how you can be part of this year's banquet. Blessings!
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