Weekly Updates
GRACE Gala - Tickets on sale now!
Make plans to join us on the evening of March 25th, 2022 at Marbles Kids Museum for the GRACE Gala, proudly sponsored by Kalisiak Properties, to benefit the GCS Annual Fund. Don't miss the chance to enjoy live entertainment, a delicious meal, silent auction and fellowship with your GRACE family.
Our Performers:
Shana Tucker's unique genre of ChamberSoul™ weaves together jazz, roots folk, acoustic pop, and a touch of R&B into melodies that echo in your head for days. She’s the rare performer you’ve never seen the likes of before—and one you’ll never forget. A front-line advocate for arts education, Shana is an accomplished teaching artist, incorporating community engagement, workshops, and teaching residencies into her touring schedule. She is the Executive Director of Kidznotes, a Durham based non-profit engaging students pre-K through 12th grade in an intense out-of-school musical program that includes instrumental instruction, choir, music theory, general music, orchestra, and band.
Christian Tamburr is a world-renowned composer, arranger, pianist and vibraphonist with performances in over 75 countries around the world. His most recent touring project "Sounds For Sculpture" premiered in New York City at Lincoln Center in 2019 and features original music inspired by the iconic bronze sculptures by Seward Johnson. For tour dates and music, visit www.christiantamburr.com.
Keith Ganz is a multi-Grammy nominated guitarist, composer, arranger and producer. He has performed with such jazz notables as Harry Connick Jr., Kurt Elling, Luciana Souza, Kate McGarry, Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Greg Hutchinson, Ben Monder, Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge and Gretchen Parlato. He has appeared on Oprah, Letterman, The View, Ellen, Australian Idol and toured the globe from Mongolia to Melbourne.
This is one event you won't want to miss.
Grab some friends and purchase your tickets today!
Auction and Gala Volunteers Needed
This year's auction and gala are two of our most important events of the year! If you are available to help with one or both of these events, please sign up here – GRACE Gala & Silent Auction Volunteer SignUp.
Read Across America Week
This year, Read Across America Week will be held Feb.28 - March 4. We are celebrating on the lower campus with spirit days and dedicated reading times for the entire campus each day that week. We will log our reading minutes and convert them as "miles" to read across America. We will track our progress on a map outside of the library each day that week.
You're invited!
Hear from GCS's director of community advancement, Michele Bandy, on why this year's GRACE Gala will be one you don't want to miss. Click picture below!
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