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WNCU-FM, public radio station 90.7 FM will partner with Hamilton Hill International Designer Jewelry of Durham’s trendy Brightleaf Square shopping district to host its’ newest endeavor, The WNCU Diamonds & Pearls Jewelry Auction and Social Friday, April 11th from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. on location inside the jewelry store among cases of fabulous designer jewelry.

The WNCU All Stars featuring guitarist Baron Tymas will set the mood with jazz and keep the event lively. Sumptuous fare will be provided by Catering by Design of Cary. Attendees are in for an exciting evening in the atmosphere of a live auction with celebrity auctioneers, ESPN U sports announcer Dwayne Ballen, and Time Warner Cable talk show host Gayle Hurd. Hamilton Hill, known for top quality jewelry and accessories from around the world, will donate items to be auctioned as well as give attendees a chance to win a precious pearl ring from Gellner Pearls. Hamilton Hill gift certificates worth up to $1000 will be raffled with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to the station. The event is free and bidding is voluntary. Non-auction items are also available for purchase, with a percentage of the auctioned proceeds and sales of the evening going toward WNCU’s fundraising efforts. Neither sale nor auctioned items may be purchased with Hamilton Hill raffle gift-certificates.

The WNCU Diamonds & Pearls Jewelry Auction and Social is an opportunity for listeners, sponsors and customers alike to support public radio and the important programming it provides. This pleasurable and elegant public radio fundraising experience is one in a series of efforts to raise non-traditional revenue streams for operational expenses at WNCU.

Details on the WNCU, Hamilton Hill and the jewelry auction fundraiser are available on the web at www.wncu.org and www.hamiltonhilljewelry.com . For more information please contact Gayle Hurd at 919-539-8235 or ghurd@nccu.edu or Edith Thorpe at 530-6122 or ethorpe@nccu.edu.

WNCU Sunday Gospel Brunch will be a regularly scheduled event that will bring our listeners to the historic Pan Pan Diner for a great meal and foot stompin’, hand clappin’ Gospel music from 10am to 3pm for four Sundays throughout the year starting March 30, 2008. WNCU will host a fun and family-oriented gathering at the Pan Pan Diner located in Northgate Mall in Durham. For years the Pan Pan Diner has been known for its’ good food and friendly service. Patrons can not only enjoy a great meal, but down home gospel music as well. A local gospel group will perform inspirational music and will keep the event lively and add to the atmosphere.

Gospel recording artist Jennifer Evans will perform songs from her CD Delayed but Not Denied on March 30th.

WNCU gospel on-air announcers, Steve Satterfield, Carolyn Ryals and “Country Boy”, Walter Hatcher will host and conduct contests and giveaways. Twenty percent of the revenue generated in the restaurant during the WNCU Sunday Brunch will be donated to help WNCU with their fundraising efforts.

Co-sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact, Gayle Hurd at 919-539-8235 or ghurd@nccu.eduor Edith Thorpe at 530-6122 or ethorpe@nccu.edu

The North Carolina Central University/African American Jazz Caucus Research Institute (NAJRI) will host the Second Annual NAJRI HBCU Jazz Conference/Eighteenth Annual NCCU Jazz Festival which will be held April 16 – 19, 2008 on the North Carolina Central University campus in Durham, NC.

The conference will have special meaning as a result of two significant events:

• The Second Annual NAJRI HBCU Jazz Conference has been integrated with the Eighteenth Annual NCCU Jazz Festival. The featured festival artists will be tenor sax legend, David “Fathead” Newman and alto saxophonist, Wes “Warm Daddy” Anderson.

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• NAJRI will launch its Jazz Hall of Fame with the initial induction of jazz giants who are natives of North Carolina: Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Percy Heath, Dr. Billy Taylor, Lou Donaldson, Nina Simone and Tal Farlow. In addition, Jimmy Heath, Albert (Tootie) Heath and the Honorable Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), will also be inducted in recognition of their contributions to jazz. The legendary pianist Cedar Walton and his trio will perform in concert at the ceremony.

The four day power-packed conference/festival offers:

• Symposia on issues uniquely affecting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) jazz education programs, the African American and Global communities.
• Developing Interdisciplinary K through Higher Education Jazz Curricula.
• Building a More Comprehensive Jazz Education Curriculum.
• Jazz, the Church and Community – Sacred versus Secular.
• The Role of Jazz Radio, TV, Print Media & the Internet.
• Master classes
• Continuing Education Credit workshops
• Welcoming reception
• Nightly jazz concerts
• Photo exhibit of jazz greats
• Nightly jam sessions
• Noted speakers

This conference will be a memorable and exciting event that will enrich the lives of the general public; jazz fans; everyone involved in jazz education; presenters; performers; the media; and business.

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As part of an ongoing initiative to serve our listeners in the public interest, WNCU 90.7 FM and The Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) invite you to listen to and participate in a community based program related to North Carolina’s participation in the upcoming elections. On April 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. we will air a live Town Hall Meeting moderated by Andrea Harris, President of the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. We will discuss what’s at stake for North Carolina citizens in the May 6 Primary with a panel of experts and allow input from our audience. The Town Hall Meeting will take place in the H. M. Mickey Michaux, Jr. School of Education auditorium on the campus of NCCU. We invite you to tune in or come and join us. This event is free and open to the public.

WNCU Gospel Brunch

A WNCU Sunday Gospel Brunch is scheduled for March 30th, June 29th, September 28th and December 14th, and will take place at the Pan Pan Diner located in the Northgate Mall, Durham, NC from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. WNCU Sunday Gospel Brunch is a regularly scheduled fundraiser for WNCU. Performing live on Sunday, March 30th is gospel recording artist Jennifer Evans who will feature songs from her CD “Delayed but Not Denied.

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WNCU Diamonds & Pearls Jewelry Auction

WNCU will partner with Hamilton Hill International Designer Jewelry of Durham’s trendy Brightleaf Square shopping district to host one of its’ newest fundraising endeavors. The WNCU Diamonds & Pearls Jewelry Auction and Social will take place Friday, April 11th from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. on location inside the jewelry store among cases of fabulous designer jewelry.

Click here to view press release.