Revival and Preservation
Fundraising Campaign 2008
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The Calloway House, 2005
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Welcome, come join me on a journey
to preserve the name, image, likeness and legacy of
Cab
Calloway. We are promoting a series of
campaigns, parties, events and concert as a tribute
to Cab Calloway's 100th birthday celebration. Hi I
am Cecelia Lael Calloway daughter of the legendary
Cab Calloway, and I'm here to take you on a journey
called the Calloway house revival and preservation
campaign.
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The
Calloway House Revival and Preservation Project
encompasses various networking operations and
committees producing and promoting Cab Calloway's
legacy and centennial. December 25th, 2007
is the
one hundred year anniversary of Cab Callaway's
birth and we invite you to join us by participating
in his Legacy and Centennial designed to portray
all aspects of his genius. Among the most
significant: seeking to initially purchase old
Calloway home, to preserve his legacy and honor the
memories of great people who visited to
participated in family gatherings, random
friendship time, music, parties, special indoor and
outdoor occasions (Cab's Birthday and B.B.Q
events), etc.
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Left to right: The Calloway Family
at The
Calloway House | Blanche
Calloway (Cab's sister)
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Before his death, Cab expressed a
desire that the house be kept to help preserve his
musical legacy. Unfortunately that couldn't be done
at that time of his death, but fate has smiled on
us through providing another opportunity to realize
Cab's dream. Cecelia Calloway returned home to
pursue his wishes and continue her own musical
career she started with Cab at the age of nine, it
is an act of serendipity and she's ready to take
the Calloway music and legacy to another level with
"Yesterday Meets Today".
Our
immediate goal is to raise a minimum of 100k to
secure purchase of property, partially restore and
upgrade house, build and install in-house basement
sound recording facility to produce Calloway CD,
DVD, music video and documentary projects. Cab's
home is where all the celebrities visited. It's an
icon/trade mark location and virtually priceless.
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Cecelia Lael Calloway &
Micheal
Jackson
(visiting The Calloway House)
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When I was a little girl growing
up, even appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show with my
dad between the ages of 8-9 years old I met so many
celebrity friends who even came to visit dad at
home. December 25, 2007 we celebrate Cab's 100th
birthday with the memories of celebrities dropping
by every year on Christmas day to celebrate dad's
birthday. Here are some of the many names and
pictures of celebrities displayed at home and or on
the road;
Duke
Ellington, Lena
Horne, Nat
King Cole, Sammy
Davis Jr., Dizzy
Gillespie, E.Simms Campbell, Loentyne Price,
Pearl
Bailey, Slappy White, Jackie Moms
Maybley, Gordon Parks, Eddie Hayward, Nipsey
Russell, Michael
Jackson, Ruby Dee and Osie Davis, Harlem
Globe Trotters, Lionel
Hampton, Panama Francis, Dave
Brubeck, Billy Eistein, Roy Campanalla.
Cabs band members; Milt Hinton, Fletcher Henderson,
Chu
Berry, Cozy Cole, also, David Merrick
(Producer of "Hello Dolly"), etc.The many names
mentioned above and more will be apart of Cabs
private gallery at 1040 Knollwood Rd.
Please come join me with my
associates, friends and family in the revival of
the Calloway house and preservation campaign. Today
on December, 25, 2007 is the first day of our year
around Cab Calloway Legacy and centennial fund
raising campaign.
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We
need your support to continue sharing the memories
of great times for Cab and his celebrity friends
and associates, family, friends and associates in
celebrating his legacy.
Please help by sponsoring the
following:
A. Any one of the 16 episodes of the Cab Calloway
story book on DVD.
B. A Live Calloway concert showcase.
You
can help by purchasing any Calloway Centennial
merchandise available on Drums No Guns Commission,
Inc. online
catalog section of website.
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Cecelia Calloway with
Lionel
Hampton & Friends
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Sincerely,
Cecelia Lael
Calloway | President
The Calloway House Revival
and Preservation Project
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