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Black History Month Unity Celebration Scheduled for Riverhead High School

Event is scheduled for Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Riverhead High School students are set to celebrate Black History Month in a big way.

This year's celebration will take place on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverhead High School Charles Cardona Auditorium. 

Last year, Tori Greenridge, accompanied by the Riverhead High School Chamber Orchestra, performed the late Etta James' "At Last." 

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Highlights of the event include the presentation of colors by the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp.; a welcome by Principal David Wicks; a presentation by the Riverhead High School Steppers; presentations by a student group from one of the elementary schools; the First Baptist Church Choir or its dance group; music from the chamber choir and orchestra; presentations by Riverhead High School students Jenny Corbin and Robert Brown of poetry by black poets and famous speeches; slides of famous Black Americans and presentations; a tribute to a famous Black American who has died; and the presentation of the Riverhead High School "Martin Luther King, Jr. Award."


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