January 15, 2015

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza

Cape Girardeau students and community members gathered Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in the Cape Central Junior High School auditorium for a musical program honoring the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Ramona Bailey sings "Abraham, Martin and John" Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Isaiah Sterling, 14, sings "You Raise Me Up" Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Participants sing "Let There Be Peace on Earth" Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Debra Mitchell-Braxton gestures to the audience to join in the singing of "Let There Be Peace on Earth" during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Led by Ramona Bailey (left, at lectern), Debra Mitchell-Braxton and Peighton Robinson, audience members join hands and sing "Lift Every Voice" during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com A youngster stands during the singing of "Lift Every Voice" during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Kayleigh Turk plays the drum as the Central Middle School Tiger Tones sing "The Dream Keeper" Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com An audience member takes a cellphone photo of the Central Middle School Tiger Tones as they sing "The Dream Keeper" Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Taviunna Allen sings Mariah Carey's "Hero" on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Members of the True Vine Ministries youth group sing during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Peighton Robinson, 13, sings "Never Walk Away" while her mother, Ramona Bailey, accompanies her on piano during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Cape Central Junior High School.

EMILY PRIDDY ~ epriddy@semissourian.com Keliah Miles performs Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Central Junior High School.

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Cape Girardeau students and community members gathered Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in the Cape Central Junior High School auditorium for a musical program honoring the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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