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The Clark Sisters are coming to the Washington, D.C. metro area this week for Radio One's Spirit of Praise Concert. As a lifelong fan, I am truly excited and even though, I don't have tickets yet, I am believing that I will be in the "House". As a way to celebrate "The Golden Girls", a name used by Karen Clark Sheard to refer to her sisters, I am posting some vintage/throwback pictures I have of "The Girls" from their visit to Howard University in 1982 for the Homecoming Gospel Concert. That was my freshman year at Howard and they gave us great church that night.

Special mention of the late Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, the matriarch of the Clark Sisters, former International President of the Music Department of the Churches of God In Christ, teacher, and just a really anointed woman of God. Experiencing a musical where Dr. Clark directed a mass choir in Oakland, California in 1979 changed my life. She was a great mentor and I was blessed to be in her presence several times and even host her in Washington, D.C. on one occasion.

The Clark Sisters are Jacky, Twinkie, Denise (she is a sister and one of the original members of the group) Dorinda, and Karen. I am really happy to see the success and recognition they are currently receiving. They deserve it. They have put the work in. Twinkie Clark is a legendary songwriter and musician (she also attended Howard University); Karen is a singer extradonaire; Dorinda gives you all she's got everytime she sings; and Jacky is both a singer and a registered nurse.

Well, for those who don't know, 'you better ask somebody' and check out the Grammy-Award winning Clarks Sisters at Reid Temple in Glendale, Maryland on October 9, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Enjoy the throwback pics and song, "You Brought The Sunshine"!


Posted By: Nona Ogunsula
Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 1:14PM
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