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Winston-Salem: Walk of Fame medallions to be unveiled Friday

Winston-Salem: Walk of Fame medallions to be unveiled Friday
DEDICATION TO ALL THAT THEY’VE DONE OUR RACHEL ELLIS IS LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM THIS MORNING WITH A PREVIEW OF THIS SPECIAL CEREMONY RACHEL. GOOD MORNING TO YOU GUYS EACH HONOREE WILL. RECOGNIZE THE BRONZE MEDALLION EMBEDDEDN I THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE BENTON CONVENTION CENRTE BOTH 2020 AND 2021 HONOREES WILL BECOME ADDITIONS TO THE WINSTON-SALEM ARTS CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT MEMORIAL WALK OF FA.ME THEY LIVED I WNINSTON-SALEM AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC DANCE THEATER WRITING VISUAL ARTS MOTION PICTURES TVND A RADIO. WE SPOKE WITH MAYOR ALAN JOINS ABOUT WHAT HE HOPES. THE RECOGNITION MEANS TO THE FAMILIES THOSE BEING HONORED A FEELING OF YOU KNOW SATISFACTION AND FEELING OF PRIDE OBVIOUSLY IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW, THEIR LOVED ONES WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBEREDN I A TANGIBLE WAY FOR IN OUR CITY RIGHT BESIDE OUR CONVENTION CENTER WHERE THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS BY THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. 10 ON A REASON SHE WAS A FENRID OF MAYOR JOINTS. HE SAID SHE WAS A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT WAKE. UNIVERSITY AND LIV IEN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS NOMINATIONS FOR THE WALK OF FAMERE A ACCEPTED ONCE A YEAR AND REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE WITH DIVSER BACKGROUNDS AND DISCIPLINES THAT COMMITTEE THEN RECOMMENDS HONOREES TO CYIT LEADERS AND THIS MORNING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 AM HEER ON THE CHERRY STREET SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE BENTON CONVENTION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM. WE’RE LIVE THIS MORNING RACHEL ELLIS WXII 12 NEWS.
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Winston-Salem: Walk of Fame medallions to be unveiled Friday
The City of Winston-Salem will honor those who have given back to the arts and entertainment world who are no longer here. Walk of Fame medallions will be unveiled as a dedication to all that they did. Each honoree will be recognized with a bronze medallion embedded in the sidewalk outside the Benton Convention Center on the Cherry Street sidewalk. Both 2020 and 2021 honorees will become additions to the Winston-Salem Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Memorial Walk of Fame. The honorees lived in Winston-Salem for at least five years and made major contributions to music, dance, theater, writing, visual arts, motion pictures, television, and radio. WXII 12 spoke with City of Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines about what he hopes the recognition means to the families of those being honored. “A feeling of satisfaction. A feeling of pride obviously. In a way that their loved ones will always be remembered in a tangible way in our city, right there by the convention center, where there will be thousands of individuals by there on a regular basis,” Joines said. Author, poet, and actress Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the 10 honorees. Angelou was a friend of Mayor Joines and was a distinguished professor at Wake Forest University. Nominations for the Walk of Fame are accepted once a year and reviewed by a committee with diverse backgrounds and disciplines. That committee then recommends honorees to city leaders. The ceremony on Friday will be held at 10:30 a.m.

The City of Winston-Salem will honor those who have given back to the arts and entertainment world who are no longer here.

Walk of Fame medallions will be unveiled as a dedication to all that they did.

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Each honoree will be recognized with a bronze medallion embedded in the sidewalk outside the Benton Convention Center on the Cherry Street sidewalk.

Both 2020 and 2021 honorees will become additions to the Winston-Salem Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Memorial Walk of Fame. The honorees lived in Winston-Salem for at least five years and made major contributions to music, dance, theater, writing, visual arts, motion pictures, television, and radio.

WXII 12 spoke with City of Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines about what he hopes the recognition means to the families of those being honored.

“A feeling of satisfaction. A feeling of pride obviously. In a way that their loved ones will always be remembered in a tangible way in our city, right there by the convention center, where there will be thousands of individuals by there on a regular basis,” Joines said.

Author, poet, and actress Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the 10 honorees. Angelou was a friend of Mayor Joines and was a distinguished professor at Wake Forest University.

Nominations for the Walk of Fame are accepted once a year and reviewed by a committee with diverse backgrounds and disciplines. That committee then recommends honorees to city leaders.

The ceremony on Friday will be held at 10:30 a.m.