Senator Ann D. Duplessis and the District 2 Community Enhancement Corporation will host the 1^st annual "Let it Shine" High School Gospel Extravaganza with special guest performance by Collage 3 on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7 p.m. at Abundant Life Full Gospel Ministry – 9900 Haynes Blvd.

  The " Let it Shine" High School Gospel Extravaganza will highlight each school's musical artistry in a three round sing off featuring various forms of gospel music. Each group will perform a hymn or negro spiritual, a traditional and a contemporary gospel song. Their performances will be judged by a distinguished panel of local music celebrities on a numeric scale. The 1^st place winning school will receive:

  There will also be 2^nd and 3^rd place awards, door prizes and a special guest performance by Collage 3.

  The "Let it Shine" High School Gospel Extravaganza was created as platform for our children to support and enjoy one another in a diverse atmosphere of healthy competition, while bringing vital resources to our music programs; and celebrating the artistic virtues of a genre of music that was birthed in our unique American culture.