(Community Matters) The spiritual voice of the civil rights movement and one time Bob Dylan fiance, Mavis Staples rocked the St. James’ sanctuary last night in a benefit concert for St. James Episcopal School.
Rock n Roll Hall of Famer, Mavis StaplesSt. James’ Episcopal School is a pre-K and kindergarten, Montessori-based program predominantly serving children in East Austin. They seek to inspire thinking that leads to academic achievement and prepare children for life as leaders, problem solvers, and self-reliant individuals with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. ABPorter.org was a sponsor of last night’s event.
Father Bill introducing the band, Yvonne Staples far left
We’re not really sure how Bill does it. He’s one of the founders of the school, is or until recently was the school’s board chair, served as our priest-in-charge after Greg left, oversaw design of our new church as well as construction plus he still teaches at the seminary (though retired), is always-available-grandfather, husband extraordinaire, chef extraordinare . . . . . well, you get my message 🙂
Thinkwell CEO Carl Tyson, Margaret Keys & Steven
Prior to the concert, Margaret Keys hosted Carl Tyson, Steven and me for dinner – they were our guests to the concert. Meg Schwartz of Spoon & Co cooked a fantastic dinner, including vegan offerings for ST’s new diet as well as exquisitely marinated filet for me and Carl. Margaret’s and Meg’s attention to detail and planning of every little detail for a dinner is inspiring. oh yeah, and those chocolate ganache, cream pastry tartlets . . .
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