GOSPEL MUSIC IN THE HUDSON VALLEY

The Hudson Valley Gospel Festival committee has announced that the third of its monthly presentations will take place via zoom April 5 at 7 p.m. featuring a conversation with Ray Watkins and Lyric Small about gospel music in the Hudson Valley and his family”™s involvement.  

A local musician, singer and director of various community and church choirs in the Hudson Valley, Watkins currently is the local chairman of the Hudson Valley Gospel Festival. He is also the recipient of Dutchess County Executive”™s Artivist Arts Award and the Catharine Street Community Center”™s Martin Luther King Community Award.

Small is an 8-year-old student at Horizon on the Hudson who loves to read, write and play with her many Minnie-stuffed animals.