Post by CMF Newsman on Apr 16, 2012 6:22:58 GMT -5
A Chattanooga legacy is celebrated Sunday: a Bessie Smith birthday event was held at the Cultural Center named after the blues legend. This comes as the decision of what happens to the Bessie Smith Strut is still on the table.
There's been a battle over the Strut for the last few weeks. Mayor Ron Littlefield said the event would be moved to the river, within the Riverbend festival gates, but now we learn progress is being made to keep it where it's always been.
"I am 100 percent certain we are going to have a Strut," MLK Merchants Association spokesperson Moses Freeman said.
It's a bold statement from Freeman, the MLK Merchants' point man. "We're all looking ahead with smiles on our face rather than the gloom we were exhibiting a few days ago," Freeman said.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/17456318/plans-to-save-the-bessie-smith-strut-move-forward
There's been a battle over the Strut for the last few weeks. Mayor Ron Littlefield said the event would be moved to the river, within the Riverbend festival gates, but now we learn progress is being made to keep it where it's always been.
"I am 100 percent certain we are going to have a Strut," MLK Merchants Association spokesperson Moses Freeman said.
It's a bold statement from Freeman, the MLK Merchants' point man. "We're all looking ahead with smiles on our face rather than the gloom we were exhibiting a few days ago," Freeman said.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/17456318/plans-to-save-the-bessie-smith-strut-move-forward