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Mission Statement
The purpose of DYCW is
to provide social, educational, and recreational extracurricular activities for the teen and pre-teen youth in the DC Community.
Our Organization has made various activities available for the youth in our community to participate in. These activities
include musical and dramatic training, computer education, sports, and an anti-drug project. DYCW is aiming to help educate
and guide the young adults in our area with fun and constructive events. By doing this we can help raise productive and successful
adults.
The Production Workshop
The Production Workshop (PD) of the Dawson Youth Community Workshop (DYCW) is the fastest
growing and most popular workshop at DYCW. The PD allows youth the opportunity to learn all phases of the recording industry.
From copyright to the mastering and duplication of a C-D. They have become popular in the local community by producing video of their performance
and showing them on public access TV stations. The PD also raises funds for DYCW by selling C-D’s, which they have produced,
and performing at different venues. The PD has completed three C-D's. The production workshop has been so successful in
producing artist that they have set up a booking and talent agency called "The D.C. Allstars" to promote the talent
that they have produced as well as other local artist.
Spend an evening with Gee A Musical Executive
Producer George Lee Dawson Jr. Spend an Evening with Gee is a musical staring George L. Dawson III a talented artist
and vocalist. It will feature the classic Rhythm and Blues music of the 60’s 70’s & 80’s. Some of the
music to be featured will be the music of Motown, Philly International Stax-Volt to name a few. It will have some of the characteristic
of the Motown Revue which launched the careers of many well known artists. Gee who is very versatile with his vocal techniques
will perform sets of many well known artist including Jeffrey Osborne, Smokey Robinson, Eric Benet, Stevie Wonder etc. In
between the sets that Gee will perform will be other male & female artist singing songs of that era. There will also be
some male and female group performances singing i.e. Supremes, Emotions Temptations Chi lites etcetera. Vocal
Artist & Musicians The vocal artist &
musicians will be recruited from the greater metropolitan Washington area. We will market and advertise to them through various
sources. Auditions and rehearsals for “Spend an evening with Gee” A musical will begin January 15, 2011 and will
be continuous. We are looking for talented & skilled Musicians & Vocalist (Especially Piano Players). Like the Motown
Revue this musical will have a live band. Project Financing This project
will be financed through The Dawson Youth Community Workshop; a 501( c ) (3) non profit organization. It has a budget and
grants earmarked for this specific project. Booking The Musical “Spend
an Evening with Gee” will be booked at hotels, restaurants & nightclub, etc. An alternative to trying to book the
musical at these venues will be to raise enough funds to rent or buy a venue and sell tickets and charge at the door.
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The goal of DYCW is to help create a well rounded individual.
Not only in sports and entertainment, but in academics, and as a useful, involved individual in the community.
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DYCW Youth
Scholarship Fund
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverb
22:6
As a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or family member, we all have had a hand in raising
our beautiful children, and believe me, they hear and listen to us. They approach graduation and beyond, as they consider
the next phase in their life. Some of them want to go to college, but they see how hard Mom and Dad have struggled just to
get them this far. They hear how college can cost from $8,000 -$22,000 per year, Then they start thinking of alternatives
(military service, part time, or maybe later). We have established "The George & Exenea Dawson Scholarship
Fund". We give out scholarships to deserving high school graduates, who have had a successful experience in
high school, succeeding not only in academics, but also in extra-curricular activities. For more information about our Scholarship
Fund, please contact us at the number on the bottom of this page.
George Dawson Jr.
The Dawson Youth Community Workshop
DYCW Scholarship Fund
6538 North Capitol Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012
(202) 882-1447
The Dawson Youth Community Workshop 2010 Scholarship Fund The
Dawson Youth Community Workshop (DYCW) is conducting its annual scholarship fundraiser for 2010. Our goal is to raise $5,000.00
in order to give out 10 - $500.00 non-cash scholarship to well deserving freshman student. The non-cash
scholarships will consist of what DYCW calls a “goodie bag (box)” that the new student will find useful for the
transition into college life. DYCW plan to provide five scholarships for boys and five for girls. The scholarships will be
on a first come first serve basis. The student will have to qualify for the scholarship by writing a paper on “Slavery”. I
am asking all of my readers to inform potential candidates of this opportunity. I am also asking all of my readers to make
a tax-deductible contribution to the DYCW Scholarship Fund. The non-cash scholarship goodie bag will
consist of things the student will enjoy. Things such as gift cards to Star Bucks, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, etc. Cafeteria and
bookstore credits. American Express and Visa debit cards and many other popular things etc. The paper
on “Slavery that the student must write can cover any part or phase of the African slave trade and / or it‘s effect
on the present. It can even cover it from the Europeans perspective. The papers will be published in the African American
Entrepreneur Newsletter.
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