The Black dance world celebrated when singer Solange Knowles became the first Black woman to compose a New York City Ballet score. Dancers like Janet Collins, Raven Wilkinson, Alvin Ailey and Misty Copeland were just a few pioneers who were turned away because of their skin color, body types and simply being Black. Solange achieving […]
Jodi Kay Roehrick, 63 of Blue Springs, MO passed away July 2, 2022. She was born April 19, 1959 in Columbus, IN. She moved with her family to Rochester, MN in 1968. As a child, she most fondly remembered being the first female baseball player in the Rochester (all-boys) youth baseball association. She graduated from Mayo HS in 1977. After graduation she married Thomas Roehrick on July 26, 1980 at Redeemer Lutheran Church. They relocated to Mankato, MN, then Providence, RI, and settled permanently in Blue Springs, MO.
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