Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, right, listens to a news conference, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Family attorney Ben Crump is calling for the Kentucky attorney general to release the transcripts from the grand jury that decided not to charge any of the officers involved in the Black woman s death. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
What’s left to say about 2020 except that it’s over. But what a year with the well-chronicled coronavirus pandemic that killed more than 300,000; racial unrest that created division in across many communities and a presidential election that was over until it wasn’t. And there was plenty of more to a year that goes down as one of the most memorable in recent history. Here’s some of what happened.
Dr. Henry Panion III Artistic Director of The World Games 2022 Opening and Closing Ceremonies 12/09/20
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of The World Games 2022 will feature original music from one of Alabama’s most accomplished and decorated composers.
The Birmingham Organizing Committee yesterday announced that Henry Panion III, Ph.D., has joined The World Games 2022 as Artistic Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, to be held 7 and 17 July 2022. Dr. Panion holds the titles of University Professor of Music and Director of Music Technology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he teaches courses in music theory and technology. He’s also the owner of Audiostate 55 Recording Studios & Entertainment Company.