News Media articles about Ge'ylah's performance.
Above Top - Minnesota State Univ.. - (Kick-off for Black History - 1,200 people in the audience)
Center Top - Dusable Museum ( Margaret Burroughs, Ge'ylah, Donda West---Yep! Kanye's mom, she was one of Ge'ylah's mentor)
Bottom Right - North Dakota State Univ. ( Dr. King Celebration.)
Center Bottom - Chicago State Univ. ( Malik Yusef opened this show for me)
Bottom Left - Chicago Public School All-High School, Black History celebration
Ge'ylah's Mid Jan-April schedule is so packed she is on the road for nearly three and a half months straight.
This is the program booklet from the National African-American Student Leadership Conference held at Rust College. I treasure it because when I found out that Molefi Asante was keynoting, I got so excited. Asante? at one of my performances. Then, I got so nervous, I thought I was going to go thorugh the floor. I had butterflies for days. I don't know how I got through that performance. He told me that he wanted me to open up for him sometimes, I'm still waiting Dr. Asante.
This letter serves as a constant reminder of why I am obligated to remain patient, calm and humble. The words aren't really visible but, it arrived at my office attached to a scoring sheet that went to a great majority of Minn. universities. I received a perfect score and was told about students who had been totally on fire since they experienced my show. They also thanked me for my relentless patience during the pre-show rehearsal. Let's just say, everything that could, went wrong.--but, the show turned out great. The foremost memorable element of this show was that there were about 700 students at this show, all of whom were caucasian. Due to a room conflict, these students waited for over an hour on their own free-will to attend the performance. They were very excited about my appearance. So many of them were moved to tears by the performance. I was extremely humbled by the whole experience.
It's self-explanatory. In Ft. Smith, Arkansas, I have my own day. The Honorable Mayor Ray Baker presented me with a key to the city. And, proclaimed March 30 Ge'ylah Jones Bradford Day.
My ABSOLUTE Most prized possession. A greeting card from Nikki Giovanni: (after a performance I invited her to my house)
"Dear Ge'ylah. thank you so much for your invitation. It's nice to know we have a home among friends we have just met. Thank you for your generosity."
