Behind The Scenes with...

I hope you enjoyed reading about Kelley Glover, the cover of the March/April Issue of Ujima Magazine. People have asked me how do you find people for your magazine? Well, this is a great example of how I meet people.

I attended a  BigAustin class and we were asked to go around the room and introduce ourselves. As we went around, Kelley introduced herself and spoke about her project U Better Sing!  We immediately made eye contact and smiled. I knew I wanted to learn more about her project.  After the training we approached each other and started talking and I found her project very interesting and I felt it was something the community needed to be aware of. We also realized we knew some of the same people, which is always nice.

Our first meeting, she came by the office to show me the demo of the show. It was interactive with singing, musical lessons and much more. There is also a story being told within the show by cartoon characters. It is fun and you want to sing. "Do, Re, Me Fa So, La, Ti, Doe" I immediately thought of The Sound of Music. I asked her to be a guest on the Ujima TV show. She accepted and I was able to introduce her project to our viewers. We had such a good time, learning about her musical career and listening to her talk about how her show. We even talked about her performing with Denzel Washington and Ruthie Foster. 

Denzel Washington

I still wanted to share her story and her journey of bringing her dream project to television. That is how she became the cover story for the magazine.

Kelley Glover was a fun interview and a friendship was developed. Please look for her show on KLRU and for information about at U Better Sing!

Thanks Kelley!