Gladys Knight helps BYU-Hawaii celebrate
Golden Jubilee with her first-ever Hawaii concert
Saturday • October 15, 2005 • 7:00 p.m
Cannon Activities Center
(All seats reserved)

Gladys Knight to sing at BYU-Hawaii

Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched the unassailable artistry of Gladys Knight, a Latter-day Saint who now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This multiple Grammy winner has enjoyed number-one hits in Pop, R&B, and Adult Contemporary, as well as triumphed in film, television and live performances. Most recently she sang at President Gordon B. Hinckley's 95th birthday celebration in Salt Lake City.

In her first-ever concert in Hawaii, Gladys Knight will appear in the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, performing what has been labeled "the number-one show in Las Vegas" by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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...who recently won a Grammy for the duet Heaven Help Us All with Ray Charles, has wowed audiences for over five decades.

The multi-talented Knight started singing at age 4. She first came to national attention at age 8 as a winner on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour, about the same time BYU-Hawaii, which was known as the Church College of Hawaii from 1955-74, was just starting up in temporary facilities. She went on to form The Pips with her brother and cousins and recorded her first album at age 16.

Since then she has won numerous other awards, including gold and platinum records, a CLIO for advertising, a Cable Ace for producing, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and places in both the Rock'n Roll and Rhythm and Blues Halls of Fame.

More recently Knight, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has formed Saints Unified Voices, a multi-cultural choir based in Las Vegas that includes approximately 20 BYU-Hawai'i alumni.

Knight and some of her choir members will also present a Latter-day Saint fireside program on Sunday, Oct. 16th, at 5:00 p.m. in the BYU-Hawai'i Cannon Activities Center, with a repeat performance at 8:00 p.m.

"We're absolutely thrilled to have Gladys Knight come to our campus as part of our 50th anniversary celebration to perform for our students, faculty, staff, and community," said BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway. "Along with her great music, she brings a passion for building multi-cultural understanding that has been a hallmark of our campus mission for the past 50 years."