HOPE FOR TOMORROW 2011: A TRIBUTE CONCERT FOR GAIL WARRIOR, FEATURING LALAH HATHAWAY Benefitting St. Philip’s School and Community Center
Gail Warrior, Lalah Hathaway, CEO of the Warrior Group Grammy Award Winning Soul & Jazz Singer
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 6:30 – 9:30 PM The Meyerson Symphony Center
Pre- Concert Tribute Reception at 6:30 PM Concert at 8:00 PM
St. Philip’s School and Community Center is an outstanding independent school serving approximately 250 children, ages PK2 through sixth grade, and a community center serving over 1,700 youth and adults annually.
ABOUT OUR TRIBUTEE – GAIL WARRIOR CEO OF THE WARRIOR GROUP
In 1997, Gail Warrior founded the Warrior Group which specializes in permanent, modular construction. She is the chief executive and president of the 50-plus-employee company, which boasts annual revenue of over $120 million. Based in DeSoto, Texas, Warrior Group handles projects in 30 states and under Gail’s leadership, has grown to be one of the largest minority- and woman-owned construction services companies in the country.
Gail Warrior and Warrior Group have won more than 45 national, regional and local awards, as well as several other nominations. Most recently, Warrior Group projects were recognized with awards from the Modular Building Institute and Environmental Design & Construction magazine. The Women's Business Council Southwest voted Warrior Group the 2010 Woman Business Enterprise of the Year. As an entrepreneur, Gail has also received several recent honors including: the 2010 National Association of Real Estate Brokers - Acme Award, the Top Women Entrepreneurs in North America by Enterprising Women; the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)/Wells Fargo Trailblazer award; and the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. She also graced the cover of D-Magazine in the spring of 2011.
Inside the offices of Warrior Group, Gail created, and works to maintain, a workplace culture of volunteerism, philanthropy and service that permeates Warrior Group. Within her community, Gail is a major contributor with an unwavering commitment to provide educational enrichment to underserved children through her own foundation, Heart of a Warrior Charitable Foundation, founded in 2007. Under Gail’s leadership, Heart of a Warrior has developed a highly effective Summer Learning Program for local children.
In May 2010, Gail launched the Warrior Small Business Academy for entrepreneurs. The first annual Academy captured the attention of the New York Times when they applauded Ms. Warrior’s willingness to mentor others.
Warrior is a frequent public speaker for business and community organizations, and serves on several boards including the Women’s Business Council-Southwest, Dallas Regional Chamber and the African American Museum, as well as the Women’s Enterprise Leadership Forum for WBENC. She graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in accounting and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Dallas. She is also the mother of a wonderful son, Corey.
ABOUT OUR ENTERTAINER – LALAH HATHAWAY GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SOUL AND JAZZ SINGER
“Hathaway sings honest, straight-up music from the soul.”
Daughter of famed soul singer Donny Hathaway and classically-trained musician Eulaulah Hathaway, Lalah was born in Chicago and raised on the sounds of Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder. Her name, which means "music of the night" in Arabic, serves as much as a harbinger of her talent as her lineage. Witness to her father's collaborations with Roberta Flack throughout her childhood, is it any wonder that Lalah would go on to continue her father's legacy of soulful sounds with a decided jazz feel?
On her 1990 self-titled debut, Lalah Hathaway exposed the music world to a voice that seemed to capture and resurrect the smokey jazz clubs of the 1940s. The critically- acclaimed album established her within the industry as a mature and talented artist worthy of attention. In 1999, Hathaway teamed up with famed jazz pioneer, Joe Sample, for the song lives on—on which Hathaway adds her lush vocals to seven of the album's eleven tracks. The album is considered a true masterpiece. Her vocal interpretations of "When Your World Turns Blue," "When Your Life Was Low" and her father's classic standard, "For All We Know" are chilling, and The Song Lives On became the best album of that year and an essential disc for lovers of torchy ballads. It also showed that, while Hathaway was certainly notable as a modern R&B stylist, her capabilities as a jazz singer had developed in an astonishing fashion, to a point virtually unmatched among current artists.
Hathaway appeared with her band on Prince’s Welcome to America opening concert at the Izod Center in December 2010. Her sixth album, Where It All Begins, will be released October 18, 2011. She is forging her own path and revitalizing a standard of musicianship many thought had long since passed away. HOPE FOR TOMORROW 2011
A Tribute Concert to Gail Warrior Featuring Lalah Hathaway Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Meyerson Symphony Center
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS ○ Presenting Sponsor $25,000 (2 available) Exclusive recognition as the Presenting Sponsor and featured placement on website, event signage, in event program, and in all marketing materials 50 priority stage level seats to concert 20 guests to VIP Pre-Show Reception for Gail Warrior Exclusive invitation to post concert reception with Lalah Hathaway for sponsor and guests Full page ad in event program ○ Big Dreams $10,000 (5 available) Prominent recognition as the Big Dreams Sponsor and featured placement on website, in event program, and in all marketing materials 20 priority stage level seats to concert 10 guests to VIP Pre-Show Tribute Reception for Gail Warrior Exclusive invitation to post concert reception with Lalah Hathaway for sponsor and guests Half page ad in event program ○ Trailblazer $5,000 (8 available) Special recognition as a Trailblazer Sponsor on website, event signage and in event program 10 priority stage level seats to concert 2 guests to VIP Pre-Show Tribute Reception for Gail Warrior Exclusive invitation to post concert reception with Lalah Hathaway for sponsor and guests Half page ad in event program ○ Luminary $2,500 (8 available) Special recognition as a Luminary Sponsor on website and in event program 4 priority stage level seats to concert Exclusive invitation to post concert reception with Lalah Hathaway for sponsor and guests Quarter page ad in event program ○ Catalyst $1,500 (10 available) Special recognition as a Catalyst Sponsor on website and in event program 2 priority stage level seats to concert Exclusive invitation to post concert reception with Lalah Hathaway for sponsor and guests Quarter page ad in event program ○ Friend $500 (50 available) Special recognition as a Friend Sponsor in event program 2 priority stage level seats to concert HOPE FOR TOMORROW 2011 – UNDERWRITING FORM A Tribute Concert to Gail Warrior Featuring Lalah Hathaway Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Meyerson Symphony Center
SPONSOR A CHILD OPPORTUNITIES If you’ve heard great things about St. Philip’s and are unable to attend the event, we invite you to help provide a quality education to deserving students in need of financial support. ○ Saint Sponsor $10,000 ○ Titan Sponsor $5,000 ○ Angel Sponsor $2,500 Official sponsor of a St. Philip’s Official sponsor of a St. Philip’s Official sponsor of a St. Philip’s education for 4 children and full education for 2 children and education for 1 child and a page ad in program half page ad in program quarter page ad in program
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