What: The Selma-Dallas County Library Centennial Community Celebration

(the library’s 100th birthday)

Where: The Selma-Dallas County Library – a block party on Selma Avenue – bring your own seating

When: June 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; program begins at 6

Who: Featuring “Celebration!” – the 100-voice chorus drawn from 19 city, county and private schools, plus home-schooled children. Celebration! will perform and its CD will be on sale. Celebration! was organized by Judy Reed, an assistant children’s librarian, and Gordon Welch, First Baptist minister of music who is directing. Also present will be native Selmian, Kevin Derryberry of Alabaster, a Christian recording artist who opened his studio for the recording of the CD and who composed – and will sing with the chorus – an original song for the occasion.