"The Way We Were"
8th Annual
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Remembrance
Monday, October 24, 2022
North, South, Midwest, East & West
12 Noon til' 12 Midnight
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"On a Clear Day" ​
7th Annual
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Remembrance
October 24, 2021
"The Way We Were"
8th Annual
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Remembrance
Monday, October 24, 2022
North, South, Midwest, East & West
12 Noon til' 12 Midnight
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"On a Clear Day" ​
7th Annual
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Remembrance
October 24, 2021
Chief Arranger, Band Director, Lead Trumpeter for Late Entertainer, James Brown,
and Producer of Brown's Live at the Apollo. (1961-64)
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2020
6th Annual
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Celebration
Dr. Debi Hamlin, the BRONZeTONE Center for Music & History,
Associates, and Sponsors Proudly Present the
6th Annual Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Celebration
Saturday, October 24th, 2020
Macon, Ga. & Baltimore, Md.
Multi-Instrumentalist & Entrepreneur
Lead Trumpeter, Band Director, & Chief Arranger for James Brown,
Producer of Live at the Apollo, JB Co-Song Writer, Thing in G
Music Educator, husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, ACTIVIST
Lewis Hamlin Jr., Trumpeter/Arranger
Oct. 24, 1930-Nov. 23,1991
James Brown, Mr. Dynamite
A Message from our Founder, Vocalist & Professor of History: Dr. Debi Hamlin
The 2020 Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Celebration will focus on a particular LHJ quality: CREATIVITY. During what has been, and remains a tumultuous year filled with unprecedented loss, sadness, and uncertainty for many, we choose to focus on Lew's ability to hear/see what others could not. We are inspired by, and grateful for this eternal legacy-gift. From James Brown's Director/Arranger, to his groundbreaking thesis on Music Therapy, and founding of the Lewis Hamlin Jr. Big Band to the development of a mobile food truck for children of low wealth neighborhoods in Baltimore's inner city, Lewis Hamlin Jr. was a CREATOR. "A stone-cold-funky" trumpeter/arranger, Lew lived a life of service and kept the music playing until the very end.
Thanks Dad!
So we devote the week of Oct.18-24th, to creating something good in our lives that serves the community. Some "fresh and funky" idea that uses our gifts and talents to CREATE the life that we desire rather than one determined by others. Who and what will YOU be on the other side of the Pandemic? Time moves forward and we must move with it vowing to get, and remain, in "good and necessary trouble" for No One and No Thing can stop an idea whose time has come. Believe, Trust,
Know, and have Faith in this indisputable fact. VOTE and; PROTEST and;
ECONOMIC SELF-DETERMINATION and;
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER and, while all life matters in general,....
BLACK LIVES and their LIVELIHOODS MATTER particularly NOW, especially NOW
in this historical moment.
There was/will be a time.
But know that James Baldwin's "fire next time" is the fire this time, Right NOW 2020,
In my/your lifetime.
The 5th Annual
2019
Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Celebration
Chief Arranger, Band Director, Producer of "Live at the Apollo,"
& Lead Trumpeter for James Brown, "Godfather of Soul."
(October 23, 1930 -- Nov. 23, 1991)
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Macon, Georgia
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Design for BronzeTone Center for Music & History Site (Copyright, 2019)
BronzeTone Center Bldg. --Exterior
LHJ Performance Stage
BronzeTone Situation Room
BronzeTone Executive Office
Interior Garden
BronzeTone Recording Studio
BronzeTone Reheasal Studios
BronzeTone Meditation Lounge
BronzeTone Executive Suite
LHJ 2018
Dr. Debi Hamlin & the BRONZeTONE Center for Music & History are extremely
grateful to all supporters and attendees of the
4th Annual Lewis Hamlin Jr. Legacy Celebration --
An amazing day of soulful music, a phenomenal vocal performance by Dr. Hamlin,
inspiring and informed conversation, Afro-Brazilian cuisine, Sangria, the
traditional "Lewis D.s Mango Pound Cake," and Ambrosia !
Where: Presidential Suite at Macon Marriott, City Center
When: Wednesday, October 24th, 12 noon 'til 12 midnight
The Venue
Macon Marriott, City Center
Presidential Suite
The Feast
Beans & Rice, etc.
Curry Fish & Okra
Seafood Gumbo
Mango/Peach Sangria!
Cheers!!
Dessert
"Lewis D.'s Mango Pound Cake"
In loving memory of Lewis Decellous Hamlin,
Trumpeter, and Baker -Extraordinaire.
(1954-2015)
"Arlivia's Ambrosia"
In Loving Memory of Arlivia E. Smith Hamlin
Wife-Mother-Daughter-Sister-Educator,
and Friend. (1931-2002)
(1961-2014)
"There Was A Time"
In Loving Memory of
Music Educator, Chief Arranger-Producer-Band Director-Lead Trumpeter for the
"Godfather of Soul," James Brown, and Macon/Baltimore's Own
LEWIS HAMLIN JR.
(October 24, 1930 - November 23, 1991)
Lewis Hamlin Jr. : James Brown's Musical "Interpreter/Translator" for the Famous Flames
The Famous Flames: Well Rehearsed and playing on the One ( Lewis Hamlin Jr., Front & Center)
LHJ 2017
Dr. Deborah "Debi" Hamlin and the BRONZeTONE Center for Music & History proudly presented the 3rd
Annual Celebration for Maconite and Fort Valley State University Alum, Lewis Hamlin Jr., former Chief Arranger, Band Director, an lead Trumpeter. Our 2017 theme derived from the W.E.B. Du Bois classic, The Souls of Black Folk.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
The Wingate by Wyndham; 100 North Crest Boulevard
Macon, Georgia 31201
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The People
Richard Keil, Founder of the Tubman Museum (L), Wini McQueen (R), Artist of the Black Experience
Hamp Swain, Legendary Radio Personality,"Please, Please," Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Alice Bailey, Macon Radio Personality,
Swain Protege, and Entrepreneur
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The Soul Food
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LHJ 2016
Historic Douglass Theatre
Lew's Mango Pound Cake. In his words, "so good it ain't nothin' but the truth."
Thanks for showing up, and staying ALL Day !!
Getting reading for "Soul Serenade" -- are you ready for show time ????
A few local Legends say "Let's Get it On"!!!
LHJ 2015
Lewis Hamlin Jr. (1930-1991)
Special Birthday Tribute to Macon/Tindall Heights Native,
LEWIS HAMLIN JR.
Also Celebrating -- James Brown/Lewis Hamlin PRODUCTION of "LIVE AT THE APOLLO" (Oct. 24, 1962) --- &Tindall Heights' own GLADYS WILLIAMS, ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALE BAND LEADERS
Birthday Celebration begins at 2:30 p.m.
Buck Melton Community Center, 150 Sessions Drive in Tindall Heights where it all began for so many ...
Signing of the Tindall Scroll of Fame
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY DR. DEBI HAMLIN
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE BRONZeTONE CENTER FOR MUSIC & HISTORY (LOS ANGELES, CA),
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