Saturday will be gospel day at festival

Gospel music takes the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival stage at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31.
The performances will be at the Music Stage in Lawrence Park.
The performers:
—11 a.m. Lee Chapel AME/Union Bethel Choir, Andrew Sims, musician.
—11:30 a.m. J.J. Hawkins Gospel Zydeco and Fire.
—Noon “Taken,” Ray Brady of Raceland.
—12:40 p.m. Judah Dazzling Dancers, Shamika Francois.
—1 p.m. Mt. Zion Community Church, Boutte.
—1:45 p.m. Remnant Church Kingdom Ministries, Samuel Green.
Green is a native New Orleanian who has written, produced, played and sung on five full CDs of his own and has worked on many projects for others.
He started playing drums at age 4, and at 11 at an all-night prayer meet, he began to play organ and keyboard.
Green has opened for Bishop Martin L. Winans, Pastor Donnie McClurkin, the late Bishop Rance Allen, the late Bishop Myles Monroe, BeBe Winans, Daniel Winans, Carolyn Traylor, James Bignon and Bishop Paul S. Morton.
The group Taken was formed by bringing in singers and musicians from different genres of music, different churches and different church ministries.
Based in Raceland, the group’s members are Ray Bradley, Joe Slay, Ronald Robinson, Byron Bradley, Marvin Hampton, Andre Johnson and Connery Charles.
They’ve taken music from the secular field and arranged it to share in churches, concert halls and festival settings.
Taken also performs traditional gospel occasionally with old-time harmony.
The Mount Zion Community Church Choir of Boutte travels near and far on a mission to praise the Lord.