Radmilla Cody to Sing in Concert

For Release - September 8, 2008

Singer Radmilla Cody will present a concert on September 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at UNM-Gallup in Calvin Hall, Room 248.

Cody, Miss Navajo Nation in 1997-98, is a recording artist for Canyon Records, and an Indie award winner. She was also a nominee for the Indian Summer Festival Awards and the Native American Music Awards. Born on the Navajo Nation, she spent her childhood with her grandmother, herding sheep on foot and horseback and carding and spinning wool. One of her most powerful childhood memories is of standing on the sheep corral, singing at the top of her lungs with the sheep and goats as audience.

She has also worked to bring awareness about the epidemic of domestic violence in Native communities.

Admission to the concert is free. For more information, contact Bernadette Fontenelle, Achieving the Dream coordinator, 863-7631

The concert is sponsored by Achieving the Dream, a grant that is helping UNM-Gallup students achieve academic success, and that also funds cultural events so that students may have a more enriching college experience.

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