Major Performances (over 500 performances to date) Highlight Below from 1996-2009
· 1999 John F. Kennedy Center · 2000 & 2001 Southern Legislature Conference, Mississippi · 1996 Wimbre in London, England · 1998 Steps of the United States Capitol · 2001 Savannah Day, Georgia Capitol · 2002 Algebra Project - Actor Danny Glover Guest Speaker · 2002 Savannah On Stage - Rovi Coltrane Guest Artist · 2002 Banquet - Gov. Roy Barnes - Guest Speaker · 2003 Savannah Jazz Festival - Curtis Fuller Guest Artist · 2004 Chengdu and Beijing, China · 2004 Savannah Jazz Festival - Odean Pope Guest Artist · 2007 National School Board Conference, San Francisco - 2008 SEUS, Troy, Al.· 2008 Sydney Opera House , Sydney Australia
Special Honors
Proclamation by the City of Savannah, “Savannah Blue Light Jazz Band Day, Oct. 10, 1996
Proclamation by the County of Chatham, “Savannah Blue Light Jazz Bsnd Day, Nov.1, 1996
Proclamation by the City of Savannah, “Michael E. Hutchinson Day", January 14, 2003
Proclamation by the Governor of Georgia, Blue Light Jazz Band “Ambassadors of Goodwill
Proclamation by the City of Savannah “SkyeLite Jazz Band Day, April 8, 1999"
Resolutions by the Georgia Senate and by the Georgia House of Representatives (12)
Letter of Congratulations from Honorable Mayor Floyd Adams, Congressman Jack Kingston, and President Clinton
Letter of Thank You, Cllr. Roger Bramble, Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London
Featured in the Coastal Senior (May 1996) , Savannah Morning News (6/4/’93,3/16/96, 6/14/96, 4/3/1997, 2010), Georgia Guardian ( June 11, 1993, December 6, 1996, September 18, 1998, March 26, 1999, the West Chatham / Effingham Close-up March 25, 1993 , Augusta Focus Summer of '93, 3/11/96, March 11, 1999, Augusta Chronicle, June 25, 1994 , Savannah Tribune, May 29,1996 , Freedom’s Journal, May 1996, Ultimate Magazine, Diversions, January 30, 1998