Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers’ Retrospect of Love

Love was patient, Love was kind.

Love felt like losing your mind.

Was it really blind?

Love was

familial, chosen and given,

platonic,

seasonal, casual, forbidden,

romantic.

Sisters, brothers, friends, and lovers,

soulmates, and twin flames,

address and/or name change.

Love was

intertwining souls,

temporary and eternal.

Healing and holes,

inside out wealth,

others and self.

Love was…

Each manifestation of love is a catalyst to our growth as humans. It need not be romantic or everlasting, nor need it be without pain or heartbreak to be meaningful. This performance is about reflecting on love experiences in all their facets through music. Countless songs have been written about the bliss, the burden, the healing, and the heartbreak of love. These songs are life stories, tales of rhapsody and regret. Hindsight gives us the chance to appreciate the gift of human connections that teach us more about our own humanity. So tonight, cradled and rocked by the rhythms of jazz, we’ll look back on all the ways we’ve loved and lost, embraced and gained, and in doing so we’ll give time and space to show gratitude for the loves of our lives.

About the Artist:

Delana Flowers is a dynamic vocalist with a unique sound. Her energy and eclecticism fill every space of any room as she sings from her heart and soul to yours. Music and Miss Flowers have been inseparable since her church choir debut at age two. Like childhood friends that can’t bear to part ways, she and music have been growing together. As if being the daughter of a musician/preacher weren’t enough, her paternal side is full of musicians and singers and her maternal side has been singing together in churches for years. Delana has graced stages all over this city and in her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in musicals such as Ain’t Misbehavin, DINAH!, Queens of the Blues, Black Nativity, The Wiz, Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground, and Little Shop of Horrors. She has been a featured artist on several recordings and with countless bands performing Jazz, R&B, Neo Soul, Motown, and Sacred Music, to name a few. Since her move to Pittsburgh in 2006, she has been part of top notch choirs, worship teams, and small ensembles all over the city. She has been singing lead and background with the fantastic BGVS since 2011. Acting and singing are not her only gifts. She is also a prolific writer with an English degree, a spoken word artist, worship leader, and songwriter. This vocalist and thespian, among so many other things, shows no sign of slowing down.

About Your Visit: 

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