Lasun ray biography for kids
•
-mark 75tth birthday and 55 years on stage
On Friday, March 18, 2016, Anchor Events Place, Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, was agog as veteran actress and matriarch of Ray family, Madam Olajumoke Ray Eyiwumi, popularly called Mama Ray celebrated 75th birthday and 55 years as a theatre practitioner.
The event put together by the entire Ray family attracted dignitaries from far and near.
The elated and joyous celebrant expressed gratitude to God for keeping her alive to celebrate the milestone ages both in her life and career, when ENCOMIUM Weekly had a chat with her. We spoke to some of her children who extolled her virtues and gave glory to God that the event turned out successful.
‘She is fantastic mother to celebrate’-LASUN RAY
How does it feel celebrating 75 and 55 years on stage for your mom today?
It feels great. I feel particularly happy for what we’re doing for her today because she really deserves it even more. Because her lif
•
About Elaine Ray
Elaine Ray is an award-winning journalist and fiction writer and a 2020 graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
During her career, she has worked as a writer and editor for Essence magazine, an editorial writer for the Boston Globe and a communications leader at Stanford University.
She is the winner of the 2016 Gival Press Short Story Award for Pidgin and holds an Online Certificate in Novel Writing from the Stanford University Continuing Studies Program.
In 1990, she and her colleague Peggy Hernandez shared first prize for editorial writing from the Education Writers Association. In 1993 and 1995, respectively, Elaine won second prize and third prize, for editorial writing from the New England Associated Press News Executives Association. In 1995 she won a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford. Elaine has written freelance articles and columns for the Boston Globe, Essence, Black Enterprise, Modern Maturity, the San Jose Merc • Updated: Aug 7, 2023 In Chapter 1I told the story of the Jam's original era (1984-1986) and how it was started by Jim LaForte and Rich VanSant. In Chapter 2 I talked about my coming back onboard after a 5-year hiatus to join Mama Ray and the rik VanSant grupp on the Saturday Afternoon Jam at Harling's. inom focused on Rich VanSant. In this Chapter, I want to tell you 'bout yo mama, my mama, everybody's mama... Back in the beginning days of the Jam recounted in Chapter 1, the Harling's grupp (myself, rik VanSant, Jim LaForte, Chico Battaglia and either drummer Terry Hancock or Marc Caplan) played a Sunday night smet for a few months at a place called the Redwood Inn. Although it was LaForte's gig, in an odd foreshadowing, the gig at the Redwood also involved Mama Ray: Yes, inom knew Mama Ray before she was sober! To säga that Mama Ray has a colorful history would be the understatement of this century - a