Here’s a great article about Lynnie’s new role that harkens back to that childhood dream: she has become an activist for music education in local elementary schools.
Lynnie Godfrey: Activist for Children in Music
By: Daryl Nerl – Special to The Morning CallWhen Lynnie Godfrey was a girl in Harlem, she dreamed of growing up to be a schoolteacher.
In her room, she’d stand at a blackboard with a new pack of crayons in her hands, and pretend her dolls were her class.
But Godfrey’s natural talent, ambition and the love of theater she discovered in college took her in a different direction.
She is a singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and other stages all over the world. She has acted on television shows and in movies.
Now living in the Lehigh Valley, Godfrey directs a theater group and performs as a cabaret/nightclub singer, specializing in the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.
She also has taken on a new role that harkens back to that childhood dream: she has become an activist for music education in local elementary schools.
Through Bethlehem’s Friends of Music, of which she recently became president, Godfrey has spearheaded a new grant program that last year provided $1,000 each to three Bethlehem Area elementary schools to enhance music education programs. Read the full article here
