Vance-Granville Community College held a Gospel Celebration on Feb. 6 in honor of Black History Month, and in the spirit of bringing together the college with the communities it serves. The event, organized by the college’s Division of Business and Applied Technologies, was held in the VGCC Civic Center. Steven Hargrove, VGCC Department Chair of Public Services and program head for Criminal Justice, served as master of ceremonies and offered reflections on black history between performances by various artists. Among the participants were the “Divine Prerogative” mime ministry and the “In Him We Move” dance ministry, both from White Rock Missionary Baptist Church of Oxford; saxophonist and vocalist Nicholas Tucker of Wilson; the South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church Choir; the Durham-based 100 Men in Black choir; and the Henderson-based Community Mass Choir, under the direction of Steven Hargrove (pictured above). VGCC Male Mentoring program coordinator Dr. Tolokun Omokunde provided the invocation and the benediction. The program concluded with remarks from the president of VGCC, Dr. Stelfanie Williams.