Taping of Meet Me at the Crossroads for "Master Class" episode of New South Crossings (photo by Chris Lymberis)

Firebird Ally, Little Big Eagle (photo by Diedra Laird)

On the set of New South Crossings - Joe Rothenberg (L) from Son de Cuba & Cedric 'CJ' Thompson, Jr. from Dennis Reed & G.A.P. - jammin' (photo by Chris Lymberis)

 
VOX:  Official Chorus of the Firebird Arts Alliance (photo by Mike Hammer)

 
On the set of New South Crossings
(L to R) Ethel Beatty Barnes, star of Broadway and film;  Catrina Pegues, grand-prize winner of 2004 Charlotte Gimme the Mike;  Kat Williams, jazz blues singer;  Caroline Keller, country gospel singer (photo by Chris Lymberis)

Painting by Firebird Ally, Phillip Larrimore (photo by David Tang)

Firebird Ally, Martha Connerton of Martha Connerton/Kinetic Works (photo by Diedra Laird)

 Dancer, Kati Hanlon Mayo, consults with UNCC architecture students on Chadbourn Mill redesign to become Firebird Center for Creativity and Social Justice (iPhone photo by David Tang)