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NCCA, founded in 1980 by Robert La Prince, is a not-for-profit organization designed to create employment and exposure opportunities for emerging minority artists. Activities of 
NCCA presently include The Annual Salute to the Arts (an ecumenical service), an In-and Out-of School, After School Program (in conjunction with NYC Board of Education), Parlour Concerts (held in private homes), "Opening Night" (TV presentation in conjunction with WNYC-TV) and the Annual Monarch Awards. Past Monarch Award recipients include Louis Gossett, Jr., 1983; Carmen De Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder, 1982; Patti LaBelle, Lionel Hampton, Ashford and Simpson and President Shagari, former President of Nigeria. 

National Council for Culture and Art, Inc. IV Monarch Awards Dinner honoring
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Alvin Ailey

ALVIN AILEY RECEIVES 1984 MONARCH AWARD
The National Council for Culture and Art, Inc. presented the legendary choreographer, Alvin Ailey with its 1984 Monarch Award on September 16, 1984. Mr. Ailey was honored for life achievement in dance and in recognition of his life achievement in dance and in recognition of his twenty-five years heading the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Several community artists were presented with the Monarch Merit Award for the contributions they have made regionally in the arts: Ellen Stewart, producer extraordinaire, La Mamma Experimental Theatre; E.T.C.; Lepenski Fashion Designer; LeVerne Reed, dancer-choreographer, Washington, D.C.; Chuck Stewart, photographer and Bernice Nelson; Bernice Beauty Nest, stylist and proprietor. The awards were presented by a stellar mix of Broadway, television and film celebrities, along with several emerging artists. 
A unique feature of this September 16th program was its presentation in a first-rate manner of several new artists in performance: Phil Young Jazz Trio with Kisha St. Joan, vocalist and Harold Ousley, saxophone; Joseph Joubert, pianist; Jennifer Lewis, comedienne, actress and singer; James Tyeska, bass-baritone; Frances Jackson, alto, and Joel Martin, pianist. 
The entire event was marvelously crafted with the Shubert and Booth Theatres serving as ample backdrop. Dinner followed the Award's program in Club Sardi's against a color scheme of pink and white. The evening benefitted the media outreach program, the parlour concert series, the Annual Afro-American celebration in the arts and the In-and-Out of School-After School Arts Program of NCCA. Guests and honorees appeared delighted with the evening's proceedings.