This however, does not sit well with Paulina, as she had originally been next in line after Sally to become choir director. After Aunt Sally's funeral, Darrin learns from Reverend Paul Lewis ( Wendell Pierce), the church's pastor and Paulina's brother, that Aunt Sally had stated in her will that he must direct the church choir and enter the annual "Gospel Explosion" competition and win the prize money of $10,000 and in doing so, will inherit Aunt Sally's stock in the company that produces the show which is currently worth $150,000.
(Mitchah Williams) and Lucious ( Mike Epps), the town's happy-go-lucky, womanizing cab driver. After being tracked down by a private investigator, Darrin finds out that Aunt Sally has died.ĭarrin returns to Monte Carlo and upon arrival, he finds new friendships in Paulina’s grandson Jimmy B. Eventually, his lies soon catch up with him and get him in trouble with his paranoid boss ( Dakin Matthews), resulting in Darrin‘s termination. However, Darrin has achieved so much under false pretenses, having faked his college degree and high school diploma and lied about being the son of a congressman. His secretary and only true friend, Rosa Lopez ( Lourdes Benedicto), does a good job at keeping his credit problems under control. In 2003, 23 years later, Darrin has grown up to become a successful advertising executive in New York City with a bad habit of lying MaryAnn is later revealed to have died in a hit-and-run accident when he was a teenager.
MaryAnn chooses the former, and she and Darrin are last seen on a bus saying goodbye to their beloved Aunt Sally ( Ann Nesby), as they sadly wave to each other. After being confronted about this by the self-righteous Paulina Pritchett ( LaTanya Richardson), MaryAnn is forced to choose between singing professionally or remaining in the choir.
The name of the student group featured on the track is ‘412’ derived from the scripture 1 Timothy 4:12 which says “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” Download the melody below and enjoy your moment with the Lord.In 1980, a young boy named Darrin Hill ( Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his mother, MaryAnn ( Faith Evans), are run out of their hometown of Monte Carlo, Georgia after MaryAnn is soon discovered to be singing secular R&B music while also singing in their church's choir. But I fell so I love with it I could not wait for the album release I had to release it as a single first”. I then assured them that I would add it to my next album. My students and I come up with our project and we immediately fell in love with it. I got to hold a one day music workshop in partnership with the school administration and Pastor Mangaliso of Mount Zion Church Zambia.Īt the end of my class, I asked for my students for the day to do a practical and create a song with me from scratch. Esther shared the inspiration behind the song saying “About 3 years ago, I got the opportunity to visit Chengelo Trust school In Lusaka, Zambia. Zambian Gospel artiste, Esther Chungu has released a brand new single titled “Chikangabwe”.