1. Reverend William Knight performed with the Understanding Principle for Better Living Church choir during the Second Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Soka Gakkai International Auditorium on Monday, January 21. The weekend’s events were presented by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside Coalition. 2. (l-r) Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra conductor Allen Robert Gross, violist Kaila Potts, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra President Nat Trives, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at the Second Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Concert on Sunday, January 20. 3. Guest violist Kaila Potts performed the “Carl Stamitz Viola Concerto” with the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Allen Robert Gross, during the Second Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Concert at the Soka Gakkai International Auditorium on Sunday, January 20. photos by Margaret Molloy
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