SHAW ‘PLATINUM SOUND’ JUNIOR DRUM MAJOR TO STAR IN
TYLER PERRY PRODUCTION
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enjoys entertaining the crowd at Shaw
football games. He has done a number
of stage plays, TV commercials, music
videos, short films, as well as independent
feature films. Aside from filming the series,
Richardson is preparing for the release of
one of his projects, a short film called No
Child written by Will Williams and directed
by Rob Underhill. In addition, Richardson
recently competed in a 16-week “Amateur
Night” competition at the Hayti Heritage
Center in Durham, NC hosted by the Apollo
Theater in New York. After winning his first
competition, Richardson is preparing to
compete in the finals this month for a chance
to qualify for an all-expense paid trip to New
York to audition on the live show “Showtime
at the Apollo.”
RALEIGH, NC – Timmy Richardson, a junior
drum major in the Shaw University Band,
has landed a major role in an upcoming TV
series by Tyler Perry. Richardson will star as a
character named “Justice” in Perry’s If Loving
You is Wrong (formerly Single Mom’s Club).
The series will premiere on Oprah Winfrey’s
OWN Network in September.
Also known as Sho’Time Timmy, Richardson
Richardson not only excels on the stage,
but in the classroom as well. He is a third
grade student at Powell Gifted and Talented
Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, NC
where he is a second year violinist in the
school orchestra, and a member of the track
team. Richardson is a also a member of the
Elevation Baptist Church children’s choir
and plays baseball for the Raleigh Parks
and Recreation team “The Bats.” Always an
entertainer, he enjoys performing and has
his very own home studio, complete with
several musical instruments and mirrors on
the wall for dancing. In his spare time, he
loves playing basketball, video games, his
keyboard or looking up music tutorials on
YouTube.
GRANT HILL GIVES DUKE $1.25 MILLION TO SUPPORT
ATHLETICS, ARTS & SCIENCES
DURHAM, NC – Duke University Alumnus
Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, are giving
$1.25 million to Duke University to support
athletics and the Trinity College of Arts &
Sciences, President
Richard H. Brodhead
announced Wednesday
July 30. Duke Athletics
will receive $1 million for
facility upgrades; the rest
will go to the Duke Annual
Fund in support of Trinity
College.
Hill’s Annual Fund
contribution to Trinity,
combined with support
from his classmates,
helped the Class of 1994
reach an all-time 20th
reunion class giving
record of $3,062,835.
A four-year letterman in basketball from
1991-94, Hill helped Duke win two NCAA
championships -- in 1991 and 1992. During
that time, he earned All-ACC, ACC Player of
the Year, All-America and National Defensive
Player of the Year honors, and became the
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