Reception and Book Signing Dovetailed By “Dog Tag” Off Broadway Community Play

Kelvin Dukes is a fifteen-year-old Maryland native. He started singing at the age of three. He has performed all over D.C, Maryland, including Montgomery, Calvert and Prince George’s County. Kelvin has been motivated to pursue his dream of singing ever since he was able to perform in the 2014 Cherry Blossom Festival. Kelvin also had the honor of performing Aretha Franklin's "Respect" at the 2019 NAACP ACT-SO Awards Ceremony in Detroit's Fox Theatre. He appeared at the Montgomery County Council of PTA's Annual Celebration of Excellence and was featured on Fox 5 singing “All of Me” by John Legend. John Legend even commented on his talent. Just last year, Kelvin made it all the way to the quarterfinals of “America’s Got Talent.” Kelvin is a very humble and positive person. When he’s not performing, composing or writing music, he loves to draw, paint, and spend time with his family. Also, he gives back to the shelters in his community. Since the pandemic hit, Thursday’s evenings are mostly dedicated to Kelvin spending time with his mentor and singing to seniors by phone. And while doing performances, virtually and in-person, he manages to make honor roll every time, and deal with his busy schedule simultaneously. Therefore, it looks like the sky is the limit for this amazing young man.

Guiandine and Ricardine are soul-singing sisters who've performed at multiple political and social events, and sang gospel at dozens of churches growing up.

Guaindine Gray is a Freshman at Northwood High School who has a passion in performing arts and social studies. Like her sister, she is a student-athlete who plans to participate in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track & Field. Guiandine was also a student-leader all through middle school from representative to president at Odessa Shannon Middle School and plans to carry that into high school, to make a difference and raise school spirit. She not only uses her voice to represent students, she participated in Chorus as a singer to rep her school. Guiandine enjoys singing and acting, and learning about history and social studies; she would like to pursue either or both of them as a career. She is academically driven and serves her community through Delta GEMS and learns new things while volunteering as a new cadet in Civil Air Patrol.

Ricardine Gray is a Junior at Wheaton High School and focusing on bioscience education. She is a year-round student-athlete participating in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track & Field. Ricardine is a part of the Student Government Association, National Honor Society, and Model United Nations. This year, she is the school-wide secretary of Wheaton's SGA, extending her consecutive years of advocating for students and putting work towards an improved school environment. She values her education and service as a member of the National Honor Society and as a new cadet for the Civil Air Patrol. Ricardine exercises delegacy and leadership as a co-president in Model United Nations. Outside of school, she is the head of the Resource/Policy Team for Project D.C.C, an organization run by students to advocate and share opportunities to underrepresented schools, especially the five schools in the down county consortium. Ricardine is also a Delta GEM in Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated where she and other girls develop their characters, complete STEM-based projects, and serve their community.