Tami Spann, member of Tri-City Singers, will conduct Shady Grove Praise Singers' music workshop June 14

Tami Spann Tami Spann, a singer with Donald Lawrence's Tri-City Singers, will conduct a music workshop at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. A $5 donation is requested to cover cost of materials.

A Spartanburg native, Mrs. Spann taught for five years in Spartanburg County School District 6. Prior to her tenure in District 6, she served as a legislative correspondent for former U.S. Rep. Elizabeth J. Patterson, a staff assistant for the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus and an events coordinator for the South Carolina State Museum. She earned a Master's of Education from Converse College in 2001; is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Spartanburg; and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She also serves as music coordinator for her church. She is married to Charles Spann Jr. and they have two children, Courtney and Aron.

The Tri-City Singers was formed in 1981 and first came together as a community choir performing in local and regional churches throughout the Carolinas. The group named the Tri-City Singers built a large following in and around the group members' home bases of Charlotte, Gastonia, Spartanburg and Greenville, where they and director all still reside. Tri-City's current 40- strong roster includes a fiveman band.

Lawrence became associated with the Tri-City Singers in the early 1990s when a close friend who had served as the group's musical director resigned his position. Lawrence accepted the position and the collaboration was an immediate success. He was also instrumental in signing the Tri-City Singers to their first major-label recording contract, which yielded the 1993 hit album, A Songwriter's Point Of View. Nominated for numerous Stellar and NAACP Image Awards, that debut was followed two years later with Tri-City's No.1 breakthrough album and stage production, the Grammy nominated Bible Stories.

The choir's latest release, Tri-City's Finale CD, has won the choir national and world acclaim. In January 2007, Donald Lawrence and the Tri- City Singers were Stellar Award Winners. The Singers received the title, Artist of the Year, Choir of the Year for the Finale CD Act One, Video of the Year and"Contemporary Choir of the Year. In March of 2007, the choir also won the 2007 Chevrolet Most Notable Achievement Award.

Mrs. Spann has performed with the choir for 21 years

The workshop is part of the Shady Grove Praise Singers' 29th anniversary "Joyful Praise" celebration that will culminate on June 29 at Shady Grove at 4 p.m.