ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 28, 1995            TAG: 9512280033
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                PAGE: E-5  EDITION: METRO 

EARLY CELEBRANT|

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. Carleen Johnson-Alleyne teaches a 
          group of children and adults about the Kwanzaa holiday during a 
          pre-Kwanzaa celebration at Lincoln Terrace Community Action Center. 
          The audience was also treated to music, dancing, readings of 
          African-American literature and Kwanzaa literature, and a 
          demonstration of African attire as part of their lesson. James 
          Fisher of Charlestown, W.Va., also spoke to the children and adults 
          on the meaning of Kwanzaa.