Each-One, Teach 1
Each-One, Reach 1
Featured with Colonial Willaimsburg
on "CBS Sunday Morning" with Charles Kuralt.
For the past thirty years, Sylvia has educated audiences on Colonial American history in "The Birthpace of America!," coined by Teddy Roosevelt, Williamsburg Virginia.
Sylvia began her journey in performance at the The New York Academy of the Arts. She entertained guests and celebrities with her voice on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's famous "Windows on the World."
She returned roots, Williamsburg, Va where she continued performing as an interpreter for the African American Interpretations & Presentations department (AAIP), in Colonial Williamsburg (CW).
Sylvia assisted in erecting the slave quarters at Carter's Grove Plantation, as well as, the creation of live in-costume interpretations of slave life. Over three decades at CW, Sylvia Tabb-Lee helped usher in living history-to-millions across the globe. After only two years at CW, Sylvia was featured on CBS Sunday Morning.
Her passion is teaching audiences about the lives "not often spoken of and often forgotten..." More can understood in the CW article "To live like a Slave" During her ten (10) years with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Sylvia was featured in performances with Mr. Rogers, and albums like "From Ear to Ear," and "Under African Skies" (CDs available here); also featured in theater productions like Willam & Mary's "Walk Together Children"
After Colonial Williamsburg, she extended her talents to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation to interpret the history of our nation's first settlers and the Native Americans of 1607. This included the intepretation of a "Peculiar institution..." known as slavery.
In 1994, Sylvia began teaching history through performance, with tour companies and travel agencies around the country, she continued to travel to schools, museums, libraries and auditoriums to bring a uniquely
structured performance to every audience.
While Sylvia's work has enriched the lives of thousands accross the country, it has profoundly enhanced the lives of her son, daughter, and late husband.
Sylvia's MOTTO: "Each One Teach One,"
is the driving force to the programs that she has created, which include: "African Tradition through Song, Dance and Storytelling," "From Slavery to Freedom" and "Day/Night Walking."
Broadcasts she has been featured in include: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation productions "The Runaway" and "Choosing Revolution," "CBS Sunday Morning," PBS specials (featuring her son and grand-daughter) "When Freedom Came," and most recently, AMC's new series "TURN."
Publications featuring Sylvia include A Slave Family by Bobbie Kalman, From Calabar to Carter's Grove: The History of a Virginia Slave Community by L. S. Walsh, How The Other Half Lived: A People's Guide to American Historic Sites by P. Burnham, and the Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg by Michael Olmert.
A life of teaching African and African American history through oral tradition, singing and dancing, Sylvia enjoys captivating and engaging ALL AUDIENCES. By immersing audiences in an alternate perspectives of history through authentic, experiential, interactive performances...this brand of "infotainment" engages everyone involved 100% guaranteed!
The process of celebrating ancestors, history is Sylvia's work and a duty she considers an honor to tell as a proud citizen of this great country.
A HISTORIC JOURNY OF EDCUATION AND PERFORMANCE
