Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: It’s always a party at one special Memphis school
Noah Webb (right) gets into the groove as students and instructors from the Madonna Learning Center dance their way through their annual Christmas show on Dec. 11, 2018 at the Germantown Performing Arts Center. (The Daily Memphian file)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“We all know anytime there are gifts being opened, anytime there’s ice cream and field trips and dress up and games, anytime someone is empowered to do something they could not do before, there’s a party going on.”
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