Erica Campbell's Childhood Dreams Come True in Performance With Winans Brothers, The Clark Sisters
When she was a little girl, gospel music star Erica Campbell dreamed about performing with the Winans family and The Clark Sisters, and now she's glorifying God for making that dream a reality.
Campbell, the 43-year-old "I Luh God" singer, performed along with BeBe Winans, 3 Winans Brothers and The Clark Sisters during the Howard University Homecoming Gospel Show on Sunday.
She took to social media to honor God for allowing her to take part in the gospel music celebration and to show her gratitude for a memorable experience.
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"Such an amazing night! God is faithful," Campbell tweeted. "I've always dreamed of being on stage with the Winans and The Clark Sisters!! It happened tonight!!"
Campbell has achieved great success with her sister, Tina, who together form the duo Mary Mary, and as a solo singer. Nonetheless, Campbell explained that she was still grateful for being in the presence of gospel music legends.
"Such an honor to be onstage with artist[s] who have inspired me since I was a little girl! Last night was truly a dream come true," Campbell wrote.
"To actually be acknowledged by legends is an amazing feeling. What I've done as an artist with Mary Mary or solo will NEVER diminish the honor and respect and love I feel for them! #winans #Clarksisters #dreamscometrue so many people have inspired me and before I leave this Earth I will say Thank you to all of them!"
Karen Clark Sheard, who performed at Howard with her sisters, Jacky Clark Chisolm and Dorinda Clark Cole as The Clark Sisters, also made sure to honor Campbell on social media after their performance.
"Thank you @imericacampbell for all the support u give our family! Love u sweetie pie," she wrote on Facebook.
The Clark Sisters were created by their mother, Mattie Moss Clark, a pioneering choral director who created a three-part harmony widely used with choirs today. Last summer, Clark Sheard released her sixth studio album Destined to Win with the help of her gospel-singing daughter, Kierra Sheard, and The Clark Sisters.
Clark Sheard got her start in the music industry with the Grammy Award-winning gospel group consisting of she and her sisters, who came back together to perform a powerful rendition of late gospel music pioneer Andraé Crouch's song, "Where Jesus Is," for her latest album. Although the moment was not planned, it was one that Clark Sheard named as a highlight of recording her album and an example of God's presence.
"That was very important to me because it's paying a tribute to one of the greats of gospel, the late great Andraé Crouch, who has made such an awesome impact in the gospel industry and the world as welI. It was just awesome to see my sisters come up there; it just brought tears to my eyes," she previously told CP.
"My mother told us God created us all to be one voice and then to come together and be spontaneous with our gift, which has been the anointing that God has given us. To see them take that song and make it so crazy, then see my daughter do the same thing — this is what you call generational blessings."
