The Color Purple Comes to Harford County

Monique Watson the daughter of Senior Deacon Arthur Watson (Deer Creek Lodge No. 103) and Evelyn Watson is a professional dancer from Havre de Grace MD who performs as a dancer in the 2023 remake of the beloved classic “The Color Purple.” SD Watson’s first introduction to masonry was by his late father in-law Brother Cleveland Cole. Years later, he decided to become a mason after PGM Jessie J. Shanks, Sr., R.W. John P. Bryant, and PM Walter Winder visited with him in 2002.

He and his wife Evelyn who was born in North Carolina and raised in Havre de Grace, MD and works as a logistician and a gifted seamstress, both reflect that Monique developed and nurtured her passion for dance at five years of age with a group of young women known as The Inspiration-al Violets. Monique and the Inspirational Violets ministered and taught liturgical dance all over Baltimore and Eastern Shore. As a student at the University of Maryland she was the Artistic Director of Phunk-tions Dance Co, Deputy Artistic Director of Culture Shock DC, and

Creative Coordinator at the Dance Institute of Washington. Currently, Monique is a full-time professional dancer based in Los Angeles where she teaches and choreographs for a wide range of age levels, studios, and projects. Her most recent credits in-clude: The Color Purple, After Hours Till World Tour, The Oscars (Beyonce “Be Alive”) and Super-bowl LVI (Dr. Dre, MJB, & Snoop Dog).