tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51867675497092299742012-02-16T20:57:34.905-06:00Mary Turckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348220113005783105noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186767549709229974.post-63094523795972757922007-08-05T14:49:00.000-05:002007-08-05T14:50:14.812-05:00

Mary Turckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348220113005783105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186767549709229974.post-72539953110909663632007-07-21T05:41:00.000-05:002007-07-21T06:10:55.019-05:00

New Orleans looks good from the bus, and better on the streets in the French Quarter. You can say a prayer at the Cathedral or have your palm read, tarot cards cast, caricature sketched right outside in the plaza. Promises of beignets, po boy sandwiches, gumbo, jambalaya and chicory coffee come from cafés lining the narrow streets, overhung by balconies adorned by lacy ironwork.A shadow lies

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So, my experience has been amazing. I couldn't have asked for more than what I've gotten. To know that I've somewhat been exposed to my own history in a text book is very important to me, but to see it with my own eyes makes everything come alive for me. My favorite part of this tour, yet, was the slave museum. I've never know anything to come more alive for me. It was amazing. I am truely

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My experience with this tour so far has been so amazing. My favorite part is when we went to the slavery and civil rights museum, the Stax Records, and singing for Waveland. Oh yea, I finally got Motown down, yay. This tour has been good so far, but I hope to get better as it goes on.

Mary Turckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348220113005783105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186767549709229974.post-68138093774194225782007-07-16T21:55:00.000-05:002007-07-17T05:58:21.585-05:00

Four museums, three performances, 200 miles -- the choir's stamina and energy are awesome! (And much greater than mine.) Today we shared the intensity of the Slavery Museum, the walking-in-great-footsteps across the Edmund Pettus bridge, the power of Rosa Parks and the movement she grew in and mothered at the same time. And the choir kept singing, and the audiences kept getting into their songs.

Mary Turckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348220113005783105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186767549709229974.post-81280969687731148212007-07-16T15:04:00.000-05:002007-07-16T15:07:53.717-05:00

I must echo Ed's comments on the Carnegie Hall performance. It was truly the best presentation of the choir I have seen on film, in print, or in pictures. I viewed it a few times and was awestruck by all of the singers (not just Kyra). I certainly hope someone can work on getting us copies for those of us who didn't capture it on DVD. Keep up the great work!Tanya

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On this Sunday, we visited the 16th Street Baptist Church, where Addie Mae Collins, 14. Denise McNair, 11; Carole Robertson, 14; and Cynthia Wesley were struck down by hatred and racism. On September 15, 1963, Ku Klux Klan bombers killed four young girls and wounded more than two dozen other people in a church on Sunday morning. Their deaths came just a few weeks after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Just saw the choir at Carnegie Hall on WTTW today! What an incredible performance and testimony to the hard working staff and choir! Elijah Rock was truly inspirational and I'm sure that all of people who are witness to this marvelous group's performances on the tour will feel the same.

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Everyone arrived last night, and by 8 a.m. the adults on the tour were already organized and heading for the first concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church. That's where today -- and the tour -- really begin.This afternoon we head for Birmingham's historic 16th Street Baptist Church. According to A Blues for the Birmingham Four:On September 15, 1963, a savage explosion of 19 sticks of

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Molly, Macy, Ron and I arrived in Atlanta this evening and, after dinner and about three hours of work on the Daily Planet, I finally checked in and found TWO POSTS FROM CCC people! I am excited/delighted/overjoyed that you are on this blog! And now I'm going to sleep.

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Good morning CCCeeeeeeee!Great work CCC staff (and Beth) planning an awesome tour for our children. You've put a lot of work into this year of jubilee and this tour represents the culminating event of the choir's 50th year. Special thanks to Christina for catapulting the choir to the next level!I just wanted to wish all of you a wonderful and safe journey. Learn a lot and sing well. I think that

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Wow....I really should be doing other things but i'm just not there yet. As one of the first singers to post, I want to say thanks mary for everything! This tour is going to be great. As a fair warning, bus rides can be very crazy. We're already energetic when just at rehearsal, but when u keep that energy locked up on a bus for several hours, its becomes that much more exciting. I think this

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Airline e-tickets printed -- checkMapquest directions between cities on tour printed -- checkDog-sitter arranged -- checkInvitation to blog sent to all choir members -- checkTC Daily Planet editing work done for this morning -- checkWake up family and get packing -- gotta run!

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We leave on Friday, flying into Atlanta in the afternoon. Between now and then, there are meetings, writing, Macy's drum lesson, Molly's calculus class, packing, printing e-tickets, putting together the trip book, talking with the house/dog/garden sitter ... how am I going to get it all done?

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I met Juana in May. She was one of the people who fasted for ten days to try to move the conscience of the nation toward comprehensive immigration reform. I wrote an article about Juana and the fasters then. A few weeks later, I saw another article about Juana, this one written by a student in a journalism class at St. Thomas.Yesterday the immigration agents found Juana and took her away in

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Five days until Freedom Tour 2007 begins! I'm backing up computer files, checking camera batteries, and trying to finish at least two chapters before Saturday. I want to be ready to meet all of the Choir members.When I was a kid on the farm, I watched the civil rights movement unfold on the evening news, horrified and fascinated and inspired at the same time. I wanted to go south then, to march

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From an oral history interview with Lucille Green.G: I think the Youth Movement was very effective in those days. During those times the Youth Movement was very effective because I think it took the young people because they were brave and they were unafraid. I don't believe we could have used anyone else that would have been that brave and courageous other than young people because these were

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From We Who Believe in Freedom by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Sweet Honey in the RockAll of the energy of our living goes into our singing during our concerts. We are sharing so much more than a concert of songs. We are calling our people together. As a singer and a song leader, I draw upon the singing I sang in jail when singing was a bond. Singing gave us something to use as a weave and a

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