The concert was wonderful!
It was a beautiful evening.
The foyer was lined with framed photos of beautiful Ethiopian children by Sesha Shannon, globetrotting photographer from convey studios,and original art by Ibyinka Alao, from Nigeria, whose paintings are beautiful, colorful and are very large. In fact, some of them were used for backdrop on the stage.
There was also an African drummer and Patric Murethi, filmmaker.
Patrick gave a talk about his latest project, which is interviews about and conversations between perpetrators and family members of victims of the horrible killings in Rwanda, and showed a short video clip.
The Kilgore sisters Alia and Alexa, ages twenty and sixteen, who were the main performers, are beautiful, talented and funny. They also doubled as emcees.
They sang a song dedicated to the Blitch and Brown families and while the families were on stage seven year old Yonatan performed an impromptu Ethiopian dance.
Each artist brought messages of hope and love and the audience loved it!
A successful conclusion to weeks of preparation and work.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
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