[Mb-hair] LaGuardia Tribe supports Cindy Sheehan tour

[Michael Butler]

Ross,
Thanks, do keep us up to date.
Peace and Love
Michael

> On Monday night the 19th the LaGuardia tribe was blessed to have
> participated in Cindy Sheehan's Bring Them Home Now Tour.
> Our Claude, Speare Hodges, sang "Where Do I go?" with the tribe. Galt
> accompanied them on piano along with his son on percussion. There were
> more than a thousand people there. To see our kids, our hope, get up and
> sing with such passion and conviction after only four hours of rehearsal
> was a testimony to the power of Hair. Natalie Mosco, Debbie Andrews and
> Jim Rado were also in attendance. It was an extraordinary night. The
> kids heard testimonies from vets of both the Iraq and Vietnam wars. As
> well as family members who had lost loved ones. The next day they gave
> there own testimonies about what they experienced that night and each
> one of them were deeply touched by what they heard. All of them said
> that, had they not heard stories about loved ones killed in an unjust
> war, soldiers returning from Iraq only to take their own lives, and one
> soldier who read his own suicide note, had they not heard these
> testimonies, they would not have sang the song with such conviction.
> They said hearing about the war on TV and reading about it in the papers
> was nothing compared to being in the same room with the people who have
> first-hand experience with the grief, anger and betrayal that comes with
> being a part of an unjust war. The vets drew clear parallels to the
> Vietnam and Iraq wars and the kids were well aware of how it will make
> their performances more immediate, more genuine in our upcoming
> production. What a joy to see them commit to the issues of Hair so
> quickly and sincerely. Nearly a third of them are going to the march in
> Washington on Saturday. The march will be led by Cindy Sheehan. Hair has
> already changed our lives and its only the first week of rehearsal!
> Peace and Love,
> Ross
> 
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