Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Best of 2009

BIRD LIVES!
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I never see a reason for putting out lists for the best of.  Time really doesn't work that way.  I like to think of better things to come.  Tonight, however, I was at YJ's, and hanging up on the door in the cafe is a poster from August 2009.  The poster is from the 'Bird Lives' festival at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. A new tradition is taking place there.  About every 10 years, they gather all the musicians for a group photo in front of the foundation.  It was first done on May 4th, 1930.  69 years later, musicians gathered for another group photo...

Mutual Musicians Foundation 1999
Source UMKC....
10 years later, this year, at this years festival, the foundation did it again.  I realized this was a special moment in history as it will never happen again.  These artists will never gather together in this spot to have this photo made.  When you realize that, suddenly, every memory, every moment of this year falls away in importance.


video by Rick Ryan, Youtube user Rrwmissouri
 These are my poor attempts at capturing the moments....
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NEW YEARS EVE WITH KELLY HUNT

This one is for a good cause and happens at a great venue. Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas will host this benefit for ECKAN/Just Food.  For more information call the Liberty Hall box office 785.749.1972. 

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