Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations in Gallup
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Jan 14 Concert at The Coffee House at Coal and 2nd Street. Poster
Jan 16 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - downtown parade, exhibits, speeches
Parade and speeches start at 12:00 pm at the Gallup Cultural Center on Highway 6 each year. The prayers start at noon. You are invited to sing and march. Tables and information will be available at the Recreation Center at the end of parade. Just show up and a table will be available for your organization.
Gallup Cultural Center marching to the Recreation Center
Contact:
Mildred Holmes 722 3110or Ruth Gilbert 863 5690
Review of concert by Kirk Ashworth.
A good time was had by all last night at our 4th Annual Songs of Peace & Freedom Concert at the Coffee House. There was a larger and more appreciative audience than I usually think attends musical events there--they sang along, hooted & hollered when appropriately riled up, and Karl Herr thanked them for actually listening to his songs about "justice" in third world countries.
The crowd stayed until 10:00, so we had continuous music for three hours from a few Back Porchers & Flat Tones, joined near the end by our pal Melanie who recently emigrated to Crownpoint form New Orleans, and the poignant harmonica of John Boomer.
Pete Covitz sang some originals that called to mind songs of Phil Ochs or early Dylan, songs with bloody lyrics including one about preacher Killian the Killin' preacher. Cara had her mock-FEMA songs, since FEMA is mocking the hurricane survivors.
We missed the three G-men (Gurley-Glaisyer-Grieser), and Stewart's growling baritone, we missed Mary Lynne's frailing banjo, we didn't have no bass players, so we missed having Toni or Jim Sayers, and we missed Mike Juda's guitar and our man in black, Stephen Thompson. A very nice evening, and we had the usual calls to do this again, sooner. Maybe a Mardi Gras show...?
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