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Food for Thought (#48)

Posted by on May 13 2010 | Food For Thought, Songtaneous

“Just when you come to think you’re just where you oughta be – somethin’ changes.”
– Wenda Grabeau

Note: Mankwe interviewed the Grabeau family as part of preparing to create “As the Rhythm Changes.”

As the Rhythm Changes: Songs, Improvisations and Movement forms by Mankwe Ndosi. Friday & Saturday, May 14 & 15 7:30pm, Sunday, May 16 2pm, Dreamland Arts 677 Hamlin Avenue N Saint Paul MN 55104. Tickets $12. An exploration by Sema Yote Musics

Featuring Aimee K. Bryant, Kenna Sarge, Sarah M. Greer, Libby Turner-Opanga with instruments invented and built by Douglas R. Ewart

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Food for Thought (#46)

Posted by on Apr 22 2010 | Food For Thought, Songtaneous

“You are as young as your faith,
as old as your doubt;
as young as your self-confidence,
as old as your fear;
as young as your hope,
as old as your despair.”
Douglas MacArthur

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
Mark Twain

“It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had.”
Robert Brault

(And to bigsis … a blast from our past. *smile*)

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Food for Thought (#45)

Posted by on Apr 16 2010 | Food For Thought, Songtaneous

More on health and singing:

“You can look at disease as a form of disharmony.
And there’s no organ system in the body that’s not affected
by sound and music and vibration.”
– Mitchell Gaynor

“Do you know that our soul is composed of harmony?”
– Leonardo daVinci

“Cause music’s been my therapy,
Taking the pain from all my anatomy …”
– Marvin Gaye

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