Last weekend I was priviledged to play a few songs for Paul Sundman's funeral at the First Congregational Church. Paul was a friend of ours who battled ALS for the last 5 plus years. I have been to many funerals in my lifetime. If a funeral can be said to be truly uplifting, this one was.
I think almost everyone that attended this event felt like we'd been robbed of an opportunity to really get to know an extraordinary man. I know that I did. The stories that people told prompted both rolling tears and rollicking laughter.
When my wife Kristen received the news from Jennifer Sundman that Paul had died she wrote Jennifer a cryptic note. "Is there a word that means both sorrow and relief?" That sentence prompted me to ask Kristen to write a song with me for the funeral. This is what we came up with.
I am silent in this garden, where light and shadows play. Streams move in deepest quiet, and time is washed away. Sunshine warms this dreaming ground, and there is pain and peace. Is there a word that means both sorrow and relief?
Is there a name that I could call you, that would not call you back. A name that blesses where you are, but honors what we've had. For it feels like we've lost everything, but found a place to start. Is there a word that means both together and apart?
And all of us are here now, with our hearts open wide. We've come to honor your voice in the story of our lives. . .
I am silent in this garden, where there is hope and grief is there a word that means both sorrow and relief? Is there a word that means both sorrow and relief?
Rest now Paul. Rest. . .
No Ordinary Talent Show ( Press Release)
Society calls them youth "at risk," and when they make mistakes they're often suspended or expelled from schools or sent to detention centers. Most have a hard time fitting in with mainstream public schools. Many feel they've been forgotten. Youth Transformation Center insists there's a better way to improve their behaviors and transform their lives, such as inspiring them to do something positive with their natural talents.
They've invited students from charter and alternative high schools to perform in the Big Dream Talent Show for At Promise Youth on May 31st at Colorado College's Packard Hall. If you go, you'll hear life stories that will make you cry, songs that will lift you up, and see budding young rap stars duke it out for the big dream prize of opening a show for nationally recognized rap star Black Pegasus. Rumor has it there's also a show stopping hip hop dance group and a tribal belly dancer that will bring down the house.
"We work primarily with kids that, through no fault of their own, have grown up with gang or domestic violence, with few positive role models, or immersed in poverty," asserts president and founder Jeannette Holtham. "Yet, among them are some of the most talented and determined kids in our community. Instead of throwing them away, we want to give them some of the same opportunities other kids enjoy. Let's start with a chance to perform in the acoustically magnificent Packard Hall. They'll do the rest and will show our community who they really are."
The question remains, who among the 17 budding young performers will win the top prizes: a scholarship to the Colorado Springs Conservatory, the Colorado Springs Children's Chorale, or The Dance Center, along with the Black Pegasus opportunity.
A star-studded cast of adult performers will join the youth on stage: Internationally renowned storyteller Doug Stevenson; Producer/Director of the Disney Treasures Series and former Executive Producer of the Walt Disney Company Bob Garner who will tell the inspirational story of Walt Disney; poet laureate Stacy Dyson; and Rob Houston, also known as "Black Pegasus" with a rap message the youth will never forget. The show will be emceed by KVOR's Richard Randall.
For further information, visit Youth Transformation Center on the Web at www.youthtransformationcenter.org or call (719) 440-1983.
If you have friends or acquaintences in New Mexico, Missoula or Spokane please forward my schedule to them and ask them to come out and see me. All these shows are open to the public. I can't tell you what a joy it is to have someone come up to me at a show and say, "My friend, (your name here), told me to come check you out. I am so glad I did."
Here's the digs on Gigs for me. . .
Sunday June 1st. Manitou Community Congregational Church Sunday morning service. Contact Bob Stellick at bob@stellick.net Service time 10AM Theme "Receive Who You Are". Downtown Manitou just off Manitou Ave. across from the public library. 103 Pawnee
Sunday June 1st. Warren Barta House Concert. Rissman, U. and Braithwaite. Open to the public! (5-9pm) $15 Contact Warren Barta at 112 N. Meade 632-3602 warrenbar47@comcast.net NO RESERVATIONS Necessary. Bring Lawn Chair and BYOB Bike Club Concert Outdoor!
Friday, June 6th. Albuquerque, NM Faith Lutheran Church Coffeehouse 10000 Spain NE 7pm Showtime. Contact Cinda Haggren at chaggren@aol.com for information and directions. It's been a few years since I've been in Albuquerque. Can't wait to drive south again. . . Suggested donation $5-10.
Sat. June 7th. Las Cruces, NM Jeff and Ashleigh Curry House Concert 6pm showtime. Contact ash@jlgray.com for information/directions etc. Long time friends who've moved to Los Cruces. Spread the word if you know folks in Los Cruces.
Sunday, June 8th Las Cruces Unitarian Universalist Church. 9Am and 10:30Am Sunday service. www.uuchurchlc.org Contact Haney Pearson for directions/information. 575-522-7281 is the church phone #.
Sat. June 14th Father's Day concert at the Historic Manitou Community Congregational Church. 103 Pawnee Manitou Springs, CO. 7pm doors open at 6:30 Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Child care is available for $5 per child. A % of the proceeds to benefit the church Youth Group. Tickets available at the Church office (Tues.-Fri. 9-5pm) or Contact Bob Stellick bob@stellick.net
Friday June 27th THE RUB with Full Band at the Venue 515 Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO 8pm showtime. Presale tickets available for $15 through the BAC contact Michaela at 685-1861or mjhightower@thebac.org Day of event tickets are $20. With Susan Rissman, Kj Braithwaite, Mark Smith(perc), Ken Janzen (keys) and Marty Sarlette (sax). This will be the only live performance of the full band this summer. We will be downsizing our sound (for those of you who struggled to hear at the CD release concert), yes, we heard you.
Sat. June 28th Penrose Colorado. The Coyote Den Coffee House on Hwy. 115 in Penrose, CO. Joe alone doing his western swing material. This venue has turned into a really delightful small town event and I'm happy to be involved in it. Contact Pete Mugasis at pmug@earthlink.net for more info. Donations. Time? I'm not sure.
Monday July 7th The RUB without band. Rissman, Uveges and Braithwaite in a wonderful outdoor concert series entitled "Musical Mondays" to be held on the back lawn of the Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs, CO Sponsored by Friends of Monument Valley, Contact Cathy Mundy at cmundy@uccs.edu for furthur information. FREE 6:30pm
Sunday July 13th The RUB in a special event in Studio Bee at the Pikes Peak Center. "PILLARstock" or "...Let it Begin with Me" a peace oriented event to benefit families who've lost soldiers in the Iraq war as well as Greg Mortenson's School Building project in Afghanistan. Contact Bonnie Riley at director@visitpillar.org for information, tickets and timing details. Showtime is approximately 3PM. Guest Speakers as well as music by Rissman, Uveges and Braithwaite will be featured on this day. Music will be geared to social commentary including songs from wars gone by (Civil War, WW I, WW II , etc) as well as more recent appropriate and uplifting material.
July 30th America the Beautiful Park, 6-8 pm Classic Homes and Norwood Dev. Group sponsored summertime concert series. Joe Uveges with special guests Susan Rissman and KJ Braithwaite. FREE
Fri. Aug. 8th Spokane, WA. House Concert Julie Griffis 509-244-7003 for details.
Sat. Aug. 9th Missoula, WA. House Concert Jeff Tschida 406-251-1525 for details.
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