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2) Gratitude Concert Hour 11/25 ~ 7 PM EDT
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3) Merch Sale - $5 CDs and more
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Hi friends. Meet Ruby Bridges.
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On November 14th, 1960 ~ sixty years ago, federal marshals escorted her past angry, threatening crowds and up the steps of the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
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Bridges was one of the first Black students to integrate public schools after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown versus Board of Education.
The image of a young Bridges walking in front of hate speech scrawled on a wall became iconic in Norman Rockwell's painting
"The Problem We All Live With".
This painting appeared in the January 14, 1964 edition of LOOK Magazine, after Rockwell departed the Saturday Evening Post (where he'd done 363 covers over the years). The Post didn't want him to depict people of color in anything other than service industry jobs so he found a home @ LOOK where this aspect of his work was welcomed (and he gained more critical acceptance of his work by doing so).
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When Rockwell passed in 1978 (I read about it in the Anchorage Daily News during my time living in Alaska), the song "Norman's Way" came into being which you can hear on my 2015 Stockfisch album "Will You Come Home".
This original painting was displayed outside the Oval Office in 2011 during Barack Obama's first term as President.
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This month's online concert is the "Gratitude Music Hour" the night before Thanksgiving ~ Wednesday, November 25th ~ 7 PM
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on the David Roth Music page on Facebook
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"How Many Ways Can I Be Grateful",
"Thank You Mr. Ryan", "May the Light of Love", special guest Glen Roethel, and a brand new song "Regular Joe" will be included. Know anyone who'd like to experience some musical gratitude that night? Kindly invite them.
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This is once more a free concert, and utterly voluntary donations are graciously received but not expected. Come to that Facebook Link (above) a little before 7 to say hi and tune in.
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Found! a few boxes of my older CDS:
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DIGGING THROUGH MY CLOSET (1994)
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ANOTHER SIDE OF DAVID ROTH (1995, humorous songs & live cuts)
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IRRECONCILABLE SIMILARITIES (1996)
If you'd like some unique holiday gifts, I'm selling these for $5 each
or all (or any) 3 for $10. Drop me a line @ davidrothmusic@gmail.com
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I remain available for online songwriting lessons, classes, private gatherings, conferences, church services, coffeehouses, camps, custom songs for special occasions, you name it.
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Interested in a musical tour of Ireland or Scotland next summer (world-willing)? Contact me for info and availability (including waiting lists).
Newer CDs, flash drives, and the few remaining copies of Volume 1 of my songbook are available at
https://davidrothmusic.com/online-music-store/
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