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2003-06-28 04:12 | User Profile
[SIZE=2]Bushes Celebrate Black Music Month[/SIZE] [url=http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-bush-black-music,0,7696895.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines]newsday.com ^[/url] | 06/24/03 | Jennifer Loven
By Jennifer Loven Associated Press Writer June 24, 2003, 7:56 PM EDT
WASHINGTON --President Bush and the first lady celebrated Black Music Month on Tuesday with a musical tribute to the Harlem Renaissance especially created for the White House.
The cast of George C. Wolfe's musical "Harlem Song" and the Harlem Jazz Museum Artists combined for a unique presentation, melding three Duke Ellington pieces with four songs from the Broadway musical.
"I'm feeling pretty energized," Bush said, shaking his head in admiration, as he took the lectern after a rousing half-hour performance. "This is an annual event and we always try to celebrate it in style -- and we did."
The Harlem Renaissance was a prolific, New York-based arts movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
Writer and jazz critic Stanley Crouch, introducing the show, said the East Room audience reflected what jazz legend Ellington was about -- seeing "downtown and uptown become one town, maybe a little like this room now."
Speaking afterward, Bush traced the history of black artists' musical performances at the White House -- remembering Ellington alongside Lionel Hampton, Hank Jones, Billy Taylor, Marian Anderson and others.
"Those White House performances were moments of triumph for artists who loved this country, even when this country did not make them feel fully welcomed," Bush said. "And the grace and dignity of their lives is part of the story of black music in America."
The music also reflected the larger experience of black Americans, he said.
"In so many different ways, the artistry of black musicians has conveyed the experience of black Americans throughout our history," Bush said. "From the earliest generations of slaves came music of sorrow and patience, of truth and righteousness and of faith that shamed the oppressor and called upon the justice of Almighty God and praised His holy name. Out of this heritage has come a tremendous variety of music."
Also on hand for the ceremony were jazz legend Herb Jeffries, "go-go" impresario Chuck Brown, gospel stars Bobby Jones and Marvin Winans, Grammy Award-winning modern jazz artist Kirk Whalum, President Mireya Moscoso of Panama, and several sports figures.
Also attending were Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Education Secretary Rod Paige.
Copyright é 2003, The Associated Press
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[SIZE=2]And here's what all Dubya's pandering gets him...
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2003-06-28 04:21 | User Profile
This is a rehash of what he did last year. I'm surprised he didn't invite Snoop Dogg over to the Black House, considering his recent media attention. I'm sure Shrub could definitely get some energizing from him.
Hmmm, I wonder why hip-hop was ignored the entire time. I guess it was because it was too....black?? The other musical styles presented there were actually Chosen-influenced.
2003-06-28 06:13 | User Profile
Naturally Boosh was energized by da jungle beat; after all, it's in his blood. The Chimp would've really "gone bananas" if Lionel Hampton had been there to beat on a hollow log with his vibraphone mallets.
:afro:
It's also interesting that he invited Stanley Crouch to speak, who contends that only nigras have the "genius" & "depth of soul" required to truly master the infinite profundity of jazz. Try to imagine Jorge inviting - and the volcanic jewsmedia reaction to his invitation - of a symphony conductor who maintained that jig musicians just don't have the "necessities" to handle Bach & Beethoven.
2003-06-28 19:35 | User Profile
Bush better declare a Hispanic/Latino-something month soon. Election time will be here before you know it, and he need them votes.
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**September 2004 may be American Jewish History Month [url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1048922662392]Jerusalem Post^[/url] | 03/29/03 | MELISSA RADLER
A resolution that celebrates the Jewish community's 350th anniversary in the US and designates September 2004 as "American Jewish History Month" was introduced into both houses of Congress last week by a group of Ohio Republicans.
The resolution notes that the first Jewish immigrants arrived in 1654 in New York from Brazil, that Jewish have fought in the nation's military struggles from the American Revolution to Operation Enduring Freedom, and it urges all citizens to appreciate the community's effort to "defend and further the liberties and freedom of all Americans." It also endorses a commission made up of the Library of Congress, the National Archives and the American Jewish Historical Society that was set up to coordinate and promote events related to the anniversary.
The resolution was introduced by Ohio Congressmen Steve Chabot and Rob Portman and Senators George Voinovich and Mike DeWine on March 20. On Friday, Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) added his name to the list of cosponsors.
é 2003 Jerusalem Post**
2003-06-28 22:48 | User Profile
Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Jun 27 2003, 22:13 * ** Naturally Boosh was energized by da jungle beat; after all, it's in his blood. The Chimp would've really* "gone bananas" if Lionel Hampton had been there to beat on a hollow log with his vibraphone mallets.
:afro:
It's also interesting that he invited Stanley Crouch to speak, who contends that only nigras have the "genius" & "depth of soul" required to truly master the infinite profundity of jazz. Try to imagine Jorge inviting - and the volcanic jewsmedia reaction to his invitation - of a symphony conductor who maintained that jig musicians just don't have the "necessities" to handle Bach & Beethoven. **
NB, you might be interested in the fact that Crouch and Winton Marsalis are among several black "musicians" that made claims about blacks being the only one possessing certain skills, etc., and that they could always pick out a black jazz musician from a white jazz musician just by listening, without seeing them. Needless to say, when forced to put their money where their liver lipped mouths were, they fouled it up, and couldn't correctly guess the race of the musicians they were listening to. It's just a funny story that NR ran about 10 years back, before the total takeover by the zhids.
2003-06-29 05:41 | User Profile
**President Bush Is Changing Tone Of GOP Toward Black Americans [url=http://www.theday.com/eng/web/newstand/re.aspx?reIDx=40FC1C24-CFE3-475C-A9C7-2E7635F18A73]The Day^[/url]| 06/28/03 | STANLEY CROUCH
President Bush Is Changing Tone Of GOP Toward Black Americans
By Stanley Crouch
On Tuesday, at a White House event titled "Harlem's Song," President Bush declared June Black Music Month and gave a speech that could make Democrats a bit unsure about owning the black vote.
The audience heard the All-Stars of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. It also heard three selections from George Wolfe's "Harlem Song," a show that ran for six months at the Apollo Theatre.
The performances were splendid and the audience, which included national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Powell, truly seemed to enjoy itself.
At the conclusion of the program, the president gave his brief speech, which was very pointed in its acknowledgment not only of the importance of black Americans to our nation's music, but to the nation.
Bush said, "From the earliest generations of slaves came music of sorrow and patience, of truth and righteousness and of faith that shamed their oppressors and called upon the justice of Almighty God and praised His holy name."
At one point, he said that when "Franklin Roosevelt wanted to show the king and queen of England the finest music in America, he brought them to this room to hear Marian Anderson sing ââ¬ËAve Maria.'"
If this event was indeed part of a grand strategy, Bush seems well on his way to redirecting the ethnic tone of the Republican Party in a way that may not automatically make black people feel friendly toward it but that could, over time, bring issues of importance to Afro-Americans to the front and put party affiliations in the back.
I thought about all of that walking around the White House as the rehearsals were going on. Integration was everywhere. It felt good to see the military personnel and all the guests representing the many faces of the nation just as much as they did under President Bill Clinton.
Further, with Bush's emphasis on educational policy, with his appointments of Rice and Powell, with his pledge to refurbish Frederick Douglass' home, with his $15 billion relief package for black Africa and with his recent admonishment that federal law enforcement agencies should not profile any ethnic community unless the issue of terrorism is at hand, this President is changing his party.
Stanley Crouch is a columnist for the New York Daily News, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10001; e-mail: scrouch@edit.nydailynews.com.
é 2003 TheDay.com**
[SIZE=1]GW Bush: an anti-White, minority-pandering moron.[/SIZE] :thd:
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"In order to better reflect the glorious diversity of our nation, I have decided to change the faces on Mt. Rushmore. The new faces will be: Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks...and...um...*[SIZE=2]quick, someone gimme the name of a prominent latino...no, not JLo!...Cesar Chavez? Not sure who he is, but sounds good...[/SIZE]and Cesar Chavez!***
2003-06-29 14:38 | User Profile
NB, you might be interested in the fact that Crouch and Winton Marsalis are among several black "musicians" that made claims about blacks being the only one possessing certain skills, etc., and that they could always pick out a black jazz musician from a white jazz musician just by listening, without seeing them.
Yeah, I know about that test. Funny as hell. The fact that these blusterin' apes made those statements in the first place is a measure of their insecurity.
"Yo, blood - if we ain't got jazz 'n' bassetball, what hab we got?"