AUGUST
20, 2007 --
August
11th, a concert to benefit the Brooklyn Wall of
Remembrance and Tribute Walk was held at Brooklyn College, featuring
Gary Sinise, star of the television program CSI: New York, and
his Lt. Dan Band, named for
the character Mr. Sinise played in "Forrest Gump."
The program included the USO Singers and a tape of
comedian/social critic Jackie Mason.
LPR thanks Brooklyn College and the concert staff for
extending media courtesies. LPR also thanks its
webmaster, Terri Fassio, of Skullco.com
for the layout of this special edition of Lonely
Pamphleteer Review.
The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance pays tribute to all
First Responders to the 9/11 attack.
The Tribute Walk
is described in the concert program as "not a place of
sadness; it's a place of heroes and a reminder of what
it costs to be here and to be free."
Originally, this edition of LPR was to feature
commentary
on examples of government with a heavy hand. Once the
benefit concert got underway, LPR realized -- it was,
as they say, a "no-brainer" -- that this posting
would present, exclusively, images, taken August 11,
at the Walt Whitman Theater on the Brooklyn College
campus.
Not every seat was sold at the concert -- LPR cannot
resist temptation to say, by pun, that this just
symbolizes the fact that the performers, staff and
audience in the hall the evening of August 11th are
not the kind of people who "sell out." Every seat in
the auditorium was, however, filled -- filled with the
spirit of America, the spirit of Federalist 57, that
gets our people to stand tall -- and for each other.
Perhaps it was no coincidence that at several times
during the concert, Gary Sinise invited the audience
to stand up -- and, indeed, often, as these images
will show, the audience did not need prompting to
stand up.
If CDs and DVDs of this benefit concert are to be made
available, LPR
recommends that people snap them up. It is important
to be reminded, LPR believes, that the Spirit of
America endures.
LPR pledges a donation of $57 to The Brooklyn Wall of
Remembrance & Tribute Walk -- in honor of all the First Responders
to 9/11 and the Spirit of America hailed by
James Madison in Federalist 57.
Here, now, images of a remarkable, indeed uplifting,
concert:
(Note: Emcee of the evening was Ken Dashow (not pictured), of New York
City
radio station Q104.3)
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The
Pipe and Drum Corps consisted of elements from the New
York Police Department, the Fire Department of
New York and the Port Authority Police Department. |
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NYPD
on the left, the PAPD on the right |
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Pipe
and Drums … |
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USO
Singers Stacie Wells, Briana Davis, Debralee Daco, David
Hughes. |
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The
USO singers … |
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Watcing
the USO Singers … |
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| The
Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College. |
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The
Brooklyn College Staff |
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The
National Anthem |
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Sol
Moglen is Founder of the Ebbets Field Wall of Remembrance
Foundation |
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Gary
Sinise, Bass |
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Ben
Lewis, Keyboard |
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Beth
Gottlieb, Percussion and Danny Gottlieb, Drums |
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Carol
Williams, Sax/Flute and Kirk Garrison, Trumpet |
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Ernie
Demov, Guitar |
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Vocalist
Gina Gonzalez |
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Gina
Gonzalez |
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Jeff
Vezain |
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Kirk
Garrison, Trumpet |
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Mari
Ann Jayme |
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Mari
Ann Jayme with the audience on stage … |
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| Kimo Williams,
Guitar/Vocalist, Ernie Demov, Guitar, and Gary Sinise, Bass |
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