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Dedicated to Darfur, Open for Signatures

Welcome to the second installment of Tunes Against Turmoil 2 (the review!) We didn’t finish thanking everyone from the first post about Tunes Against Turmoil 2. First, a thanks to Mr. Steve Marcus, the faculty adviser over the event. He introduced the performers and had a hand in the Darfur Coffee House, a separate effort to raise money through music to aid Doctors Without Borders.

Mr. Marcus telling everybody what's going down

The Egg Harbor Township Police Force did security for the event. They held the fort down well and were very friendly.

Officers E. Bertino, M. Laramore, and C. Burgan keeping Tunes Against Turmoil 2 safe

ACIR Pro Audio provided the sound setup for the whole event. There were also several other sponsors, listed on the shirt from the first post. This booth was set back 20 feet from the stage and managed the house volume, while the one on stage took care of the monitor volume. Thanks to these competent operators, Tunes Against Turmoil had a flawless live concert.

The sound was provided by ACIR. Thanks!

And of course, how do you not thank the people that came out and bought tickets? They’re the ones that helped raise the money for Doctors Without Borders! Here’s a group enjoying the sun on a blanket.

Mico Lucide, Jamie, Ashley, and Dana at Tunes Against Turmoil 2

The “Committee of Conscience” table was located near the food in the back. They hosted the work done by Doctor Jerry Ehrlich.

Committee of Conscience

It showed the darker side for the children of Darfur. Dr. Jerry Ehrlich is a pediatrician that is also a participant in Doctors Without Borders. He asked children to draw what they saw everyday and there was violence in every drawing.  Crayons and Paper shows the horrifying images that the children accept as everyday commonplace.

This is an example of one of the drawings by the children

The “Committee of Conscience” table provided framed images to remind the concert-goers that it wasn’t all fun and games.

"Through The Eyes of Children" highlights the purpose of TAT2

They had quilts made by the students as well

First Quilt

Quilt 2!

Doctor Jerry Ehrlich made an appearance and spoke words about the horrible atrocities in Darfur. Here he is speaking in front of the audience. The two students are holding an expanded drawing and an informational poster.

Dr. Jerry Ehrlich explaining what he did in Darfur to capture the children's everyday life

And finally (for this section of the post), thanks goes out to Cole Eubanks and Leon Sangster, the poets that came out to help. Leon Sangster read in a classical style,

Leon Sangster reading his original, "What Courage with Ink and Blood Spilt"

This installment ends with the reproduction of his poem, typed below,

What Courage with Ink and Blood Spilt

with thy hands, take thy

ink and spill your accord,

have the peace made on scrolls

have peace with in your house

that bites its thumb at us

face not the sun – but the moon

that wanes into the dying night

where pilgrim scrury in flight

where hand that once prayed

cover the glass, that sees the stage

and hear the clatter, of not applause

but guns that scatter-

six winters cold – and no recourse

blood – of blood -flesh of flesh

the flesh of my flesh

a war child is born

have he not scorn

is it a vice of ours

to watch the tides

days and nights we scower

for food, for safety

our lips dare not whispers sounds

even in mercy – none are crowned

trembling hands that once light pilgrims

traveled lands, now cover the globe

and mask the darkness

Oh, but light that breaks upon

the glass, that lit ther stage

a world did see

lips that utter not against

accrod – now STAND

now stand !

what childhood dreams

are lost –

what kindling shall be sparked

to reuinite such dreams in which

the world is made

have not pitty for the loss

but the pitty of such hearts

that act not, nor see they did not act

beloved, oh lips that once spoke

remember you shall I

bye and by – recant

your place, your words

from this part forward

shall the ears that hear

take but a splinter of truth

and make their own

now with accord hand

upon the scroll of the mind

doth themselves responsibility

– find

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