A gathering in celebration of his Life and Teaching
Sunday, September 17, 2000
1:00 PM
Camden Opera House
Camden, Maine
"If we can't love one another as brother and sister here, it is not going to work anywhere."
- Arthur Hall
The Program
Invocation - Michael Wingfield and Cabildo
Yoruba Elegies by Dr. Wande Abimbola,
Awise of Ife
Randy Armstrong, flute
Poem by Martin Steingesser
Nancy Salmon, Maine Arts Commission
Perkins Foss, on Arthur as teacher
Ode to Yemanya performed by Rita Cottman-Johnson and Van Williams
Arthur Hall Dance Ensemble, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestral Spirit Mask - Oscar Mokeme
Museum of African Tribal Art, Portland, Maine Mask is said to be over 500 years old, made to honor the ancestors and welcome the dead to the Spirit World
Bhinda Keidel, saxophone, and Jackie Warren, piano
Tom O'Donovan
Penny Morrow
Jennifer Allen
- Cherokee song
Celebration by Lisa Newcomb and the Celebration Dancers
Yanvallu performed by Emily Seymour
Dan Cummings and Justin Handley, accompanists
John Jenkins
Marcia Lovell
Elegies and story by Wande Abimbola
Carnival - the company
Steve Ferraris, Michael Wingfield and Cabildo, rhythm