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Friends in Japan, Australia, Norway, USA, Kenya and
Spain An
amazing experience, it was bewildering,
magical,fantastic, surprising, mind-boggling, entertaining and...well just incredible.
Was it all a dream???
We started on time and finished on time, although it
was clear
it was difficult to pull ourselves away from that
screen at the end. Once you get used to speaking and
seeing friends on the other side of the world, it
becomes additive!
BECON,
what a slick technical job you did, Yoko, what great
programming you made, and everyone: what a show!
Japan!
Costumes, traditional dances, orchestras, new
musical arrangements, what can I say??? If you have
recordings of the solo played on that beautiful
stringed instrument, and of the orchestrated version
of the Millennium
Song,
I could put it on the globalsong.net web page. Is
that possible?
Did you record it? Can you send me MP3 files?
Thanks
to the mayor for his presence and introduction of
Azidaini primary school. And thanks to the
organizers of the events at both Azidaini and
Arakawa schools for very entertaining shows, moving
from music to dancing to singing. You surprised us
all!
Australia!
Four girls produced a whole variety show! Each one
was wonderful. From sensitive rendition of the song
to musical performance
to tourist information about Bairnsdale - you should
form a company and go on tour!
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Norway!
I didn't mention that Tromso was in the Arctic
circle.
So
everyone should know that our friends there do not
have sunlight
again until the end of January!! In spite of this
their sunshine spirit came shining through in their
performance of the song, thanks thanks thanks to
Julie for training the choir, to all the girls for
their participation, to Inger and Nora for
facilitating, and to Jan-Hugo for managing the
technical side.
I
will be up in Tromso again, maybe at the end of
January, and I would
like to meet you all.
Spain!
That is, Catalunya! You all worked together so well,
and it was so significant that you sang the song in
Catalan,Spanish and English. Thanks to Anna-Maria
and all your time preparing, to little Gisela
dressed in traditional Catalan dress
and holding the flag, and to Denso, the Japanese
company in the village of Sant Fruitos de Bages who
let us use their video-conference room. Great
Japanese-Catalan cooperation!
BECON
in USA! We loved your rap version of the Millennium
Song. My daughter Gloudina, who is a hip-hop and
funky dancer, almost jumped up and danced! We want a
recording of this as well, if possible, for the web
page. What a concept! What a great arrangement! Give
that cool musical director another hug from me!
Time..has..come-to-change... Time..to..find-new-life
I can still hear it. Kenya! Another "Small is
Beautiful" group. We take your messages about
conservation to heart. Treasure your water, don't
use so many plastic bags, keep your environment
clean... We loved your songs and your teacher is
such a lovely person, thanks for joining in (two
days ago??) to represent the continent of Africa.
Today it is also Reconciliation Day in South Africa,
where I come from, we were timed perfectly to sing
the Millennium
Song
on this day ("Forgive the past").
I
can't say how much we enjoyed this 90 minutes
together. It was a very precious experience and we
have made a video over here of our view of it all.
Also a TV camera was here filming so it should be on
our local TV station soon, I will try to get copies
of the footage. I hope that many of you also took
some photos and video of your experiences. I was
worried about Florida having to stay up till 3.00
am, but it sounds like you guys had a great party,
barbecue and all beforehand. Hey, next time we want
to take the early morning slot, OK?? We're envious!
Yoko,
are you going to present the whole experience at the
I*EARN conference in Cape Town? I hope so, and then
we can all send all documentary material to Yoko.
Again,
to BECON, to MaryAnn and Joy. I had been nervous
about the technical side, never having done this
before. But not a single hitch! What a success!!
Perfect coordination between sites, good sound and
visuals, as I said before this is addictive, I want
to see you all again! Tomorrow!
MaryAnn,
if you can send me some .jpg files
of images from the video recording, I could put them
on the web page too.
Thanks
and congratulations to everyone involved,
have a happy Christmas, and carry the message of the
Millennium Song and your experience today to all
around you and into the next 1000 years!!!!
Love
Michael
(Spain) 2000/12/16
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*CONGRATULATIONS
EVERYONE!!!!
We
are making an edited videotape of the event and will
make sure each site gets a copy. THAT WAS
FANTASTIC!! If the organizers at each site
will send me their name and their function, I will
write an article and also submit our endeavor to the
Guinness Book of World Records.....
Love to all..
MaryAnn (BECON USA) 2000/12/16
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| *Hello
everyone,
What
a wonderful, fantastic, experience. Many thanks are
due to Michael,to the Florida crew, to Yoko, to
everyone else who made this happen and to all
the students, teachers, community members who
participated. Our girls here
at Bairnsdale, Australia, were so uplifted by the
linking into such a wonderful
event ... Virginia was on the verge of tears!
Thank
you all so very much. Surely it can not end here (?)
MaryAnne, we will send you the details you ask for
tomorrow.
Good
night ... peace be with you.
Bob Carter 2000/12/16
*D ear
Yoko, Michael, Joy and everyone else involved in the
Millenium videoconference,Thankyou for a wonderful
experience. We feel honoured to have been included.
Our
4 students were very excited after the video
conference. We took them out
for pizza for tea and they couldn't stop talking
about it!We'd love to see a video of it.
Virginia
(I*EARN Australia Management Team) 2000/12/17
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*We
were very pleased to be a part of it. I hope it was
all ok for you.
The children were really very excited.
Amrita
(Kenya Nairobi) 2000/12/17
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made it !!
When
I was almost given up, what Joy simply said was
"Don't give up!" which drove me to farther
steps calls, faxes and mails and again......
Positive
answers were back gradually, things were getting
clearer, and the day came out in such a perfect
video conference!
I
would like to say special thanks to BECON to link us
all so beautifully, and Michael as the wonderful
conductor !
All
site teachers and technical supporters, hidden
supporters like Ms Ogawa, Mr.Hatai, Kazuko, Schools
Online Japan, and many others of each site , thank
you!
You
made it happen.
And
Fantastic Children!!
Bob,
Michael, MaryAnn, Joy, Anne-Maria, Julie, Amrita,
Jun, Mr.Kuroda,
I*EARN
is going to have its 8th Annual Conference in Cape
Town next summer. Why don't we have Millennium Song
Video Conference Report togehter ?!
I want to meet all of you off line in Cape Town.
Love + Love,
Yoko 2000/12/17
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