Lessons Learned…
Collaboration 4
The
biggest, oldest, grandest theater in town had to be the venue for the sharing
of our story. All of the city’s third grade students would be the invited VIPs.
Specialist artists would be engaged. Ethnic clubs would be encouraged to participate.
Students from two very culturally different schools would collaborate to create
and perform an original piece together under the inspiring direction of a very
loved, local, gifted, celebrity artist/educator. An art contest. An essay contest. An elite orchestral ensemble of local students
performing. A film of the local dance
company performing an original dance to an original song beautifully performed through the breath-taking hallways and stairways of the biggest, oldest,
grandest theater in town. A local documentary filmmaker creatively chronicling
the entire extravaganza. The mayor would be there. Local movers and shakers
would be there alongside parents, grandparents, and neighbors of each and every
performer. Museums, organizations, and visitors to our city would all be
invited to hear, learn, and celebrate our strong shared story. But funding? All
ideas need a bit of help to move them to action. Through countless meetings, contacts,
and conversations, extremely generous contributions were made, affirming the
idea and propelling it forward. A fire
of excitement and pride and goodwill was stirring and growing within our
hurting community. Some walls were
coming down as the bridges of collaboration were beginning to span from heart
to heart. Something good was happening.
To be continued…
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