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Saturday Open Thread

Posted on May 19, 2012 by rikyrah

Good Morning. Enjoy your time with family and friends this weekend. Today’s musical – Showboat. Show Boat: Show Boat is a 1927 musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based … Continue reading →

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Paul Robeson: Home Going 35 Year Anniversary

Posted on January 23, 2011 by rikyrah

Wiki:  Paul Leroy Robeson[1] (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African American bass-baritone concert singer, recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism in the civil rights movement.[2] The son of an … Continue reading →

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