black arm band

well this desert festival clicks along. last night i sang in the asanta sana choir with about 4 other choirs. it is a thing morris stuart does up here training a whole lot of different choirs and then we all come together. they were all aboriginal choirs some school kids and others older women. teh older women make this amazing wail in harmony that sends chills down yor spine.

the night got better though. after the choir thing the black arm band played. this was a combination of about 30 unbelievably talented musos (mainly aboriginal including archie roach, ruby hunter. in the middle they reformed the warumpi band with neil murray and company to commemorate the lead singer who died two years ago. it was just the most amazing musical smorgasboard. it was like a whole festival in one band.

but the best thing of all was that i reckon the audience was pretty evenly split between black and white people all just enjoying the vibe together. i cried.

if the black arm band play near you you gotta go and see them. i dont know how they could get that many people together easily but i guess if they can do it in alice springs they can do it in sydney or melbourne.

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