[Peace] July 4th challenge for AWARE

[Ricky Baldwin]

Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of AWARE -

The drumming group who originally agreed to lead the second part of our 
parade idea, the "march to the beat of a different drummer" bit, has backed 
out, apparently because of our politics.  This happened about an hour ago, 
as I write.  All attempts to recruit back-ups have so far failed quickly and 
easily.  So, we are faced with a choice: we can go ahead with the first part 
of the parade, the "drumbeat of war" bit, and just be negative even though 
most people wanted this to be a positive thing, about emphasizing 
alternatives; or we can just bow out in silence; ...

... or we can rise to the challenge and make our own music and have a blast 
doing it!  I think that sounds like what AWARE is all about, how about you?  
We rise to the challenge, we make our own music, and we have a blast doing 
it!  A couple of us have drums at home, I have a kazoo and I can borrow my 
kids' toy xylophone... Several others likely have something they can/could 
play.  Even an aluminum pot can make beautiful music, as the folks in 
Argentina know. (I hope we play something less noisy than they, but que sera 
sera!)  There's a saying, I think it's in Zimbabwe: "If you can talk, you 
can sing.  If you can walk, you can dance."

So, come one, come all!  Bring your pots and pans, your kazoos and wazoos, 
your tomtoms and tumtums.  Bring your harmonicas and horns, your bangers and 
clangers, your ringers and dingers, whatever hoots or toots or tings or 
pings, anything, everything, all the instruments ever dreamt of under the 
great wide heavens, and let's play for peace!  (Yes, the pun is 
intentional.)



This is gonna be so much fun!  (and it's important)



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"Every time you think, you weaken the nation." - Moe Howard
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