Post by Will DockeryThanks & great respect to Brian Mallard, Mia Giannini, Jack Snipe,
Benjamin John Holland, Miguel Juarez, Oriental Jones (Aaron, Jorrod &
Michael), Mike Matthews, Whitney Lynn & Gary Frankfurth for making the
Will Dockery & Friends - 3rd Annual World AIDS Day Show a great &
smooth-running success.
Y'all are Shadowville All-Stars of the highest order.
http://soundcloud.com/will-dockery/under-the-radar-will-dockery
LOL. Well, Did you read my poem, or didn't you? Never mind. I know.
Promises, promises, promises. Shame on you. Please give Jeremy my
best regards next time you see him, which probably won't happen
because you're really not that close
No, Jeremy and I are really close friends, but, no again, we don't see
each other that often.
I still have your T-Shirts in the trunk of Brother Dave's car for when
I someday see you again... that was from the September event.
From another forum, here's some of the "drama" connected with last
week's show:
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/columbus-ga/TFRIPTTST18G2QRNB/p312
Bill in Dville wrote:
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Yes, as Will noted in the above post, at least two of us visited the
concert. I don't know if there were any others. Einstein could have
shown up and seen the Corvette...:)
All of the singers/presenters (including Will and his band) were good.
I would go see most of them if they played in our local area.
The only "negative" was we thought the concert would be 3 hours (hence
the 90+ minute drive there), but it was much, much shorter than that,
so the acts were limited in their time on stage. Will explained what
happened, it was out of anyone's control. Bummer...
Will, it was nice to meet you and your family and friends. It might be
a bit difficult to get on your case now, now that we know you're a
good guy...Nah, that won't stop me...:)
Let us know if ya'll ever play closer to Douglasville or Atlanta.
Yes, although this isn't exactly the place to discuss it, I was
stunned at the time we were alloted for the show... although I've put
together three outdoor annual Riverwalk events for Jeremy, this was
the first of these World AIDS Day shows I've been involved in... but.
The apparently alloted time was the same, three hours, and since most
of the performers had been with me at the Riverwalk events, I was just
saying:
"This is pretty much the Riverwalk event, indoors and in the Winter
rather than the blazing Summer..."
Which would basically amount to a little over an hour for the *first*
part of the show, awards and speeches for a while, ten about an hour
to close it out... and that was the way the schedule page looked that
I brought in around 3:30 Thursday as we began to set up the stage.
Then around 4:00 Jeremy handed me the little program flyer and for the
first time I saw the time we had was from 5:00-6:00 only!
So, a few minutes before the show I sat at the table and trimmed what
I had envisioned as a show going for over two hours in two parts to an
hour set. Of course, I did what I felt was most fair to the other
performers and pretty much cut all my performance out in order to give
everyone a better chance at the stage... and I still am a bit
surprised that the following:
• Outstanding Excellence in Awareness: Columbus Sista Program (Dayna
Joy Solomon Director)
• Outstanding Excellence in Leadership: Teresa Tomlinson
• Outstanding Excellence in AIDS Media Awareness: WTVM
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanitarianism: Sam Rawls
CVBWF Inc. Survivor Awards (All HIV Positive)
• AIDS Excellence Award and Survivor of the Year: Gregory Ware and
Tammy Williams
• AIDS Selfless Devotion to Others Survivor of the Year: Ms. Debra
Smith
• AIDS Superior Excellence in Success Survivor of the Year: Spc. Nate
Townes
Took a solid *two hours* to get through!
I still feel like it would have been better to have some music, breeze
through these awards and speeches at some deliberate pace, then, as I
had planned, close the night out with another set of music
performances.
But we all know the downside of politics... lots and lots of talking
loud and saying nothing.
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Music & Poetry of Will Dockery & Friends:
http://www.youtube.com/user/WDockery
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Red Zeros was a poetry chapbook made by Will Dockery in the Summer of
1983.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Zeros