Yesterday I was at my mother's when Adrian called from the flea market and asked my mother if she wanted him to buy a live chicken so that she could wring it up and fry it. A vendor there had them which was intriguing in and of itself.
Adrian was bragging to his friends while on the phone about his grandmother doing it up ole' school style because she was from the country. Now, lets overlook the fact that my mother left the country when she was 18 running away from all things "country" and the limitations for an African woman during that period in history. She ran to the city fully embracing urban life and a chance to re-fashion her dreams and at 70+ she ain't looked back and has no plans to even retire back to "the country" as a brother and sister did after living in Chicago. Did he really think my mother was going to wring the neck of the chicken while it ran around in her back yard and we waited for it to kill over in order to prepare it for Sunday's Fried Chicken dinner?????????????
He got a big kick out of her response...I so wish my farming uncles where still living so that he could have had a chance to really get a taste of living in the country. Maybe, he too, is just a misplaced soul trying to find his tribe.
Here he is on the left with the other future patriarchs of this family:
Also, yesterday, Ade, (on the right) sung with his choir at The Brown Theatre . It was their major annual fundraiser and the honoree, Martha Dawson, gave a moving acceptance speech that was a call for every single segment of life to respond to the call of developing our city's youth. She announced the partnerships with Spalding University and Sullivan University in joining University of Louisville in offering partial and full scholarships for each and every child who stays in the choir for all four years of high school, maintains 2.5, and stays out of trouble. The first recipient of this arrangement was introduced. A pianist who started with the choir when he was 10 and is now 22.
Here is a link to a local news article and photos of them rehearsing with the Girls Choir which is only 2 years old: West Louisville Choirs Plan Holiday Show . Ade is way in the back on the photo and I never would have found him but in true Ade fashion he was proud of his picture in the paper and pointed himself out to me. I do not have any current photos of them but here is an older photo before Ade joined that gives an idea of how they appear in concert: WLBC The girls wear simple black satin formals with a single strand pearl necklace and earrings and black low heel pumps.
This was the 3rd year that an honoree was given an award. The award is always designed by a different fine artist...last year's award was given to basketball coach Rick Pitino and was a sculpture designed by William M. Duffy. This year's award was a blown glass piece that was made by one of the master glass blowers at GlassWorks . The program is out in the car so I cannot name the artist. Will do so later.
How are these related to my quilting journey? ...well, I got a brainstorm to do a pictorial quilt of a chicken from the yard to the dinner table and then I thought about taking the logo for the Boys Choir and placing it on a quilt with the words "hope, love, and freedom" and use the quilt as a raffle to raise money for the choir.
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