"An Evening in History"

We enjoyed a unique musical and oratory performance last night at the high school as the music and social studies departments presented "An Evening in History: 'The Times They Are A-Changin', the late 1960's through historical speech and song."

The jazz band opened with a rock medley ("Evil Ways," "Proud Mary" and "Vehicle"), then various teachers and students read excerpts from famous speeches, like President Lyndon Johnson on "Why We Are in Vietnam," MLK Jr. on why we shouldn't be in Vietnam, and Cesar Chavez on one of his hunger strikes. In between, the concert band (Greta) performed a medley of Beatles songs and various choral groups sang 60's classics like "Let It Be" and "Bridge over Troubled Water." Oh, and some people read song lyrics, which was kind of weird. All in all, a very enjoyable evening. At the very least it spared me from watching the interminable college football pregame. By the time I got home the first quarter was almost over and I could fast forward through the action!

I took a few photos of the participants, but have only met one of these people -- Greta's social studies teacher, Mr. Mattice. See if you can pick him out. Actually, while you're at it, let's play a game -- minus the choir boy with the awesome hair and the "I may actually be too cool for school" jazz band guitarist, see if you can match up the individuals below with the roles they were playing. Hint: gender or racial conformity not required.

Bob Dylan, Richard Nixon, Merle Haggard, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Max Yasgur, Cesar Chavez.