Blues Concert Blends Music, Civil Rights Lessons
Posted: March 2, 2013 at 3:41 a.m.
Ocie Fisher sings “Wang Dang Doodle” to seventh-graders Friday at McNair Middle School during a blues music show by members from the Ozark Blues Society. The special performance was held to celebrate the end of a language arts unit studying diversity and adversity in literature. The blues musicians spoke to the students about the development of blues and how music can help people overcome struggles.
Seventh-graders jumped from their seats, clapping and dancing to the beat of the songs performed Friday by members of the Ozark Blues Society at McNair Middle School.
About the Watsons
“The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963” was written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published in 1995. Kenny, 9, narrates the story about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Mich. When Kenny’s 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, the family heads to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. During their visit, Grandma’s church is bombed.
Source: Staff Report
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