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March 2000
TURTLE CREEK CHORALE CONCERT
TO BENEFIT OK CHORUSES
The world-renowned Turtle Creek Chorale, under the
artist direction of Dr. Timothy Seelig, will perform in Oklahoma City at 8 P.M. on March l 7 at the Village Christian
Church, 9401 Ridgeview Dr. All proceeds of the OKC
performance will benefit the OKC Metro Men's and Women's
Choruses and the Council Oak Men's Chorale of Tulsa. The
concert will also include performances by each of the
beneficiary choruses.
The Dallas-based Turtle Creek Chorale is celebrating its
20th anniversary season and boasts a long list of accomplishments including a 1995 EMMY Award for their performance of After Goodbye: An AIDS Story. The Chorale has
produced 20 recordings and several have won national
awards. The Chorale has also won three ''Telly" awards for
its video public service announcements.
The Chorale's performance credits including collaborations with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas
Opera and The Women's Chorus of Dalias. The Chorale
has performed for the Queen of England, former President
and Mrs. George Bush and for General Zhang, Defense
Attache from the People's Republic of China. The Chorale
made its Carnegie Hall debut in 1993.
In lieu of ticket sales, a "love offering" will be accepted
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atthedoor. Formoreinformationcall(405)751-1156.
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Herland is on the web (finally)! Check out our website
at www.herlandsisters.org for information on Herland
activities.
If you need a place to logon to the Internet, public
Internet access is available at libraries in the Oklahoma City
Metropolitan Library System.
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PRIDE NETWORK LOGO CONTEST
The Pride Network, the group that organizes the Oklahoma City Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered persons Pride Parade and Human Rights March and the related
events, has announced a logo design competition for 2000
Pride events.
All designs entered must include the wording OKC Gay
& Lesbian Pride Parade 2000 and use the national theme
"Take Pride, Take Joy, Take Action". Contest judges will
look for the best and most inspiring theme idea, not necessarily quality of artwork, and reserves the right to change or
adapt the winning entry to suit the requirements for possible
T-shirts or poster use, or in printed advertising material. The
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prize for the winning entry will be $100.
HERLAND MARCH Ac11 vz11cs
7:00 PM Saturday, March 4: Two-Spirit Group at Her/and, 2312 NW 39, Oklahoma City.
5:30 P.M. Saturday, March 11: Her/and Supper Club meets at Her/and and will decide on a dinner
destination Everyone is welcome I
4:30 P.M. Sunday, March 19: Her/and Board Meeting at Her/and, 2312 NW 39, Oklahoma City.
Anyone with an interest in learning more about how Her/and works and becoming more involved is
encouraged to attend
7:00 P.M. Saturday, March 25: Potluck Supper and a movie at Her/and, 2 312 N. W 39, Oklahoma City.
Bring your favorite dish and join the fun!
Her/and Spring Retreat,
Volume 18 Number 03
May 19-21 at Roman Nose State Park
Herland Sister Resources
2312 N.W. 39, OKC, OK 73112
luue AND BuDDY MILLER
by Jill Garner
Breaking my tradition of only writing about female
artists, there's just no way to talk about Julie Miller without
also talking about her husband and musical partner, Buddy
Miller. While they've never recorded a true duet record
together, their influence on each other's music is unmistakable. Buddy provides musical accompaniment and harmonies for Julie on her records, while she co-writes much of
Buddy's material and provides harmony for him. On both his
and her albums, they get help from such friends as Emmylou
Harris, Steve Earle and Jim Lauderdale.
Their styles are quite different. Buddy's music is honkytonlc country, complete with fiddles and steel guitar, while
Julie's style is more of a pop-rock-folk blend. She can go
from a rocker like "I Need You" right into the aching beauty
of "I Still Cry", joined by the perfection of Patty Griffin's
voice on harmony vocals. Buddy has some beautiful tender
songs, but they never match the emotional depth that Julie
can reach. She said, "I hope people don't get too depressed.
It takes a really more talented songwriter than myself to write
good happy songs ..... I'm going to try to work on it .. butl have
a feeling I'll fail."
One of the true gems on Julie Miller's latest, Broken
Things, is the title song. Miller says she "just pulled it out
'cause I needed a song" and was surprised to find people
liked it. The song was written after the violence in Northern
Ireland in 1993. However, thewords, "Welllheardihatyou
make old things new, so I give these pieces all to you, if you
want it you can have my heart" take on a more poignant
meaning after reading about Miller's depression and past
suicide attempt. She said in a recent interview, "Even though
my life may be so blessed, I have a lot of daily feelings and
thoughts for people who are suffering ... and it just all comes
out when I start singing."
Julie Miller has recorded four Christian albums before
her last two releases on Hightone, Blue Pony in 1997 and
most recently, Broken Things.
Julie Miller' s husband, Buddy, has released 3 records on.
Hightone, the most recent being Cruel Moon. He also plays
guitar with Emmylou Harris' band, the Spyboys. He' s one
of the most sought after talents in Nashville, for good reason.
His voice is wonderful, but his songwriting and musical talent
is, without question, quite impressive. Cruel Moon is full of
great country songs, rockers and ballads, and so much better
than just about anything played on the radio today.
I had heard a couple of songs by Julie and Buddy Miller
before I ever heard them. A number of people have recorded
the Miller' s songs, most notably Suzy Boggus and Garth
Brooks ("Take me Back"), the Dixie Chicks ("Hole in My
Head"), and Brooks and Dunn ("My Love Will Follow
You").
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I could go on for quite some time about the Millers but I
don't have room and I hope you check them out yourself.
Their CDs are pretty readily available around Oklahoma (at
Rainbow Records, Borders and Hastings anyway). I highly
recommend either one of them depending on your tastes, or
both for those with broader tastes. The nice thing is no matter
which of their CDs you buy, you get to hear and experience
the talent of both. I strongly recommend them. Please, turn
off your radio and listen to a couple of people you should be
hearing on the radio.
The Millers rarely perform together but they' re doing a
show in Dallas in April that I hope to be lucky enough to see.
Greg Johnson tried to get them here but unfortunately they
can't come. I'll let you know ifl make it. I'm sure I won't
be able to keep it to myself1
Happy listening!
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FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS UNDER
FIRE IN SEATTLE
Cheri Honkala, Directory of the Kensington Welfare
Rights Union and the National Spokesperson for the Poor
People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, was among
those arrested on November 29, 1999 in Seattle while
protesting the World Trade Organization.
Most of the over 500 cases related to the WTO events
have been thrown out ofcourt, but the District Attorney is still
pursuing Cheri' s case. She was offered a plea bargain with
5 days in jail, a $1000 fine and a two-year gag order
prohibiting her participation or involvement in demonstrations
anywhere in the country.
Cheri has turned down the plea bargain because of the
effort to prevent her from exercising her First Amendment
rights to speak out and is scheduled to stand trial on March
14, 2000 in Seattle.
The Poor People' s Economic Human Rights Campaign
is leading a national letterwriting campaign to encourage the
Seattle District Attorney to drop all charges against Cheri
Honlcala. For information about the campaign, see the
Kensington Welfare Rights Union web site
www.libertynet.org/kwru or call (215) 203-1945 .
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The Voice is offered as an open forum for community discourse.
Articles reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily
those of Her/and Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and
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Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request although a
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costs.
WoRLoMARCH
FAMILY REUNION 2000
FOR WOMEN
The Oklahoma LAMBDA Intercollegiate Coalition will
hold its conference, Family Reunion 2000 --The Millennium
on March 25th at the University of Oklahoma. This conference
is focused on but is not exclusively for youth.
The agenda includes 3 workshop sessions and a keynote
address by Gina Reiss, the Managing Director of GenderPAC.
She also serves as an Executive Committee Member and CoChair of the Federation of Statewide Political Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Organizations and recently was the
Executive Director of the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay
Coalition.
A Pride Prom will conclude conference events. The
registration fee of $15 includes participation in all events and
a conference t-shirt.
The Oklahoma Lambda Intercollegiate Coalition is an
umbrella network of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
groups from Oklahoma schools. More information is available
on the Herland web site (www.herlandsisters.org) and by
email OKolic@hotmail.com or by calling 405-325-4452. Cl
The World March for Women,
a series of women's rights demonstrations demanding end to poverty
and violence against women, begins on International Women's Day,
March 8, 2000. The campaign finale will be an international rally at
World March the United Nations General Assemof \Vomen
bly in New York City on Tuesday,
October 17, the UN International
day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Women in over 13 8 countries are organizing events that
share the demands of an end to poverty and violence against
women. In the United States, the National Organization of
Women is leading the preparations for a march in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 15, 2000. The U.S. march will
focus on domestic political issues including increased funding
for violence prevention and anti-poverty programs as well as
international issues with the planned route will taking marchers past World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on
the way to the White House.
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PRIDE LOGO CONTEST
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Entrants should submit the design on one side of a piece
of fairly heavy paper or poster board and include their name,
address and phone number on the back side of the entry.
Judges (Committee members) will view all entries without
knowledge of the artist's identity. The decision of the judges
will be final.
Entries can be mailed to Pride Network Inc. at P. 0. Box
60296, OKC, OK 73146 or delivered in person to The Center
All entries must be received by March 25, 2000. All entries
become the property of the Pride Committee.
Additional items of business covered at the meeting were
the election of a treasurer; discussion of fundraising ideas and
on expansion of the opening ceremonies to become a much
bigger and more fun event.
The next meeting of Pride Network Incorporated will be
on Monday February 28 at 7:30 P.M .. For more information
call405/524-2131.
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Women's History Quiz
Q. Who is this woman?
Why is her photo particularly
good for decorating your computer screen for Women's History Month?
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processing. Admiral Hopper
made several vital contributions to the development of
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