The year was 1993.  I arrived in a small Central Michigan Town after driving two days in the rain.  I had caught a cold and was feeling quite sick.  After a long wait in line, I made it through the check-in process at the Michigan’s Women’s Music Festival.   This was my first Mich Fest experience.  A kindly soul hauled my gear and helped me set up my tent.  Fever and sniffles aside, I feel into a deep and seemingly dreamless sleep.  My mission to go to Michigan for the festival was clear.  There were black women drumming there and I wanted to meet them.

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 Funeral Services are being held today for Denver’s legendary story teller, Opalonga Pugh at 11:00 at Zion Baptist Church, 933 East 24th Street, Denver, CO 80205.   We gather to bless her family and friends in this time of loss.  We  honor all that was, all that she is and becoming.   A new ancestor rises  to teach us. With loving hearts we bless the rest of the story! Peace-Dragon Head Music.

 
_{A contemporary choreography  of Sonsornet presented for the song.  More traditional arrangement below.}

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Here is a way to help women in Africa who have experienced female mutilation.  The surgical technique can restore full functioning of the clitoris.  Amazing what modern science can do!