[Oe List ...] Very Brief Ferguson Update from Saturday/Sunday 10/4-5: check out Powell Hall Concert demonstration.

[Ellie Stock via OE]

Below are brief Ferguson updates from Saturday and Sunday.  Check out the link to the Powell Hall Concert demonstration.
 
 
Saturday, October 4:  Three Abrahamic traditions today:  Christian Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Jewish Yom Kippur, and Islamic Holy Day Eid al-Adha--the day of Sacrifice at the end of the Hajj Pilgrimage.
 
After returning from a meeting around 9:30pm, we saw on TV that there had been a "flash mob" of about 50 people who staged a demonstration in Powell Hall at the end of the evening concert's intermission just before the orchestra was to begin a Brahms Requiem.  One person stood up and started singing and then others gradually joined the revised spiritual:  "Which side are you on, friends?  Which side are you on?  Justice for Mike Brown friends, justice for us all.  Three banners were hung over the rail from the balcony:  a picture of Michael Brown, "Black Lives Matter" and "Requiem for Michael Brown".  Paper hearts with Requiem for Michael Brown written on them were also thrown over the balcony rail. After about 5 minutes of singing, the protestors, who had paid for their tickets, left, chanting "Black lives matter."  The Requiem banner was left hanging, the other two taken by the singers.  Some members of the audience, orchestra. and concert choir applauded.  Then, after that brief delay, the Brahms Requiem began--with perhaps a new meaning?
 
The demonstration was musical, creative, solemn, coordinated with the requiem theme, peaceful, tasteful, interracial, and didn't interrupt music already in progress.
 
 
Michael Brown Protest Interrupts Orchestra in St. Louis [VIDEO] 
mashable.com/2014/10/05/michael-brown-protest-orchestra/   
7 hours ago ... The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra was getting ready to resume its show on  Saturday night at Powell Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, when ...

Michael Brown supporters interrupt orchestra performance with ... 
thegrio.com/2014/.../michael-brown-supporters-orchestra-flash-mob/   
15 hours ago ... ... slain Missouri teen Michael Brown launched a peaceful protest during a St.  Louis Symphony Orchestra performance at Powell Symphony Hall... ... of Michael Brown on August 9 in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missour


Ferguson protesters interrupt St. Louis Symphony with their ... 
www.dailydot.com/news/ferguson-protesters-st-louis-symphony/   
6 hours ago ... "Justice for Mike Brown is justice for us all." ... Ferguson protesters interrupted a  performance Saturday night at Powell Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. ... According to a  spokesperson for the St. Louis Symphony, the Mike 


Sunday, October 5:  At Sunday Forum, the pastor gave an update on the 10/10-13 Weekend of Resistance. Google: fergusonoctober . She also shared how she and a lawyer helped to get protesters out of jail who had been arrested and double fined by the Ferguson police last Thursday night.  Protesters said they had followed Highway patrol officer Ron Johnson's instructions re where to stand on the sidewalk.  After this incident, the County Police took over protestor security from the Ferguson police.
 
Plant for Peace participants planted 500 trees in the St. Louis area, a peaceful response to Michael Brown's death.

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