Aunt Tagonist - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( Source: Artist:
Prelude No. 10 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( Source: Artist:
SDPBC Board Reorganization and Meeting 11/20/2019 (with captions)
Thy Will Be Done (Night 1) - A Chasm Under Our Feet
copyright Jim Surkamp
Thy Will Be Done (Night 2) - Shepherdstown, Antietam, and The Bower
Thy Will Be Done (Night 3) - The Homes in Ashes in the Shenandoah
This is the first presentation of three, given in Shepherdstown, WV at the Black Box Art Center, created and using diaries and writings of five families living in or near Jefferson County. The shared events and thoughts are moving, funny and powerful. The story begins in Shepherdstown in August, 1857 - through months and years of strife with the Civil War and continuing past the war to the end of the lives of those we introduce to you, showing the mark of the war years on their souls. It begins ironically and prophetically with a jousting ring tournament in front of Leeland on Route 480 with many participants who will soon be thrown into real battle, and some will die.
Researched and written and directed by Jim Surkamp. Terry Tucker composed, performed and arranged many pieces of relevant music. Her playing informs the dramatic readings of Homer Speaker, Ardyth Gilbertson and Jim Surkamp from these diaries, which have been fashioned into a unique moving overall narrative of some 135,000 words. The last fifteen minutes of the video is a detailed references and image credits section for scholars. This presentation seques right over to the next video call Thy Will Be done (Night 2). Thy Will Be Done (Night 3) will also be added in the next three weeks. We'll keep you posted.
Here is a short video of Terry performing Charlotte's Elliott's Thy Will Be Done from that time. Tippie Boteler plays it on her piano as the family home around her is going up in flames. (in Night 2)
It is entitled Thy Will Be Done capturing the sentiments of many and stated twice explicitly under great crisis by the dying Willie Lee in July. 1861 and later Tippie Boteler. If we call it The Best Civil War Story twice in the video please forgive us. We were all amazed and impressed by the extraordinary writing abilities of so many who also happened to have witnessed and experienced things that are really worth writing about AND whose lives - being friends - interwove, thus giving us a factual intact, compelling narrative. No, not just the figment of some Hollywood producer's addled brain. :)
This is made possible by the generous, community-minded support of American Public University System, headquartered in Charles town, WV (apus.edu). Thy Will Be Done is a factually accurate not enhanced and it is offered to promote a better understanding of our human nature. The sentiments expressed in the narrative in no way reflect the modern-day policies of the University.
Around The World In Eighty Days (A Luke Indran Audiobook)
This is an original reading of Jules Verne's Around The World In Eighty Days.