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SUMMARY:Village Harmony World Music Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Village Harmony World Music Ensemble \nTuesday\, July 8\, 2025\, at 7 P.M. \nVermont-based Village Harmony\, the remarkable teen world music ensemble\, presents its concert program of the summer. The Teen Ensemble will be led by Patty Cuyler\, Lonnie Norwood and Liam Kantor. These brilliant teen singers come from seven states\, Canada and France. Village Harmony\, a nonprofit umbrella organization based in Vermont\, promotes the study and performance of ethnic singing traditions from around the world. For more than thirty years\, they have organized teen ensembles each summer in New England and ensembles for mixed-age and adult singers in numerous foreign countries. Each Village Harmony ensemble develops its own unique sound with a different team of leaders. All share common traits: a powerful\, natural\, unrestrained vocal sound\, a remarkable variety of vocal styles and timbres appropriate to the ethnic and traditional music\, and a visible\, vibrant community among the singers and audience as they share in a joyful celebration of music. \nAdmission is by donation at the door. For further information\, visit www.villageharmony.org or email villageharmony@gmail.com.
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LOCATION:First Parish in Lexington\, 7 Harrington Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion of The Black Patriots of Lexington: Venus Roe
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day\, aka Quock Walker Day \nQuock Walker was enslaved in Barre\, MA. His 1781 civil lawsuit for battery led to the 1783 criminal case that ended slavery in Massachusetts. Venus Roe was enslaved by Jonas Roe in Lexington. At about three years old\, she was gifted to Smitheren Reed of Woburn District. Venus Roe was emancipated in the wake of the third Quock Walker case\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison. \nJoin the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) and Cary Library for a virtual screening of the Venus Roe episode of the Black Patriots of Lexington YouTube series\, a co-production of ABCL\, LexMedia and Tricons 2 Red Tails. The Black Patriots of Lexington is a nine-part series where Sean D. Osborne has conversations with acclaimed historians\, reenactors and educators to provide insights into 11 Black patriots who played significant roles in the American Revolution. Five of those patriots were active combatants on April 19\, 1775. Three of those soldiers were Lexington residents\, and two were Afro-Indigenous soldiers from Natick who fired on retreating British Regulars near the Lexington Green. \nIn the Venus Roe episode\, public historian Margaret Micholet and curator Stacey Fraser present the unique viewpoint of Venus Roe\, who was an enslaved servant at the home of Smitheren Reed and Captain James Reed of Woburn District (now Burlington). On April 19\, 1775\, the Reed home sheltered John Hancock and Samuel Adams and served as a temporary prison for up to twelve British Regulars. \nA Q&A will follow with Stacey Fraser\, Margaret Micholet and Sean D. Osborne. \nRegistration is required. \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL).
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