‘The Word’ or ‘The Day Before Valentines’
‘The Word’ or ‘The Day Before Valentines’
‘The Word’ or ‘The Day Before Valentines’
The song starts -
‘Sorry is the word they came to hear. It brought tears to our eyes.’
This was a song that has real meaning for everyone in the project. The fact that Aboriginal Elders, white Australian supporters, members of the Vietnamese community, Indigenous community workers were all working together creating a new song about finally hearing the sorry word is, in itself, very heartening.
You can read the lyrics on our blog at -
http://inalayarningplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/word-or-alternatively-day-before.html
and find some links to youtube movies of the apology here -
http://inalayarningplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/creating-day-before-valentines.html .
Saturday, 1 March 2008
The Parliamentery apology on Wednesday 13th February, 2008 brought tears of sadness and joy to the eyes of many Australians. On Saturday 16th we created a new song.
Thanks to mpesce for the flickr image download.