[NEohioPAL]FOREVER FREE - Children's Matinee At Stocker Center

Wed Jan 19 09:12:37 PST 2005

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Bring your child or youth group to see one of Lorain County Community
College (LCCC) Stocker Arts Center's Student Matinee Series live
performances on January 24, 2005.

FOREVER FREE: A Story Of The Civil War - The South Carolina Black
Regiment
TheatreworksUSA
Monday, January 24
11:45 AM
Grades 3-9
$4.00/ticket
1 hour

A new musical about the first Black regiment of the Civil War.
Historical figures and events intertwine with new songs and traditional
spirituals to tell this original story of a brave young African-American
boy and his quest for freedom. In 1859, over 400 slaves were sold at
auction and Kofi is separated from his mother and sent to work on a
cotton plantation. As news spreads of the Civil War, Kofi and his friend
Sam escape. Following a perilous journey, the two encounter Colonel
Higginson, who is enlisting slaves for the first regiment of Black
soldiers in the Union Army. Promised freedom upon the war's completion,
Kofi and Sam sign up to fight for liberty, and to reunite Kofi with his
family. There are some in Washington who doubt the Black soldiers'
competency, refusing to allow them to bear arms or wear Union Blue.
However, an African-American teacher, Charlotte Forten, is hired to
teach the soldiers to read and write, and to prepare them for freedom.
Follow the stories of Kofi, Colonel Higginson, and Charlotte Forten as
they fight for liberty, recognition, and education, so that they, and
all future generations, can be forever free.

Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County Community College,
1005 North Abbe Road,
Elyria, Ohio  44035; 440-366-4140 or 800-995-5222, ext. 4140.
Box Office:  440-366-4040 or 440-995-5222, ext. 4040.

Take I-90 to Exit #148 (Rt 254/Sheffield exit), go east on Rt 254 to
Abbe Road, turn
south (right) on Abbe Road and proceed to LCCC on left.  For further
directions see our website at
www.lorainccc.edu

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Bring your child or youth group to see one of Lorain
County Community College (LCCC) Stocker Arts Center's Student Matinee Series
live performances on January 24, 2005.
FOREVER FREE: A Story Of The Civil
War - The South Carolina Black Regiment
 TheatreworksUSA
 Monday, January 24
 11:45 AM
 Grades 3-9
 $4.00/ticket
 1 hour
A new musical about the first Black regiment of
the Civil War. Historical figures and events intertwine with new songs
and traditional spirituals to tell this original story of a brave young
African-American boy and his quest for freedom. In 1859, over 400 slaves
were sold at auction and Kofi is separated from his mother and sent to
work on a cotton plantation. As news spreads of the Civil War, Kofi and
his friend Sam escape. Following a perilous journey, the two encounter
Colonel Higginson, who is enlisting slaves for the first regiment of Black
soldiers in the Union Army. Promised freedom upon the war's completion,
Kofi and Sam sign up to fight for liberty, and to reunite Kofi with his
family. There are some in Washington who doubt the Black soldiers' competency,
refusing to allow them to bear arms or wear Union Blue. However, an African-American
teacher, Charlotte Forten, is hired to teach the soldiers to read and write,
and to prepare them for freedom. Follow the stories of Kofi, Colonel Higginson,
and Charlotte Forten as they fight for liberty, recognition, and education,
so that they, and all future generations, can be forever free.
Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain
County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road,
 Elyria, Ohio  44035; 440-366-4140 or 800-995-5222,
ext. 4140.
 Box Office:  440-366-4040 or 440-995-5222,
ext. 4040.
  
 Take I-90 to Exit #148 (Rt 254/Sheffield exit),
go east on Rt 254 to Abbe Road, turn
 south (right) on Abbe Road and proceed to LCCC
on left.  For further directions see our website at
 www.lorainccc.edu
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