We had time to kill once we got to Savannah so we drove out to Tybee Island to meet with the world famous Chito Lapena for lunch. After filling our empty stomachs with homemade food from our hosts the night before we decided to head to the beach for much needed leisure time. Once at the beach we frolicked and strategized about our Savannah show. There was a lot of excitement because we got a front page story in the Savannah Morning News and Christina had done an interview the was aired on NPR that morning in Savannah and Atlanta.
Once we got to our venue in Savannah, The Sentient Bean, we were immediately asked by local affiliates for ABC & FOX news for interviews. We of course made sure that the boots were in the background. Later, after we got everything set up the local affiliate for NBC showed up to interview us. Click here for footage of one of Tim's interviews.
There were a lot of powerful reactions from those who came to see the boots. We had one young woman, who heard about the exhibit while listening to a local country station, show up with a photograph of her brother. She took time to walk amongst the boots until she found the pair with her brother's name. She placed the picture of her brother next to his boots, saying that she wanted to make sure that he stood out while we did this tour. We had a veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq spend time with us. He described his experience in Iraq and encouraged us to continue our work to bring the troops home. He said he admired our convictions. Click here for footage of setting up boots in Savannah.
Witt played a 40 minute set to the back drop of Sara’s photography on a huge screen courtesy of Chito’s projector. After the show we headed over to the Metro coffee shop to enjoy the much hyped vegan peanut butter soy shakes, Mmmmmm. Chito surprised us by paying for our treats before we pushed off into the night toward our next stop……St. Simons Island!
Tim Franzen
Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition
Photos by Sara Hopkins
1 comment:
The "world famous" Dr. Chito Lapena has been sighted on Tybee !
He's always up to something !
Hooray for the media in Savannah, the Sentent Bean, and the folks with the State of Hope Tour.
As Nancy Sinatra said, "these boots are made for walkin'" and I'll add they were also made for LIVE soldier's legs !
SUPPORT THE TROOPS. Bring 'em Home. Now !
LET THE VETO STAND ! It is so obvious that DEMS are making a "Show".... Don't play us ! Not one more cent for Bush and his mucked up war.
LET THE VETO STAND ! And let George go stand in the corner !
Cathy
GlynnPeace
www.glynnpeace.org
Brunswick, GEORGIA
GEORGIA -- "A State of Mind"
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