A 3 day festival to be repeated in 2002 Art by Anique Taylor

Mimi Stern-Wolfe conducts The Good Soldier Schweik Suite by Robert Kurka (1921-1957) as part of The Downtown Chamber & Opera Players War & Peace Concerts slide photography by Anne Stanner slide based on illustrations by Josef Lada of the novel by Joroslav Hasek photography by Alex Hawsley

WAR IS THE DAY
THE CHILDREN ARE BORN
PEACE IS THE DAY THEY DIE,
NEVER HAVING LIVED AT ALL.

"Homeless Children" - final lines
Ilsa Gilbert, poet
from Peace Cry, (orchestra & vocalists)
David Hollister, composer
Downtown Music Productions, 1992

LISTEN HERE, JOE, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT TOMORROW
YOU GOT TO GO OUT YONDER WHERE THE STEEL WINDS BLOW?
LISTEN HERE, KID, IT'S BEEN SAID TOMORROW YOU'LL BE DEAD
OUT THERE WHERE THE RAIN IS LEAD.

"Without Benefit of Declaration"
Langston Hughes
Peace Cry