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I'll apologize up front for my unabashed admiration for
I am just short of a stalker, interviewing her in 2013 ,here.
Attending concerts of the Grateful Crane,
and lucky to be at some Nomura family events.
Thanks to artist/friend Irene Rafael, I learned of this special event.
Cody Edison’s
telling portrait of Mary Kageyama Nomura
whose gift of song provided
rare solace for the internees
at the Manzanar Internment Camp during the
1940s.
Edison and Nomura sat for a discussion moderated by
Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker
Renee Tajima-Peña (Who
Killed Vincent Chin?, 1987).
The conversation will be followed by a
special performance
by Mary Kagemura Nomura held in the poignant
Ed and Nancy Kienholz’s The Non War
Memorial.
Relaxed and so comfortable in front of the standing room only
crowd, Mary has the most beautiful deep clear voice.
crowd, Mary has the most beautiful deep clear voice.
Unusual for today, Mary sang the verse of the song,
I didn't recognize the song, and then ... wow,
she belted out St. Louis Woman to a rapt audience.
A standing ovation, flowers & an encore!
I can't explain what a treat it was to be there.
And after, a flurry of pictures, family, friends & admirers.
Before I met Mary, I saw Huell Howser's 2003 interview here.
Now a vibrant 91, with 12 grandchildren,
2 great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews & family.
Mary is a singer, talented gardener, cook,
master seamstress (creating Designs by Meri),
beautiful, tall, graceful, smart, energetic ...
legend!
A smile for Friday ...
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