Tuesday February 20, 2018
Terrapin Crossroads – backyard firepit
San Rafael, California
All Children Are Our Children: A Candelight Vigil
with Phil Lesh, by the fire in the backyard at Terrapin Crossroads
Musical performance by Phil Lesh, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Scott Law, Ross James
https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandAction/
The evening air was chilly in Beach Park, Terrapin Crossroads backyard space, as we gathered around the fire pit, to share in our grief and our rage over the recent school shootings in Parkland Florida.
Phil Lesh somberly began…
All children are our children. That’s kind of an idea that speaks to the deepest level of our common humanity, so in a sense, we’re all responsible for our children, as it should be. Almost 400 years ago, a poet wrote, “No man is an island entire of itself.” In that same poem, he said, “Every man’s death diminished me, because I am involved in mankind”–as we’re all involved in mankind, as a wave is involved with the ocean. We’re still all God’s children. If every man’s death diminishes us, what can we say about the murdering of a child? [Note: John Donne “No Man Is an Island” written in 1624]
Two representatives from the local Marin chapter of Moms Demand Action spoke about how they are working for sensible and safer gun policies intended to reduce gun violence.
The Parkland 17 – their names and pictures, and a few details about who they were as people, were shared by Phil – their pictures then passed around the circle, as the vigil grieved this senseless loss of precious life.
Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Scott Beigel, 35
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jaime Guttenberg, 14
Christopher Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
Joaquin Oliver, 17
Alaina Petty, 14
Meadow Pollack, 18
Carmen Schentrup, 16
Peter Wang, 15
Helena Ramsay, 17
Alexander Schachter, 14
Phil was then joined by Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Scott Law, Ross James, and an acoustic set of campfire music followed. Lyric sheets had been passed out earlier in the evening, and the vigil sang along.
Setlist
Imagine
Teach Your Children Well
Down To The River To Pray
We Shall Overcome
The Times They Are A Changin’
Amazing Grace
Blowin’ In The Wind
Ripple
Video by Deadheadland Films
From the Terrapin Crossroads event page:
Join us at Terrapin as we gather in Beach Park to honor the 17 victims who died in this latest horrific mass school shooting. We will gather by the campfire at sunset, Phil Lesh will speak followed by a representative from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, after a moment of silence Phil will be joined by friends for acoustic music by the campfire. * All ages, please dress warmly, and bring your own candles with a safe way to hold them.
Here are a few more videos of just the songs from Grid Life TV
Amazing Grace
Blowin In The Wind
Ripple:
