On Saturday, a very special honorary
event took place at the James Cox Auditorium on the UT campus. A
contingent of Korean War veterans was honored and feted for their
distinguished service. The ceremony included a presentation of medals
to the veterans by Korean General SeungWoo Choi, a sword dance, a fan dance, some martial arts demonstrations, and a performance by a traditional Korean orchestra.
Resident Conductor James Fellenbaum led
a small orchestra, which included past and present KSO members and
KSO Youth Orchestra Manager Kathy Hart's Suzuki Hart Strings in a
performance of the Armed Forces Salute,
heard recently at the 4th
of July concert. As each
branch of the service had its respective march played, veterans of
those branches stood and were recognized with applause.
You
learn something every day. What I learned, through reading the
News-Sentinel item, is
that our own Eunsoon Corliss, (assistant principal violist), is
vice-president of the Knoxville Area Korean Association! She was
quoted extensively at the end of the article, and her beautiful words
made it plain that this event-- and these veterans-- meant the world
to her. She is also responsible for these fabulous pictures of the
dancers and of little Kiri, Fellenbaum (daughter of Jim and Sarah), who had the distinct thrill of meeting the fan dancers and their fans...
So beautiful, colorful and and precise...
Who is that behind the fan??
It's Kiri!!
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