On Friday evening we traveled to Oxford Friends Meeting to see Spirit Wing, a husband-and-wife duo who perform Native American-inspired music. We've seen the Phoenixville couple perform three times before, but they changed up their show a little this time: Barry Lee added some guitar flourishes, and he and his wife, Barbara Gregg Andrews-Christy, added some more contemporary songs to the mix. Barbara was such a trouper, singing, dancing, playing the flute and bantering despite a scratchy throat that had her reaching for lozenges and her water bottle between each song.
After the show the two, who are active in Native American issues, talked about recent efforts to create a heritage center at the Carlisle Indian School, where thousands of Indian youths were taken between 1879 and 1918 in an effort to erase their own culture and make them fit into mainstream white society. John Sayles is directing a movie, "To Save the Man," about the school; Robert Redford is executive producer and production is set to start next summer. (It won't be shot in Carlisle.)
We'll probably be back at the meetinghouse for Charlie Zahm's annual Christmas show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Doors open at 7 p.m. and -- heads up -- last year the place was packed, so get there early.
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