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| Karen Dalton, It Hurts Me Too |
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Greenwich Village folk singer (and big Dylan
influence) Karen Dalton performing her version of
"It Hurts Me Too", originally made popular by
Elmore James. From a French documentary filmed in
NYC, 1969.
This footage and more is now available as the
bonus DVD that comes with most of the Karen Dalton
reissues by Megaphone Music. Check for them on
Amazon.
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Affichage : 121881
Durée : 185 s |
| Karen Dalton, God Bless the Child |
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Greenwich Village folk singer (and big Dylan
influence) Karen Dalton performing her version of
Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child". From a
French documentary filmed in NYC, 1969.
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Affichage : 63034
Durée : 74 s |
| 10 year old intellect, Dalton Sherman's keynote speech |
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Dalton Sherman of Dallas, TX as the keynote
speaker at the Dallas Independent School District
launch of the new school year. For more
information, please visit
http://www.dallasisd.org/.
Dallas fifth-grader Dalton Sherman earning fans,
fame as a figure of speeches
12:28 AM CDT on Saturday, August 23, 2008
By KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH / The Dallas Morning News
kunmuth@dallasnews.com
Thousands of Dallas teachers are talking about the
little boy with the big voice who wowed them
earlier this week at a big beginning-of-school pep
rally at American Airlines Center.
Who is this kid?, they wondered.
At 10, Dalton Sherman is a speech-making pro.
Since winning a big oratory competition in Dallas
last January, hes performed at numerous churches
and events all over Dallas. He even opened an
event for famed poet Maya Angelou.
He has the it factor, said Dawn Blair, Daltons
godmother. Like Tiger has it, Obama has it. You
cant put your finger on it.
And since his Wednesday speech, which left many
teachers cheering and others in tears, his family
has been inundated by phone calls and e-mails.
A talkative kid, Dalton bounces up and down on a
couch in his familys home talking about his craft.
His parents call it his gift.
I try to shake and move when Im getting ready to
go on, Dalton says, while demonstrating his
movements. I walk out there and Im like here it
comes—no turning back now. Then I just begin.
Dalton is a fifth-grader at Charles Rice Learning
Center. His family lives down the street from
Kimball High School in southern Dallas in a neat
ranch house filled with photos. His brother
Demosthenes, 13, is an aspiring astronaut and his
sister, Deasure Crawford, 22, an accountant.
Dalton is an A student, plays basketball and is a
blue belt in karate. His favorite books are The
Magic Tree House series. He won his first oratory
competition in the first grade. His family
describes him as energetic and competitive. His
motto is Im in it to win it.
Talking in front of 17,000 people at American
Airlines Center was his biggest event yet. The
applause motivated him, especially when he
gestured and gave shout-outs to different
neighborhoods, like Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove,
telling teachers to help children no matter where
theyre from.
When I hear them cheering, its like, oh yeah,
theyre feeling me, he said.
Then there came the end.
I felt drained. I kept shaking. Thats what happens
after every speech, Dalton said.
His dad, Carlos, was impressed.
He rocked the house. Im super-proud, he said.
Dalton turns to his dad. You cried? he asked.
Yeah, I cried. Daddy cries too, Mr. Sherman said,
hugging his son.
Daltons speech was directed toward teachers.
We need you, he told them. They played a big role
in preparing him for his big performance. Both his
oratory coach from school, Irene Redmond, a
fourth-grade teacher, and mother Donna Sherman, a
DISD fifth-grade teacher, coached him all summer
in preparation for his performance. They focus on
proper diction and pronunciation of words.
Ms. Redmond said she immediately recognized his
big vocabulary when she began coaching him, and he
worked hard in response.
He lives to please you, she said. He feels
disappointed when he doesnt.
I hope that I touch a lot of people, Dalton added.
School district officials contacted the family
last May about giving the convocation speech for
teachers. Dallas ISD officials wrote it.
In June, he memorized the words. Then he practiced
giving the speech up to three times a week at his
familys church, Concord Missionary Baptist. His
mother and Ms. Redmond stood in the balcony as he
practiced his movements and the built-in pauses to
punctuate the text.
Mrs. Sherman uses a worn book of her grandfathers,
Natural Drills in Expression, published in 1909,
to coach her son on pronunciation.
Demonstrating, she reads a sentence. Dalton
repeats it— to dare, to do, to die. He loves the
book.
Dalton wants to be a news anchor someday, but hes
got even bigger plans.
Maybe after that, Ill try to be president, he
says. I want to be the next Obama.
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Affichage : 11584
Durée : 536 s |
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