On March 19 of this year, I joined in at a peace rally and march in downtown Chicago. At the rally, I briefly met a woman who was handing out CD's of one of her songs. I asked her for permission to share it with you.
She cheerfully gave that permission.
From that, I created the slideshow "Empty Boots." The woman, Carol Williams wrote to tell me that she liked the results, and offered to send me more CD's.
As I listened to the song "Look What They Did to Our Country," I saw a slideshow in my mind. Join me over the jump to see if I achieved it.
Besides this slideshow, I created another on Saturday. The song is about her daughter, and celebrates the diversity of America. The song is "My Little American."
I put together this slideshow mostly using photos I grabbed online. But I want to re-create it with pictures you provide. Carol is going to send photos of her Little American - won't you send some of yours - your kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews? I want a beautiful video filled with diversity - and your Little American will help it become that.
Here is My Little American in its yet-to-be-updated form - and thank you to the Kossacks who provided photos for this version, or who have sent photos since I put this together.
Finally, Empty Boots. Well. When I went to see Eyes Wide Open on Memorial Day weekend last year, it struck me deeply, and I took many photos (shock, huh?) I used those photos to create the slideshow for Carol's haunting song about the same event.
I hope you enjoy these. If you do, please take a second to rate them or add a comment. (There are lots of views, but not so many ratings! I may have more in the future - and will definitely share the Kossack-filled (I HOPE!) version of "My Little American."
