NEWS AND UPDATES

RADIO
Sunheart has been "burning up the skyways" with lots of radio interviews lately, talking about the new and revised "No Word For Time" from Council Oak Books. He spoke on WXEL in Waterloo, Iowa on April 3rd on Mike Bung's show, then on April 23rd had a lively interview with Dierdre Bryant (of WABC New York) on WRNJ 1510 AM talking about Algonquin secrets of being happier and saner by simplifying our life.

Coming up on Tuesday, May 1st, he'll be doing a one hour interview on KTOX , 10 AM California time, with Cherokee descendant David Hayes and also David Mitchell. The musical meccas of Loftland, and Las Vegas are among their main markets, and KTOX will play excerpts from Sunheart's CD "Long Lost Feeling," its first radio airing. The focus will be on the spiritual life, and he'll discuss reincarnation, and his adventures in Arizona in 1986, plus of course No Word For Time, and what it has to say about reincarnation. (This will be 11 AM Las Vegas time)

Monday May 14th, 2001 he'll be taping an interview with Nancy Beardsley on Voice of America, for later global broadcast. See the Voice of America website for details.

Then on that same evening, at 8 PM Central time, he will be interviewed live on KSTP in St. Paul 1500 AM radio. (9 PM Eastern Standard Time if you have a very good radio. Their range is basically from Wisconsin to Montana and south as far as central Iowa.

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Sunheart is always busy with live performances and lectures, as always. On Tuesday April 17th, he conducted a four hour seminar on "The Way of the Heron" the Mediation Techniques of the Algonquins (with banquet featuring native foods) for 75 professional mediators from all over the Hudson Valley, sponsored by Ulster-Sullivan Mediation Center. He lectured, did over a half hour of lively Q and A, and performed several original songs related to the subject, which received a rousing ovation. In attendance was a Maori from New Zealand, and one or two fellow authors. Follow up workshops are in the planning stages.

On April 20th, Sunheart gave not one but two concerts at the Pequot Museum at the Foxwoods Complex in Connecticut, one vocal and guitar, singing original songs from the Red Road, and one a virtuoso classical guitar performance for a fund raiser banquet sit down dinner, which was recieved with enthusiastic applause by the diners. The concert featured the masterworks from Europe, but with a Native American flair. Sunheart will perform there again in June.

On Friday May 11th, Sunheart will present a lecture at Boughton Place in New Paltz called "Native New Yorkers, the Remarkable Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York," in which he will unveil many "surprises" concerning New York's pre-Columbian history. He will discuss his forthcoming book by the same title, and also present the new edition of No Word For Time. He will use various media presentations to reconstruct Algonquin history back several thousand years. An article in the Woodstock Times will precede it. The talk is free to the public. Those interested call Boughton Place at 691-7578.

On Saturday May 12th, Sunheart will appear in the off-Broadway musical/opera "The Queen of New England" composed by Algonquin rock star Phoebe Legere, starring award-winning Ken Little Hawk, Phoebe herself, Sunheart, and master pianist/cellist/arranger Dave Eggar. The premiere performance of this work based on the real life drama surrounding King Philips War in the Boston area, will take place at Roulette at 278 W Broadway New York City, at 8:30 PM.

On May 19th, Sunheart will perform the premiere of an all new version of the wedding song "Love You Forever" for the wedding of Brian and (soon to be) Lisa Wilkes, with a member of the Sunheart band. Although not open to the public, this is an event which is a great honor for Sunheart. Brian Wilkes, AKA Yona Gadoga, is the subchief of the eastern band Cherokee of the Mid Atlantic States.

Saturday, May 12 -Roulette Foundation
228 W. Broadway, New York City 8:30

The Queen of New England
A Chamber Opera : book, music, lyrics by Phoebe Legere
for Cello, Piano, Harp, Cedar flute, Accordion, Electronica, Bones, Tribal drums, Soprano,Tenor and Baritone. Starring the Composer in the title role, Ken Littlehawk as Massasoit, with Michael Castaldo as Squanto Evan Pritchard as King Wamsutta with Anne Hemenway, Charmaine, Luigi Babe, Two Bear, and Talking Leaves with Multi - Media Palimpsessence by Les Doodle Done Francaise
Utilizing traditional Algonquian songs and 21st century
compositional methods and technology, Legere threads the incantations of
shamen foremothers into experimental operatic dimensions illuminating the life of
Queen Weetamoo, Supreme Warrior Chief of the Pocasset Tribe.
Sung in Wabanaki, Micmac,Massachusett, English and French.
Commissioned by Roulette with support from the New York State Council on the Arts
Part 1: The European Invasion of the Americas: This work utilizes traditional Algonquian songs and poetry to invoke the grandeur and holiness of the pre-colonial Eastern Woodland civilization. . Encircled by ancient symbols, three singers celebrate the clarity and beauty of America's First People. Part 1 covers the period from the arrival of the Mayflower 1620 to the Native Holocaust 1660 ­1676. Also with generous support from the MassachusettLanguage Revival Project
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