My friend Susan has a bumper sticker on her car that says "I'm straight. I'm married. I support gay rights." She is a member of Nashville in Harmony. Nashville in Harmony is a choir addressing GLBT-ITT issues in the community, (www.nashvilleinharmony.org).
Tonight I attended their concert at Blair, at Vanderbilt. I sat with my friend Kara from school. When they sang the Charlie Brown Christmas song I told Kara that I was about to cry! I recall watching it with Gracie, years ago. And just then a mobile Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Tree traveled across the front of the stage, and my nostalgia was comforted by laughter.
My roots are a mix of New York, Washington-DC, and California, and despite my bizarre experiences of travel in Montana and abroad, moving to Nashville was a surprise to me for numerous reasons. I was primarily, (and continue to be), shocked by the silenced voices of so many, here. People who are from here seem to notice this but accept this better than I do. One silenced voice is that of the gay community, - a very suppressed voice in the south.
Nashville in Harmony is a place for these voices. And the voices are amazing!! Nashville in Harmony shows that there are many ways to use one's voice.
Here is one of the songs they sang tonight:
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