2009 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONCERT AND SLIDE SHOW
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DIANA BRAITHWAITE AND CHRIS WHITELEY
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WONDERFUL PROUD SONGS AND STORIES OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EARLY BLACK SETTLERS IN CANADA
A 50 minute concert suitable for grades 3 – 8. * Performance can be adapted for high school level students.
Songs. slides and dialogue are utilized to tell the story of the history of the Underground Railroad and early black settlers in Southern Ontario.
Songs performed include: Sugar and Gold (original) Children Go Where I send Thee (traditional), Let My People Go (spiritual)
• FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. How the Underground Railroad worked. Codes and songs. Descriptive songs and adventurous stories.
• FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR
Some who helped along the way – conductors, abolitionists, safe havens. People working together. Human rights and compassion.
• EARLY LIFE OF BLACK SETTLERS IN CANADA – A new life in Canada. The importance of education. Children’s social activities, family industries, farming and social life. Musical instruments and songs.
• DESCENDANTS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TODAY: Proud stories. Diana tells her personal story. The route her family took to escape to Canada through the Underground Railroad where they settled in Waterloo County near to Lake Huron.
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QUOTES
“Soul for the heart and the head…” Derek Andrews, Harbourfront
“Whiteley has written music for television… Sesame Street and the National Film Board…succeeds here with a variety of approaches”
The Globe and Mail - Canada
“ Diana Braithwaite sounds like Odetta and Nina Simone…”
Toronto Blues Society
FOR BOOKING INFO CONTACT (IN CANADA)
dianabraithwaite@yahoo.ca
416-857-4951
Or Chris Whiteley
hycmusic@
REVIEWS
Hi, there!
We just had a brilliant concert here at Queen Vic, honouring Black History Month called "The Underground Railroad" presented by Chris Whiteley (formerly a Mariposa in the Schools musician, jazz and blues artist) and Diana Braithwaite (jazz and blues artist, author), who are both brilliant musicians and composers. Their music is a mixture of original songs as well as some traditional spirituals and their message is inspiring and uplifting.
The concert ends with Diana sharing her personal story about her family's roots, where she tells how her family came to Canada via The Underground Railroad. It is an amazing story!
We had Diana and Chris perform for our students in Grades 2 to 6. The children, as well as staff, loved their concert. If you are looking for a concert for your school, this one is well worth while! Their message is timely at any time of the school year.
Milica O'Brien, Teacher Librarian
ESL Teacher, Arts Chair
Queen Victoria P.S. Route SW
100 Close Avenue
Toronto M6K 3V3
416-393-9200
FAX 416-393-9205
e-mail: milica.o'brien@tel.tdsb.on.ca
REVIEW
We just had a wonderful performance of the Underground Railroad presented by Chris Whiteley and Diana Braithwaite.
They presented the history of the underground railroad through story and song for our grade 5 students.
It was wonderful and I highly recommend them.
If you're looking to book someone for Black History Month, they would be my choice!
Enjoy,
Anastasia
Anastasia Vlassopoulos
Teacher-Librarian, Crescent Town Public School
4 Massey Square
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
416-396-2340
Fax: 416-396-2903
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“Diana Braithwaite is a national treasure. Her blues goes back to the land where blues began”
Radio Host - Danny Marks, Jazz fm.91
Diana Braithwaite is an award winning writer and vocalist who has researched and created historical plays, music, and films about Canadian and African-American history. A fourth generation Canadian whose descendants came to Canada through the Underground Railroad, Diana uses song and the spoken word to take audiences
on the journey her ancestors made from the Southern United States to Canada.
Chris Whiteley is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who brings a wealth of experience to the workshop.
A Maple Blues Award winner, Whiteley has performed with many of the greats in the field of blues, including Blind John Davis and John Lee Hooker. As a member of the Mariposa in the schools program since the early 1970’s, he has worked with students in workshops using various forms of traditional blues instruments including guitar, harmonica, spoons, washboard, and washtub bass. Electrofi-Records released the collaborative classic blues CD- Morning Sun with Braithwaite and Whiteley in 2006.
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