Come to the Mountain of Peace!

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The Mountain of Peace

A Musical Exploring the Roots of Violence and the Challenge of Peace

Sunday, September 30; 7pm

Lazzara Hall, Fine Arts Center, University of North Florida

OPENING EVENT of PEACE AWARENESS WEEK

THIS is a FREE EVENT open to all !!

Don't miss this entertaining and inspiring multi-media musical production,

featuring an intergenerational and intercultural cast of local singers, actors

and dancers from UNF and the surrounding Jacksonville community.

This is a community event you won't want to miss, so bring friends and family!

The Mountain of Peace" is a full-length musical that conveys the story of five international

families living in various parts of the world, each of whom loses as loved one to the

ravages of war. These experiences lead the groups into seeking solutions at a peace

summit upon The Mountain of Peace. Through dance, song, and drama, they convey

their pain, their joys, and the difficult process of healing that leads to inner peace,

a prerequisite to outer peace.

The music of Frances Key and Cyrille Verdeaux powerfully enhances this dramatic and

inspiring story, as local singers and actors lend their talents to convey this vitally

important message to our community.

Songs and script written by Frances Key
Frances is a local songwriter, scriptwriter and teacher, founder of the Raymond and

Crystal Key Humanitarian Initiative and The International Peace Performers.

Directed by Jeremie Cook (Jeremie is an award-winning director and actor from Jacksonville)

Dance Choreography by Wendy Sugalski
(Wendy is a dance instructor at Let's Dance Studio and a graduate of Douglas Anderson

School of the Arts)

For more info, see:

http://www.unf.edu/thefloridacenter/CTSymposium/peace_week.htm

VIDEO CLIPS of Select Songs in the Production:

They are Different
Oh Africa!
Flag of the Living Stars

For anyone living close to Northern Florida, this is a magnificent musical production; and admission IS FREE!! Please consider rewarding yourself and viewing this important theatre event in the beautiful main concert hall on the UNF campus in Jacksonville, FL.

Below are the lyrics to a song ("As Above, So Below) from this musical that presents the central theme and thesis of the production: the inter-connectedness of all life (a very Buddhist concept, I might mention):

As Above, So Below

It's said to be a mystery,

But evidence abounds,

In ethereal and material,

All principles are found.

Why wonder what's beyond-

Life's mirrors tell the tale...

Upon the earth are manifest,

The very things we work with here!

This connection gives direction,

To all who seek to know,

It's expansion that brings attraction,

Whether near, whether far,

Energy does flow.

As above, so below,

(Child questions) From them to us, from us to them?

(Answer) There's no "us" and "them- we're One!

Some are the hands, some are the feet, some are the eyes and ears,

So does the work get done.

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

Inspiration brings new action,

Like atoms following the rule of eight,

Everybody's looking to unite with those, who stimulate their mind and souls,

To bond with those who generate the same (vibration)

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

We link, and link, and link, and link,

The spectrum do we cover,

Degreed awareness is what we are,

Building upon each other.

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

Wait a moment, let me see...

It's starting to be clear;

We're all reflections of each other,

So there is no there nor here, no here nor there?

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

Exactly- see, it's not that strange!

Our thoughts like rivers flow,

We send out intentions through all dimensions,

And focus makes them grow.

Focus makes them grow!

As above, so below,

(Reflect, protect, direct, collect, connect!)

As above, so below,

(Contemplate, illuminate, elevate, initiate, radiate,

Incubate, reciprocate, In this way we all create!)

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

As above, so below,

As above, so below.

It's really simple, don't you see?

Love's the highest energy,

On Compassion wings it flies,

'Cross the veil of Space and Time.

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Come to the Mountain of Peace!