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Faith groups organize concert described as historic - battles teen suicide, domestic violence and racism - raises money for nation’s oldest Native American battered woman’s shelter in South Dakota
(Custer, South Dakota) - While some South Dakota whites will always be bitter about the Wounded Knee standoff over three decades ago, a Native American national newspaper reporter says a recent benefit concert was a step toward healing race relations while raising money to fight an alarming increase in domestic violence and teen suicide on the Lakota Rosebud Reservation.
Michigan and South Dakota musicians preformed at the August 12, 2007 concert to help heal racial tension between whites and Native Americans while battling an alarming rise in domestic violence and teen suicide on the Lakota Rosebud Reservation.
South Dakota residents and Black Hills visitors opened their hearts and wallets during the Sunday evening free benefit concert for the country's first and oldest Native American…

Northern Michigan family string band White Water perform their unique style of folk music on Sunday (August 12, 2007) at the Custer Lutheran fellowship Church in Custer, SD during a free benefit concert for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS).
The public donated about $1,000 to battle the teen suicide emergency and rising domestic violence at the Lakota Sioux Rosebud reservation in Mission, SD.
Pictured left to right are White Water members Dean Premo (far right); wife, Bette (far left) Premo and their children, Laurel and Evan.
The Premos of Amasa, MI and have been performing as a family stringband for over 20 years.
The WBCWS has served the Rosebud reservation for 30 years by providing domestic violence services for all women and children including non-Native Americans.
(Photo by Javier H. Alegree, WBCWS Public Relations Specialist; Media and Education)

Hundreds of people spent a Sunday night in mid-July 2007 at the debut of the Boreal Chamber Symphony in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for a wide-ranging concert to protect Lake Superior.
It was standing room only for the Lake Superior Day (July 15) debut of the Boreal Chamber Symphony in Marquette, Michigan in a concert to benefit the largest, deepest and coldest of the Great Lakes.
The concert was sponsored by the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Cedar Tree Institute and honored the Earth Keeper Initiative that the two Marquette non-profit organizations founded in 2004.
Conductor Craig Randal Johnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota (pictured in photo) led 20 professional classical musicians from around the Midwest in a concert of numerous moods including a special piece commissioned for the event entitled "Fall Storm on Lake Superior."
Nearly 400 people attended the free three-hour concert Sunday night that raised thousands of dollars for the Lake Superior Defense…

Hundreds of people spent their Sunday night at the debut of the Boreal Chamber Symphony in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a wide-ranging classical music concert to protect Lake Superior.
The Lake Superior Day free concert was a benefit for numerous projects involving the immense Superior watershed.
The orchestra received several encores and a standing ovation.
Earth Keeper volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson reports all the donations go to the Lake Superior Defense fund.
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It was standing room only for the Lake Superior Day debut of the Boreal Chamber Symphony in Marquette, Michigan in a concert to benefit the largest, deepest and coldest of the Great Lakes.
The concert was sponsored by the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Cedar Tree Institute and honored the Earth Keeper Initiative that the two Marquette non-profit organizations founded in 2004.
Conductor Craig Randal Johnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota led 20 professional classical musicians from around the Midwest in a concert of…

A gaggle of laughing teens (not pictured) tempt a gaggles of gulls with their lunch in Marquette, Michigan along the Lake Superior shore.
But it's illegal to feed the birds, so the teens did not toss their PB&J scraps to the gulls.
Tourists who don't know the law, often feed the seagulls that are always looking for a easy meal - sometimes flying too close to cars and people for comfort.
Don't forget that this Sunday, July 15, 2007 is Lake Superior Day.
You can fly up to Marquette for a free, dramatic and unique classical concert to benefit Lake Superior protection projects. About 20 musicians and a dancer from around the Midwest have formed the Boreal Chamber Symphony just for the event that begins at 7 p.m. Sunday at Upfront & Company in Marquette.
The orchestra's debut includes new music commissioned for the concert plus percussionists will use driftwood, sand, water and rocks from…

Vivid lightening struck around 5:30 a.m. July 8, 2007 thunderstorms rolled across Lake Superior and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with heavy rain and hail.
It was the third hail storm in Marquette County since a six-day blizzard during the first week of April 2007 dumped 5 feet of snow across northern Michigan.
Protecting Lake Superior is the goal of a free benefit concert on Sunday July 15, 2007 that promises to be as dramatic as today's storm.
Midwest classical musicians created the Boreal Chamber Symphony to protect Lake Superior.
The Boreal orchestra debuts in Marquette, Michigan on the international Lake Superior Day.
Donations go to Lake Superior Defense Fund.
Sponsors are the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Cedar Tree Institute, Marquette non-profits that founded the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative in 2004.
The Earth Keepers have recycled or properly disposed of over 370 tons of household poisons on past three Earth Day weekends.
For more information contact the concert co-sponsors:…

Around 5:30 a.m. July 8, 2007 thunderstorms rolled across Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with vivid lightening, heavy rain and hail.
It was the third hail storm in Marquette County since a six-day blizzard during the first week of April 2007 dumped 5 feet of snow across northern Michigan.
Protecting Lake Superior is the goal of a free benefit concert on Sunday July 15, 2007 that promises to be as dramatic as today's storm.
Midwest classical musicians created the Boreal Chamber Symphony to protect Lake Superior.
The Boreal orchestra debuts in Marquette, Michigan on the international Lake Superior Day.
Donations go to Lake Superior Defense Fund.
Sponsors are the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Cedar Tree Institute, Marquette non-profits that founded the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative in 2004.
The Earth Keepers have recycled or properly disposed of over 370 tons of household poisons on past three Earth Day weekends.
For more information contact the concert…

Lake Superior benefit concert will be dramatic as today’s severe storms over the big lake.
Around 5:30 this morning (July 8, 2007) a series of severe thunderstorms rolled across Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with vivid lightening and later hail.
This is natural sound from the storm, followed by slow motion.
Then some even slower motion and photos of lightening with natural sound of the thunder.
Finally a brief hail storm dropped pea-sized ice about 7:15 a.m.
It was the third hail storm in Marquette County since a six-day blizzard during the first week of April 2007 dumped 5 feet of snow across northern Michigan.
Protecting Lake Superior is the goal of a free benefit concert on Sunday July 15 that promises to be as dramatic as today's storm.
Midwest classical musicians have just formed the Boreal Chamber Symphony to protect Lake Superior.
The Boreal orchestra will makes its debut in Marquette on July 15…

Lake Superior benefit concert will be dramatic as today’s severe storms over the big lake.
Around 5:30 this morning (July 8, 2007) a series of severe thunderstorms rolled across Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with vivid lightening and later hail.
This is natural sound from the storm, followed by slow motion.
Then some even slower motion and photos of lightening with natural sound of the thunder.
Finally a brief hail storm dropped pea-sized ice about 7:15 a.m.
It was the third hail storm in Marquette County since a six-day blizzard during the first week of April 2007 dumped 5 feet of snow across northern Michigan.
Protecting Lake Superior is the goal of a free benefit concert on Sunday July 15 that promises to be as dramatic as today's storm.
Midwest classical musicians have just formed the Boreal Chamber Symphony to protect Lake Superior.
The Boreal orchestra will makes its debut in Marquette on July 15…

Today’s U.P. thunderstorms as dramatic as Lake Superior benefit concert July 15, 2007.
Extremely close lightening disrupts my digital camera during severe thunderstorms that came ashore around 5:30 this morning (July 8, 2007) while rolling across Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with heavy rain and hail.
Third hail storm in Marquette County since a six-day blizzard during the first week of April 2007 dumped 5 feet of snow across northern Michigan.
Protecting Lake Superior is the goal of a free benefit concert on Sunday July 15 that promises to be as dramatic as today's storm.
Midwest classical musicians have just formed the Boreal Chamber Symphony to protect Lake Superior.
The Boreal orchestra will makes its debut in Marquette on July 15 (international Lake Superior Day) using sand, rocks, driftwood, water from the big lake to make music.
Donations go to Lake Superior Defense Fund and will be used to continue ongoing projects that…