ON WINGS OF SONG is a poignant and compelling documentary about the work of
music therapist Deborah Salmon. Filmed in the Palliative Care Unit of
Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital, this film portrays the unique role of
music therapy in the care of terminally ill patients and their families.
"Music," says Deborah, "creates a sacred space in which we can together
explore what is meaningful."
ON WINGS OF SONG was directed by Garry Beitel and produced by Barry Lazar.
ON WINGS OF SONG was first shown Saturday Feb. 26 at 4 PM at the Cinématheque
Québécoise, 335 boul de Maisonneuve est. (corner St. Denis) as part of Les
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, an annual festival of the best of the past
year's Quebec cinema productions. We hope that you can join us for this
deeply moving film.
From: blazar@babylon.montreal.qc.ca (Barry Lazar)
Reply-To:blazar@babylon.montreal.qc.ca
Date: 30 Jan 1998 03:02:16 GMT
Organization: Babylon, Montreal, Canada
Notes for Wednesday Night #830 Jan 28, 1998
The night was dark. The room was full. The wine was thick and red. The
Commodore rang the gong and this is what he said: Watch that screen, don't
be serene. Life's Cabaret is dead. The debt's sky-high. And tell me why,
"there's bimbos all over the web."
"Look at mine," he pined. "It's good and cheap and works just like 'twas
planned. While M. I. W.'s set us back a hundred and fifty grand. Playboy's
got 50 thousand hits, I tell you this is true." Hiz Honnor looked up from his
glass and said "How many came from you?"
Then the discussion ran from chair to chair on the virtues of e-male and
whether the Lewinsky lass had a hand in what entailed.
The wind did shift and the topic came about and we turned to Cardinal errors
and a clerical redoubt. A gentleman from Savannah offered for us to hear.
"Well, it seems to me that, like the south, there's a clash of cultures
here." The party parted on partition, and an authoritative Suit spoke
supremely from the back. "The court is going to be moot." Then a prof proffed
this comment, slightly circular. "Some aren't pleased with the decision, and,
well, the others are."
We digressed to blah and blah and things I cannot quote.
(Someone else was taking notes. I know not what he wrote.)
There's something about "what the ice storm did" and a "U.S. bill" to get
Hydro on the grid.
Finally the guest of honour spoke to us from his heart. He was Garylous and
eloquent and, by God, was he smart. He spoke of climate change and ecology
and the benefits of technology and he gave insight to the corporate fight and
put it all in a brand new light. And no one else did talk until the Commodore
yelled "shoot the tree huggers" and then no one did stop.
And as the clock struck midnight we heard the siren song. "Blame it on the
media. The media is wrong."
Oh the night was dark. The room was full. The wine was thick and red. There
was so much to comment on, so much more left unsaid. So many tales, I cannot
tell which ones to believe. We will not know 'till the gong is struck again,
next Wednesday eve.
by Barry Lazar
Passport's Guide to Ethnic Montreal : A Complete Guide to the Many Faces
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