{"id":635,"date":"2011-01-20T22:07:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T02:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2011-02-18T19:12:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T23:12:19","slug":"freddie%e2%80%99s-13th-huffington-post-blog-01-19-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Freddie\u2019s 13th Huffington Post blog, 01-19-11."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div 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style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I Have a Dream,<\/span> recounts the extraordinary Junior Theater Festival that took place over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend in Atlanta this year. More than 2,000 white, Latin, black, Asian and Middle Eastern children, from 54 US schools, gathered to celebrate and perform together in the most collegial, joyful, loving atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope [Rev. King] was watching from the beyond,&#8221; Freddie wrote, &#8220;this was the dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you feel like it, leave a comment &#8230; there &#8230; or here &#8230; or both!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/freddie-gershon\/i-have-a-dream_1_b_811305.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to see the blog at the <em>Huffington Post<\/em> site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtishowspace.com\/pg\/photos\/owned\/141317\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to see Music Theatre International&#8217;s photo gallery and coverage of event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/multimedia\/gallery\/2057\/?pnum=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to see <em>Playbill&#8217;s<\/em> photo gallery of the event and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/news\/article\/146595-Junior-Theatre-Festival-to-Honor-Jeanine-Tesori-Tom-Schumacher-Baayork-Lee-Kenny-Leon-to-Participate\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see their pre-event article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/firstofdecember.com\/2011\/01\/21\/articles-freddie-gershon-x-i-have-a-dream-huffington-post-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to see how Grammy award winner Bryan-Michael Cox covered the event at his site. (Cox was one of the featured speakers at the event.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheboyganpress.com\/article\/20110217\/SHE04\/102170336\/1097\/Young-Sebastian-Palmer-acts-like-he-is-going-places-in-the-theater\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to read an inspirational article about Sebastian Palmer, 16, who won one of seven Freddie G Outstanding Individual Male Performance awards at the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(To see each image above bigger, click on it; to return here, just hit your browser back button!) Freddie&#8217;s latest Huffington Post blog, entitled I Have a Dream, recounts the extraordinary Junior Theater Festival that took place over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend in Atlanta this year. 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