WE ARE THE CHILDREN
“Initial concept for ‘We Are The World’ – Harry Belafonte.
Vocalists – many & famous; donated their time & talent.
Words and music – Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie.
Producers – Quincy Jones & Michael Omartian.
Project raised 63 million in humanitarian aid.”
It’s a gorgeous evening!
The huge, sliding doors are open between each of the four sports arenas in a row,
at the NORTH YORK - SENECA COLLEGE CAMPUS.
Hundreds of athletes have flown in from all over the world for a Sports Unity celebration.
Glenda and her band have been hired to perform only ONE SONG.
A thousand hands of brown, black, yellow and white grasp one another in Universal understanding.
Voices sing out with all their heat and energy.
“WE ARE THE WORLD
WE ARE THE CHILDREN”
The beautiful athletes move rhythmically around their seamless oval track
Mesmerized by the music, by each other, by this display of unity
that suddenly feels, somehow, sacred.
The heart knows what the heart knows.
Glenda and her band are standing in clouds of beautiful silver, dry ice wafting around them and up to the sky.
The entire band appears as an angel choir…and, just for those precious moments,
IT FEELS LIKE HEAVEN