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Homer's Drama Debate and Forensics Team met in Anchorage to perform "Le Bête Hommes" in the mime category. Written by Joanna and the team - Clinton Edminster, Bailey Richards and Kevin Beeker. They swept second place in the finals. [Downoadable avi file]

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      Jessica asks the timeless question.
Does the light go out when the refrigerator door closes? (.avi file, requires download in order to play through Windows Media Player)

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A night at the Homestead Restaurant
Jamie Sutton sings "You Go - And I'm Gonna Stay" (And I'll catcha back at Kachemak Bay)

Commentary by the singer/songwriter

I wrote the lyrics for a gathering of talented people to which I was
introduced by Marty Zeller.  I had been thinking about a song about "the end
of the road" but it wasn't until the "hook" of "Catch ya' back at
Kachemak-Bay" came into my mind that I thought I had anything to really work
with.  The tune is a take off on an old Horry Belafonte classic and that
lead to the theme set in the first verse about the Caribbean.

I have often described Homer to friends as having a view that is "peak,
glacier, peak, glacier, etc.  The rest of the ideas in the song are just the
funny things that, I should think, come to mind for many.

I had planned to teach the chorus to the "audience" in the show with Marty,
but folks seemed to naturally respond with a reply to "You Go", so why not
go with it?  And the last line is a natural to sing together.  I would be
delighted to have the folks of Homer learn it and sing it.  

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All the best.

Jamie

Alaska's Flag
Written by Marie Drake
Composed by Elinor Dusenbury

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.