Celebration of Brian Picone
Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:00 PM EST
Mason Statue
Mason will hold a Celebration of Brian Picone this Thursday, November 5th, 2009 beginning at 7pm at the Mason statue with a candle lit walk, followed by a multi-faceted celebratory gathering at 7:30pm in the SUB I Patriots Lounge. ALL are welcome; we hope that many who knew and were touched by Brian will participate – it is our hope the event will include as many voices as possible.
The event will be in Open Mic style – and we imagine it will include a mix of media, voices, storytelling, music, performances, testimonials, and creative responses of any kind that reflect or give expression to Brian’s presence in our lives, at Mason, and beyond. Brian was active in so many, many organizations, programs, projects, as well as classes, and we want to invite colleagues, friends, professors, family, everyone from all aspects of Brian’s life, to come forward and participate.
Ways you can share in the celebration: first, come as you are, come with all of your textures, flair, emotions, memories, and aspirations! Come to listen, come to watch, come to lend your greatness to this community celebration in honoring and celebrating Brian and his life with all of his passion, compassion, truth-telling, brilliance, humor and joy.
We are also looking for several (3-4) emcees to serve as hosts for the evening. We're excited that Ryan Allen/Reann Ballslee has agreed to be one of the co-hosts, and we invite several students to join Ryan/Reann as emcees. If you are interested in being an emcee, contact us at wmst@gmu.edu and we will contact you in return.
We invite you to plan to share at the Mic – and this includes all spoken word forms and multimedia forms – tell us if you have any special tech needs at wmst@gmu.edu and we will contact you.
There will also be ample opportunity to participate at the Mic spontaneously – no need to let us know – just come!
This Celebration of Brian Picone is being planned by a group of individuals and offices from around the Mason community. Please direct any questions or additional suggestions to Ric Chollar at rchollar@gmu.edu or Lisa Snyder at lsnyder2@gmu.edu.
Thanks everybody!! See you Thursday evening!!
