[stylist] Keynote speaker at White Cane

[The Crowd]

I'll have to check it out. I thought this performance rocked.

Robert had a lot of power in this speech and humor and history. So I look 
forward to hearing a different performance of a different person doing Louy.

Atty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Keynote speaker at White Cane


> Jim and others- No, Jerry Whittles performance was written by Jerry. I've
> not gotten a chance to hear it, yet. I am sure my Louis's message is
> different than Jerry's, but we shall see. Soon, in a day or so, I will be
> able to give you a link to go to where you will be able to listen. A 
> second
> link that I will be providing is to a Utube page where a video of Louis
> Braille can be viewed as he gives the speech.
>
> (So the Jerry Whittle version of Louis Braille was a recording? As in, 
> Jerry
> was not there, correct?)
>
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Keynote speaker at White Cane
>
> all right, I have a question,
> at our kansas state convention last weekend, we heard, through the magic 
> of
> the interweb, the recording of I think Jerry Wittle playing Louis Braille.
> same show?  so that was written by our own robert?
>
> excellent job Robert.  some of us, being kansans, were of course poking 
> fun
> at the french accent and that after two hundred years perhaps he could 
> give
> up "zee smokeeng" but don't mind that!
> the story of braille's life was told so well, especially highlighting the
> role of the hand punch  went in both ways.
> jc
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:00 PM 11/15/2009, you wrote:
>>Our own Robert Newman wrote the keynote speech at our white cane
>>banquet last night and it was excellent! The man who performed it did a
>>splendid job and brought the words to life, but the speech itself was
>>moving, humorous, informative and motivating. Everything it should have
>>been.
>>
>>Everyone I spoke to at the banquet was impressed and afterwords one man
>>came to the back table and bought 3 Louis Braille coins, that is how
>>moved he was.
>>
>>I just had to share.
>>
>>Atty
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
>>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:53 PM
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Emailing: mtbm pr 2009
>>
>>
>>>Jim, No, I didn't find the typeO (I even went over it a second time
>>>and ran a spell check, too). So what was the error?
>>>
>>>Oh and what is interesting, is that my Omaha Chapter that I belong too
>>>is also in Douglas county.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Robert Leslie Newman
>>>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>On Behalf Of James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>>Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:01 PM
>>>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>>Subject: [stylist] Emailing: mtbm pr 2009
>>>
>>>meet the blind month  press release.  there is one typo I believe, can
>>>you spot it?
>>>the proclamation is after the press release in the same file.  since
>>>we were including the braille literacy/louis braille issues, some
>>>great language at the beginning of last year's proclamation had to be
>>>cut.  so, I actually prefer the 2008 proclamation to this one.  but,
>>>this one follows the national emphasis.
>>>jc
>>>
>>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>>Lawrence, KS
>>>
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