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URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/sacred-nine-project/
SUMMARY:Sacred Nine Project: The Mending Sampler
DESCRIPTION:FEATURING\nEden Rosenbaum\, soprano\nIsabelle Kosempa\, mezzo-s
 oprano\nCameron Davis\, tenor\nEthan Bunch\, baritone\nC. Leonard Raybon\,
  baritone\n\nThis is a free and in-person event.\n\nSacred Nine Project: M
 ending Sampler\n\nSacred Nine Project is excited to celebrate John Wood Sw
 eet’s\, The Sewing Girl’s Tale\, with a curated vocal concert at The U
 niversity of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill\, where he is Professor of Histo
 ry.\n\n“Cost of courage\,” is Sweet’s turn of phrase. He writes:\n\n
 As a young woman\, Lanah Sawyer had a rare kind of courage.  Only seventee
 n\, a stepchild in a working family\, she was easy to dismiss as a mere 
 “sewing girl.”  Yet\, when an affluent gentleman showed an interest in
  her\, she dared to image that he might really be interested in her.  Viol
 ently\, he dashed that dream—leaving her disoriented\, distressed\, and 
 unmoored.  Then\, she gathered her courage and did what no one else in the
  nation’s biggest city had done in half a century: she charged a gentlem
 an with rape.  Then\, as now\, most survivors of sexual assaults by acquai
 ntances don’t make any official complaint—and for good reason. But Lan
 ah Sawyer refused to be shamed. She refused to be silenced. What followed 
 was a harrowing ordeal—and a remarkable vindication.  THE SEWING GIRL’
 S TALE is the story of this remarkable young woman’s search for justice\
 , her determination to move beyond what had been done to her\, to rebuild 
 her life—to live with the courage of her conviction that she\, too\, was
  someone who mattered.\n\nRaybon is drawing on historical sources\, early 
 American music\, and newly written poetry for the presentation. One histor
 ical source is Report of the Trial of Henry Bedlow for Committing a Rape o
 n Lanah Sawyer\, New York\, 1793\, by William Wyche\; this is a first-hand
  account of the trial. Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (1791) by Susanna
  Rowson\, containing a narrative not unlike the present account\, is a fur
 ther historical writing. Still another early text\, The American Spelling 
 Book (originally published in 1783) by Noah Webster\, offers poetry and pr
 ose that might shed light on the kind of shame-and-gender-based education 
 that a girl like Lanah would have received. A 1794 tune book\, The Harmony
  of Maine (1794)\, compiled by Supply Belcher\, offers inspiration from th
 e Song of Songs\, in which “the voice of my beloved” is seductive\, an
 d in our case\, dangerous. Finally\, Lanah’s story will incite brand new
  verse to honor her and her legacy.\n\n\nPARKING\n\nPlease plan to arrive 
 early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and dir
 ections to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.
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CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,Department of Music,In-person
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LOCATION:Person Recital Hall\, 181 E Cameron Ave\, Chapel Hill\, North Caro
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