1 DVD, 1 flier - Excerpts from 1 st Annual Hokie Nation Rock Benefit - (V00028)

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1 Series: Condolence Series Subseries: Videos, DVDs, CDs, Slide Shows, Web Sites CONTENTS LIST Box Folder Contents th Down Sports Grill, Mechanicsville VA, May 12, DVD, 1 flier - Excerpts from 1 st Annual Hokie Nation Rock Benefit - (V00028) Notes: Bands at the benefit included Monkey Fist, Hedley Lamar, Rukus, Stompin Ground, Aces Hygh, 4 Play Berklee College of Music, Berklee Remembers VT, Boston MA, April 19, DVD, 1 letter Memorial Service- (V00030) Notes: Musical performances, personal reflections, and poetry; approximately 40 minutes; Bossier Parish Community College, Virginia Tech Memorial at Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City LA, VHS - (V00003) Notes: No sound, approximately 1 minute, students sending well wishes; see C A Boston University, Boston MA, April 26, CD with images of memorial vigil (F00122) Brewton City Schools Choral Group, Brewton AL, April 24, DVD, 1 letter T. R. Miller High School spring concert with choral performance of You Raise Me Up with reading from Psalms - (V00014) Notes: Approximately 5: Cave Spring High School, We Remember Virginia Tech, Roanoke VA, April,

2 1 DVD, 1 note - Slide show of campus photos set to music and Nikki Giovanni s convocation speech - (V00022) Notes: DVD made by Matthew Walker, history teacher at Cave Spring High School, and student, Greg Mackey, was shown to the school on April 24, 2007 during their academic ceremony; Cave Springs' version includes slide shows of students in Virginia Tech colors; approximately 4:52 and 6:05; Cobb, Sharon, In Memory of Virginia Tech, Nashville TN, 2007, April 16, DVD ( 2007), 2 copies of a letter - Prayer service with country music performances held by Senator John Edwards - (V00013) Notes: Performers include Del McCoury Band, Rodney Crowell (MC and singing), Chely Wright, Vince Gill, Ashley Judd, John Edwards; everyone on stage singing Amazing Grace, with names of those killed fading in and out of this last performance: approximately 40:50; Community Baptist School, We Are United, Reidsville NC, April 20, DVD - School play, religious in nature; no mention of Virginia Tech - (V00010) Deep Run High School, Virginia Tech Tribute, Glen Allen VA, CD, 1 letter - Slide show of campus and victims photographs with President Bush news conference excerpt from April 16, (V00023) Notes: Patricia Lyons, English 10 and Journalism and Photojournalism teacher; approximately 1:47; Donaldson, Tate, Thomas County Central High School, Thomasville GA, DVD, 1 letter - Slide show of campus photographs and other tributes - (V00009) Notes: Tate Donaldson is in the broadcast and video department at Thomas County Central High School; approximately 4:41; 127

3 Florida International University, Virginia Tech Tribute, Miami FL, April DVD-R, I letter, 1 card Tribute from students in the Introduction to Acting/Directing for TV/Film class (V00040) Notes: Letter from Phillip M. Church, associate professor, Department of Theatre Gardner, Lynel, Stories I Never Told My Father, Campbell CA, DVD-R, 1 brochure - (V00011) Notes: One-man show about his life experiences; no mention of Virginia Tech Grand Canyon Community College, With Our Prayers, Phoenix AZ, DVCAM videotape - Unable to access at this time - (V00007) A Grove Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond VA, April 22, DVD, Working Through It, 1 note (V00043) Notes: Dr. Mark Becton; church attended by Rachel Elizabeth Hill; Sunday service put a blessing over the rings [presumably class rings of victims]; unauthorized duplication prohibited; Itawamba Community College, Fulton MS, May 7, DVD, 1 letter from President David C. Cole - Video of prayer service and tree dedication - (V00018) Notes: Video of prayer service and dogwood tree dedication approximately 18:20; see Books of Condolences Sub-Series Lil G Films, A Time for Healing, Summerville SC, June 6, DVD, 1 note, 1 business card - Slide show of campus photographs set to R. Kelly s tribute song Rise Up - (V00008) Notes: Approximately 5:41; for viewing purposes only, no copies Mater Dei High School, Sending Support through Scraps of Paper, Santa Ana CA,

4 1 DVD - Slide show of images from campus during the week of the shooting with video and slide show of their scrap of paper project and banner signing - (V00025) Notes: Approximately 4 minutes Messenger, Virginia s Pain, South Paris ME, DVD - Original song with slide show of pictures of Virginia Tech during the week of April 16, (A00071) Notes: See letter and CD, Love & Hate, Box 283, Folder 4; A Morris, Margaret, April 16 th : Student Perspective, Blacksburg VA, c CD-R (V00046) Notes: Includes interviews, web pages, designed as a web site New York Yankees, Bronx NY, May 21, DVD - Unable to access at this time, formatting problem - (V00020) Northwestern University, Evanston IL, April 27, DVD, 1 letter - Community members sending messages to Virginia Tech - (V00006) Notes: Letter from University Chaplin Timothy S. Stevens; approximately 3:26; A Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK, April 20, DVD (2 copies), 1 letter (V00041) Notes: DVD of April 20, 2007 ORU prayer for Virginia Tech from chapel service Patrick Henry High School, Ashland VA, May 10, DVD-R, 1 letter, 1 original poem - (V00027) Notes: Letter from Principal Paul Vecchione; DVD of signing banner and interviews with students and staff; approximately 10:47 129

5 284 19A Penn State, unknown location, CD with Nittany Lion Virginia Tech images (T00129) Perry, Darryl, A Journey of Remembrance, Miliani HI, DVD - Slide show of victims set to relaxing music with scenic views of Hawaii - (V00019) Notes: Approximately 9: A Peterson, Cheryl, Chesapeake Middle School, MD, CD with slide show of portraits of victims drawn by Cheryl Peterson (V00029) Philadelphia University, Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil, Philadelphia PA, May 14, Rascal Flatts, May 15, DVD, 1 letter, 1 program - Prayer vigil and banner signing with well wishes from students and faculty - (V00021) Notes: Letter from University President James P. Gallagher; vigil on April 19, 2007; 32:50; 1 DVD 42 nd Academy of Country Music Awards performance of He Ain t the Leaving Kind, dedicated to the victims of Virginia Tech - (V00026) Rice, Tony, Cary NC, April 17 and 18, CD, 1 letter - Slide show of newspaper front pages - (V00024) Notes: Slide show of the front pages of newspapers from about the world for April 17 and 18, Savannah College of Art & Design, Today We Are All Hokies, Savannah GA, April DVD (4 copies), 1 letter - Images of campus with personal reflections from students and staff regarding their feelings about Virginia Tech, some from Virginia or with connections to Virginia Tech - (V00012, V00017, V00039, V00044) 130

6 Notes: Nicole Aguilar and Dustin Berry; see also Handcrafted and Photograph Sub-Series; approximately 6: City of Sedalia, Sedalia MO, April 26, VHS of prayer service for Virginia Tech, 3 cards, 6 letters and notes, fliers, song lyrics, newsletter - (V00001) Notes: Approximately 1:07: Stillwell, Elaine E., Helping Your Heart through Grief, Rockville Center NY, November DVD, 1 letter - Grief Counseling materials - (V00002) Notes: DVD of an upbeat bereavement seminar from November 2006; 65 minutes; no mention of Virginia Tech; see Book Sub- Series for book, The Death of a Child, and magazine, Grief Digest, sent; Sumner Middle School, One Wish, Sumner WA, DVD, 1 handmade card - Student Choir performing One Wish - (V00015) Notes: Approximately 1: Tarquino, Ben, The Spirit of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, DVD-R - Displays in Squires Student Center and around Campus, dedication of memorial on the drill field - (V00032) Toms, Eddy, Tribute, Bedford VA, April 23, CD-RW slide show, 1 letter (V00038) University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gospel 101: Go Dominate! Birmingham AL, November 19, DVD (2 copies) of University of Alabama Gospel Choir performance of Nothing Goes Unnoticed ( 2007), original composition by director Kevin Paul Turner; lead vocals by Sam Hunt, UAB quarterback. Copy of letter and lyrics included (A00070) 131

7 Notes: See CD in Box 283, Folder University of the Free State, Memorial Service, Free State, South Africa, April DVD, 1CD, 1 letter - Prayer service held in honor of the victims for the Virginia Tech Exchange students studying there - (V00005) Notes: Includes comments by the Virginia Tech exchange students, candle lighting, slide show, and singing; approximately 56:31; University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil, Austin TX, April 23, DVD (2 copies) - Candlelight vigil held in honor of Virginia Tech, they mention their own shooting, ends with playing Virginia Tech Alma Mater on bell tower bells - (T00102) Notes: The University of Texas Tower was darkened April 16-23, 2007 in honor of all Virginia Tech Hokies whose lives were impacted by the tragedy of April 16, 2007; approximately 17:50; Virginia Tech Convocation, April 17, 2007, Blacksburg VA 1 DVD (1 copy) (V00037) Virginia Tech Graduate School Commencement Ceremony, May 11, 2007, Blacksburg VA 1 DVD (1 copy) (V00036) Notes: 151 minutes Virginia Tech Memorial Slideshow, Blacksburg VA 1 DVD (1 copy) (V00034) Virginia Tech University Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, May 11, 2007, Blacksburg VA 1 DVD (1 copy) (V00035) Notes: 114 minutes Virginia Tech Video Tribute, Blacksburg VA 1 DVD (2 copy) (V00033) 132

8 284 39A Wallace, Elizabeth, Trabuco CA, CD with images of the commissioned set of pastel portraits she did of the 32 victims (V00045) Notes: This set of portraits was commissioned by President Charles W. Steger. The original set was sent by the artist to the individual families of the victims Ward, Tyler, Tribute to VT, Greeley CO, CD, 1 letter - Slide show to original song, from University of North Colorado student; permission to make copies - (V00031) A WeSupportVT.com, Charlottesville VA, April 27, CD with signatures, statistics, browsable site (C02521) Notes: See correspondence in Box 345: Williamsburg Middle School, Arlington VA, May DVD, 1 letter - Well wishes from students - (V00016) Notes: Approximately 4:40 133