enlarge 131KB, 800x537 1 Setting up at our home on a baseball field in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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enlarge 140KB, 571x799 4 Tiberio and Heather gear up for entertaining at the Senior Center in Bay St. Louis
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enlarge 82KB, 799x480 7 The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra
| enlarge 67KB, 799x523 8 Faith Petric, at 90, entertains the seniors
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enlarge 97KB, 800x571 10 Hancock County Senior Center in Bay St. Louis, MS
| enlarge 90KB, 800x639 11 Nanda at the senior center "Look at the Tigers" View Comments...
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enlarge 91KB, 567x799 13 Tiberio charms the ladies, of all ages
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| enlarge 126KB, 552x799 17 A crew spent an afternoon cleaning up the yard and garden of Arlene, who ran the Senior Center as a shelter for months after Hurricane Katrina
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enlarge 102KB, 800x537 19 Eben the Mouse takes a splinter out of Mark the Lion\'s foot
| enlarge 111KB, 800x493 20 Our neighbors on the field, City Teams, invited us over for dinner one night. Oliver entertained the group.
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enlarge 61KB, 556x799 22 The group went out to a local bar, recently re-opened, and took to the stage
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enlarge 56KB, 537x800 25 Misha basking in the neon glow
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| enlarge 74KB, 800x537 27 Gathering for a show in Pass Christian, Mississippi - Robin, Mark & Michelle
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enlarge 81KB, 649x800 28 Sound check, with an incredible local gospel singer and Carl, at God\'s Katrina Kitchen
| enlarge 82KB, 439x799 29 Setting up amid the distribution center stocks at God\'s Katrina Kitchen
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enlarge 78KB, 537x800 31 Karl relaxes before the show
| enlarge 90KB, 800x537 32 The band parades through the lunch tent to entertain and advertise the free show
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enlarge 93KB, 800x537 34 Tim leads the parade by the port-o-potty cleaning truck
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enlarge 74KB, 799x589 37 The finale to Petra\'s tap-dance act
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enlarge 61KB, 799x482 40 Nanda
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| enlarge 66KB, 800x537 42 Pass Christian\'s Wal-Mart, like everything else, was destroyed by the hurricane and flooding
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enlarge 109KB, 649x800 43 8 months after Hurrican Katrina, wreckage is still everywhere
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| enlarge 90KB, 800x537 45 Gabe relaxes in the green room for our next show, at a school in Waveland, Mississippi
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enlarge 75KB, 800x612 46 The band gathers in the hall
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 47 Opening the show, as usual, the FIKMCB/O cram into the classroom
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enlarge 70KB, 800x531 49 Noodlini looks for volunteers
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 50 Paul MCs the show
| enlarge 115KB, 800x721 51 Joey Pipia confuses the kids
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enlarge 96KB, 800x537 52 Petra tap dances
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 53 Dusty Rodz and her handsome cowboy teach the kids how to yodel
| enlarge 94KB, 800x537 54 Nanda manages to go two-high in the tiny room
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enlarge 95KB, 800x537 55 Joan and Ray in the green room
| enlarge 92KB, 800x537 56 Dancing with the kids after the show
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enlarge 77KB, 525x800 58 Tiberio, Joannie, and our contact for the Head Start school group
| enlarge 131KB, 800x537 59 An informational panel from the Department of Environmental Emergency Tree Protection details how to help trees recover from storm damage
| enlarge 100KB, 800x537 60 A broken house on the beachfront of Bay St. Louis. This former showplace house had yet to receive any insurance money
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enlarge 134KB, 800x537 61 Another beachfront house in Bay St. Louis
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| enlarge 84KB, 800x515 63 Bay St. Louis\' church lost its steeple. The board\'s message, "He is risen," refers to the recent Easter holiday.
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enlarge 116KB, 800x537 64 The band rehearses at our baseball field home. Photographer John Fago was also along on the tour
| enlarge 78KB, 569x800 65 Erin mixes it up as we cook dinner for 300 at Common Ground, in New Orleans\' Ninth ward
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enlarge 114KB, 562x800 70 Rod wheeling tools back in after a hot day of gutting houses
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| enlarge 92KB, 800x537 72 Cici melting in the extreme heat of the day
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enlarge 98KB, 800x537 73 In a ruined neighborhood with hardly any residents, an ice cream truck is a welcome surprise
| enlarge 95KB, 800x537 74 The group enjoys cold treats and tries to beat the heat
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enlarge 87KB, 800x537 79 A ten-course meal for the Common Ground volunteers and community
| enlarge 100KB, 719x800 80 Mark Ettinger accompanies Faith Petric
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enlarge 114KB, 800x660 82 Haute Trash Fashion shows off the shower curtain and tent Utilikilts
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enlarge 109KB, 800x537 85 Artis brings the crowd to its feet
| enlarge 107KB, 800x537 86 Chautauquans who spent the day gutting houses created a tool band
| enlarge 73KB, 799x470 87 The crowd wouldn\'t stop dancing, and the band wouldn\'t stop playing, so we spilled out into the street
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enlarge 93KB, 800x666 88 The New Chumleighland March, a FIOK standard
| enlarge 87KB, 800x599 89 Our next show at Emergency Communities, in St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans
| enlarge 77KB, 800x537 90 Community members line up for lunch at Emergency Communities\' Made with Love Cafe in St Bernard Parish
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enlarge 85KB, 800x537 91 Heather getting ready for the show in Michelle\'s van
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enlarge 107KB, 800x537 94 Parading through the outdoor lunch tent
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enlarge 104KB, 800x574 97 Harry Levine leads Emergency Communities to his tune "FEMA"
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enlarge 80KB, 549x800 100 Paul Magid, as MC, expresses the groups appreciation to the Oregon Country Fair for their donation
| enlarge 95KB, 615x800 101 Robin Worley, aka Rayonna Visqueen, hosts the Haute Trash Fashion Show
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enlarge 102KB, 800x537 103 Kevin Murphy recites the Alphabet Poem
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| enlarge 104KB, 799x547 107 The Flying Karamazov Brothers close the EC show
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enlarge 101KB, 633x800 109 Doug Wieselman on bari Sax, with Sasha on drums.
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enlarge 96KB, 800x537 112 Spoonmen compare techniques
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enlarge 98KB, 800x537 115 The Chautauqua gang
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enlarge 128KB, 800x677 118 They clean up real nice, oui?
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enlarge 75KB, 800x537 124 Dinner in the French Quarter after the parade
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enlarge 119KB, 800x537 127 Band rehearsal in the bleachers
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enlarge 95KB, 551x799 130 Never too little to learn how to juggle
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enlarge 167KB, 799x597 133 The Noodlinis at the show for the Bay St. Louis community
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enlarge 85KB, 800x490 136 Magical Mystical Michael
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enlarge 75KB, 667x800 139 Bay St. Louis was truly "A Place Apart" even 8 months after Katrina
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| enlarge 150KB, 800x553 141 Even the sherrif\'s house was wiped away by the hurricane
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enlarge 132KB, 800x537 142 All that\'s left of what was once a grand beachfront home are the driveway posts
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enlarge 97KB, 799x615 145 Faith gets everyone singing at the closing circle
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enlarge 101KB, 800x537 148 Heather shares her farewell thoughts
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enlarge 84KB, 800x625 151 Heather and Faith nap in the back of the bus
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| enlarge 135KB, 621x800 153 The last show of the tour, at Howlin\' Wolf in New Orleans, in conjunction with the Dialysis community
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enlarge 99KB, 800x615 154 Ray with Heather, our contact for the dialysis group
| enlarge 84KB, 800x537 155 The Fighting Instruments of Karma open the Howlin\' Wolf show
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enlarge 61KB, 506x800 157 Noodlinis
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enlarge 78KB, 514x800 160 Tasche in Haute Trash
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enlarge 51KB, 471x799 163 Artis
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enlarge 57KB, 578x800 166 Alexei Karamazov combines juggling with drumming
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| enlarge 84KB, 799x540 171 The battered town of Waveland, Mississippi
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| enlarge 113KB, 800x537 173 "Who da thunk? Just another manic Monday" August 29th, 2005
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