Crowds Enjoy Pitchfork Music Festival
July 19, 2013
Church Brew Works' craft beer
Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English!
I’m Steve Ember.
On the show today, we play songs from artists who performed at last weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
We also visit an independent craft brewery in Washington DC to learn about the American beer industry.
But first, we hear about a group of military moms who are using music to help others.
A Swingin Singin Group
A singing group that began as a way to help mothers of soldiers deal with the horrors of war is now bringing cheer to civilians and others. The Swingin’ Blue Stars formed just after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Almost 12 years later, the group is still performing.
Christopher Cruise has more.
Cindy Shon started the Swingin’ Blue Stars. She says the group was never meant to be a long-term project. It was supposed to help her stop worrying about her son. He was deployed to Afghanistan after the September 11th attacks against the United States.
Cindy Shon had joined the Blue Star Moms, a support group for women with children in the armed forces. She organized some other women to sing Christmas carols at a nearby hospital for military veterans. Then, they started getting more calls to sing for other former armed forces members.
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