PRAYER
RIBBONS OFFER VISUAL WITNESS TO SWIM FOR LIFE
Prayer Ribbons. From the lofty ceiling of the Meeting House to the decks of the Boatslip and across Commercial Street, these 6-foot long, inscribed colored ribbons will once again be a dominant visual presence at the Swim for Life weekend. The 20th Annual Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life is set for Saturday, September 8, 2007.
The Prayer Ribbons were initiated in 1993 to provide a visual witness to the swimmers as they crossed the harbor from Long Point to the Boatslip, each swimmer with his or her own personal images, hopes and fears. All are invited to write the name of someone they love and wish to celebrate in their lives, some who may have died from AIDS.The ribbons commemorate the devastation that AIDS has done to our community, but they also challenge us to live our lives more fully and joyfully. They create a visual statement about Provincetown as a community, its contradictions, its conflicts, its possibilities.
Concertgoers at the festive Celebration of Life Concert the night before the Swim will have the opportunity to select one or more colored ribbons and inscribe them with names or messages. These will then be gathered and fastened to a line which will be strung up in the Meeting House for the free concert, produced in association with the Swim by John Thomas.
The Prayer Ribbons will be transported from the Meeting House to the expansive deck of the Boatslip for Saturday's Swim, where the public will once again have the opportunity to participate and add to the display.
Prayer Ribbons. From the lofty ceiling of the Meeting House to the decks of the Boatslip and across Commercial Street, these 6-foot long, inscribed colored ribbons will once again be a dominant visual presence at the Swim for Life weekend. The 20th Annual Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life is set for Saturday, September 8, 2007.
The Prayer Ribbons were initiated in 1993 to provide a visual witness to the swimmers as they crossed the harbor from Long Point to the Boatslip, each swimmer with his or her own personal images, hopes and fears. All are invited to write the name of someone they love and wish to celebrate in their lives, some who may have died from AIDS.The ribbons commemorate the devastation that AIDS has done to our community, but they also challenge us to live our lives more fully and joyfully. They create a visual statement about Provincetown as a community, its contradictions, its conflicts, its possibilities.
Concertgoers at the festive Celebration of Life Concert the night before the Swim will have the opportunity to select one or more colored ribbons and inscribe them with names or messages. These will then be gathered and fastened to a line which will be strung up in the Meeting House for the free concert, produced in association with the Swim by John Thomas.
The Prayer Ribbons will be transported from the Meeting House to the expansive deck of the Boatslip for Saturday's Swim, where the public will once again have the opportunity to participate and add to the display.
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