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Thread #77626 Message #1385959
Posted By: freda underhill
23-Jan-05 - 07:30 AM
Thread Name: Stories about Paul Robeson
Subject: RE: BS: Stories about Paul Robeson
hi Hilda
Paul Robeson sang at the Sydney Opera House in November 1960. He was invited there by the builders working on the site (the Building Workers Industrial Union - BWIU). They said they wanted him to be the first person to sing in the Opera House, so he sang under the skeletal roof that was up, to the building workers. They gave him a hard hat with "PAUL" printed on it, and he put it on and sang Joe Hill and other songs. sydney opera house
fred
ps i used to work for the BWIU in the late 80s as a cartoonist/illustrator for their newspaper!