00:13:55 Melissa: Hello, everyone! 00:14:33 Malik Gillani: Malik @ Chicago! 00:14:45 Brooke Allen: Hello everyone!!! Brooke from Idaho!!! 00:14:58 WANDA Crews: Hi from Wanda in Chicago 00:14:58 Brielle Stark: Brie from Indiana! 00:15:07 Alie Chandler: Hello from Ossia Music Therapy in NC! 00:15:12 Elizabeth Black: Hi everyone, Elizabeth from Vermont here, and soon Mom will join me 00:15:13 Cintia Chmia Torrecillas: hello from Spain! 00:15:13 Rebecca Galey: Hello from Houston, Texas. 00:15:15 Mary Lemke: mary from Toronto, canada 00:15:16 Michelle Humphrey: Hi y’all from Chicago 00:15:32 Guest Guest: Hello from Toronto 00:15:34 Ilana Bortinger: Hi! Ilana from Boston, MA 00:15:34 Sherry Lovellette: sherry from Aphasia Gathering 00:15:38 Scott Cannon: Denver 00:15:43 Guest Guest: John & Ann Dingman from Voices of Hope For Aphasia in Florida 00:15:45 Tommy Talton: Hello from Patricia Talton in Marietts, Ga. 00:15:49 Karen: Karen from New Mexico 00:15:49 Junius Mason: rick From vA 00:15:59 Virginia Ullrich-Serna: Seattle 00:15:59 Jean Fisher: Jean from San Diego 00:16:04 Karna Davila: Hi. From New Jersey. 00:16:11 Melissa: Welcome to our watch party, USC! Check out their program: https://web.asph.sc.edu/aphasia/ 00:16:26 mark brodie: Hi from Mark in Indianola, Iowa 00:16:36 Melissa: Welcome to our watch party, USC! Check out their program: https://web.asph.sc.edu/aphasia/ 00:17:02 Melissa: Welcome to Night of Aphasia Arts! 00:17:08 Jennifer Hurley: Jennifer from Boston 💕 00:17:34 Brielle Stark: hello USC friends! 00:17:40 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Bravo to the NAA! So excited to see what's ahead! 00:18:53 Melissa: This is the gallery: https://www.aphasia.org/night-of-aphasia-arts/ (pw: noaa). The password to enter the gallery is "noaa," all lowercase. We encourage you to go there after the performances so you can take your time looking through the galleries. The art will be up for the next few weeks, and the password will be removed tomorrow. 00:19:06 James Staten: I got my masters degree at UCS 00:19:48 Guest Guest: Hello! From Albuquerque, NM! 00:20:52 Brooke Allen: Mark you are awesome!!! Thank you for all you do my friend!!! 00:21:17 Michelle Humphrey: Jennifer Hurley in Boston - are you the one in Aphasia Nation with me (Stroke Mom)? 00:21:19 Melissa: I knew when I saw this that we needed to kick off the night with it. Love the energy. 00:21:42 Carol Dow-Richards: Bravo Mark! 👏🏻 00:22:01 Sierra Alexander: Such a great beat! 00:22:01 Melissa: Doreen wins with the emoji :-) 00:22:05 Guest Guest: Great job Mark 👏 00:22:08 James Staten: I wish there was a way to beat my Aphasia 00:22:10 Junius Mason: 🙏🏽 00:22:16 Roberta Brooks: Mark thanks for all you do to Get the Word Out. Way to go, Mark! 00:22:39 Brooke Allen: 👏 00:22:55 Jessie Kohn: 👏 00:23:00 Tommy Talton: Thank you, Mark! 00:23:07 Alie Chandler: Awesome job, Mark! Rock on!! 00:23:20 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Fantastic performance! 00:23:48 Edward Albrecht: Thank you Mark 00:23:52 Lynette Taylor: Thank you! 00:24:26 Sierra Alexander: WOW!!!!!!!! 00:24:44 Melissa: I am so amazed by the creative ways people use Zoom to come together to create art 00:24:50 Ted Larkin: Great job, Mark !! Thanks for an uplifting start. 00:24:52 Sierra Alexander: The baritone singer has a gorgeous tone! Lovely! 00:25:19 Brooke Allen: Beautiful!! love this! 00:25:25 Alie Chandler: wow this is great!! 00:27:07 Karna Davila: The choir is singing beautifully! 00:27:08 Steve Brantley: Beautiful! Is there Closed caption on this Zoom meeting? 00:27:36 Douglas De Ment: Wow! 00:28:14 Carol Dow-Richards: “There will come a time” - so inspiring. Hope there is a time in our lives that aphasia awareness is common. ❤️ 👏🏻👏🏻 So moving! 00:28:15 Melissa: So beautiful 00:28:33 Tommy Talton: Very beautiful! thanks you guys! 00:28:46 Guest Guest: thank you everyone! honored to be part of this. ❤️ Gillian from Sing Aphasia 00:28:56 Kim F. -: ❤️ 00:28:58 Scott Cannon: couldn't hear 00:29:03 Steven Parker: Thank You! 00:29:16 Ted Larkin: WOW !!! Moving. And the harmonies, amazing. Thank you for what must have been a lot of practice together. Well done. Super well done. 00:29:19 Elizabeth Black: Just lovely! I enjoyed the kitty cat too 00:29:40 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Sing Aphasia is an awesome choir! Bravo all! 00:29:54 Barbara Kessler: Thank you to Darlene, Chad, Melissa and all our colleagues at the National Aphasia Association for your hard work in arranging this. Very inspiring to us all to continue to live active, fulfilling lives. Barbara & Steve Kessler 00:31:03 Melissa: I love how every movement is different. Unique to the person. 00:32:22 Jennifer Hurley: Love this!!! 00:32:43 Carol Dow-Richards: This is a free class every Tuesday. Our teacher is in Poland and she is watching with us now too…and it’s 1:20 AM! Kasia, our teacher is amazing! 00:33:00 Melissa: Thank you, Kasia, for staying up! 00:33:03 Guest Guest: Lovely!! 00:33:04 Roberta Brooks: Beautiful! 00:33:31 Elizabeth Black: Hi Carol Dow Richards, how does one sign up for this group? 00:33:43 Suzy Johnson: Awesome! 00:33:47 Brooke Allen: awesome!!! 00:33:52 Carol Dow-Richards: It’s posted on our Facebook Group every week. We meet every Tuesday at 2 EST. 00:34:04 Sierra Alexander: Teaching across oceans! So wonderful! 00:34:06 Ann Beaver: Wonderful! 00:34:07 Steven Parker: Wow! 00:34:20 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: So incredibly moving and creative 00:34:20 Elizabeth Black: Thank you, Carol. It was wonderful. 00:34:51 Katarzyna Ustowska-Gmerek: Thank you so much! And hello from Poland! 00:34:56 Barbara Kessler: Communications isn’t limited to words. Use all of our senses including our facial expressions. 00:35:11 Melissa: The password is noaa 00:35:12 Ted Larkin: Very special to watch the interpretations and the smiles on faces and grace in movement by each participant. 00:35:39 Kim F. -: Good job! 00:35:59 Melissa: You are strong! 00:36:31 Sierra Alexander: My heart! 00:36:34 Elizabeth Black: very nice. how fortunate you have the support of family 00:36:43 Ann Beaver: Snaps all around 00:36:43 Brooke Allen: 👏 00:37:01 Guest Guest: Great Job!!! 00:37:01 Ted Larkin: Words that connect us all, Aphasia or not. Thank you. 00:37:01 Elizabeth Black: poetry is "emotion recollected in tranquility." 00:37:04 Elizabeth Black: Wordsworth 00:37:10 Junius Mason: 🙏🏽 00:38:37 Brooke Allen: ☺️ 00:38:50 Melissa: Beautiful 00:38:56 Elizabeth Black: beautifully spoken 00:39:28 Melissa: Here is the book: https://www.aphasia.org/aphasia-resources/goddess-aphasia-a-stroke-survivor-and-his-dual-muse-by-shai-anbar/ 00:39:35 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Hermoso. Gracias 00:40:03 Melissa: This is Anna singing, too! 00:40:32 Ted Larkin: Depth and beauty. Multi-talented musician and, yes, beautifully written and performed. 00:41:41 Guest Guest: Wow 00:42:00 Brooke Allen: Beautiful!!! 00:42:04 Ted Larkin: This is all amazing. Thank you for sharing your art. 00:42:22 Guest Guest: Awesome! 00:42:31 Martina Beverly: Please can you post the link to the art postings? 00:43:05 Melissa: Thank you supporting our arts initiatives with donation in honor of Night of Aphasia Arts: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 00:44:29 Farailda Belliard: Wow 00:44:57 Robert Dickinson: 👏 00:45:31 Sierra Alexander: Instant joy! 00:45:35 Melissa: This is so much fun! 00:45:37 Sierra Alexander: Such a wonderful idea! 00:45:51 Brooke Allen: love this!!! Awesome!!! 00:45:53 Melissa: Great job, Adler Bunch 00:46:05 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Now that is a smile maker!! Yay Adler!! 00:46:16 Carol Dow-Richards: Love the “Adler Bunch!” What fun!!! Creative folks! 👏🏻 00:46:26 Guest Guest: 😄 00:46:37 Guest Guest: Fun!! 00:46:38 Barbara Kessler: Let’s all support NAA’s efforts to feature and encourage the beautiful and creative art by people with aphasia. By so doing, we our the cheerleaders for these wonderful artists. Barbara & Steve 00:46:52 Martina Beverly: Please can you post the link to the posting of the art 00:47:07 Ted Larkin: Loved the joy and humor. Brady bunch never seemed near as interesting and enjoyable. Thank you, folks. 00:47:26 Kevin Duckworth: Wonderful. Go Adler Center. Love it. 00:47:42 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Muy divertido!!😅💜 00:49:07 Melissa: You sound so good! 00:50:02 Farailda Belliard: Doc 00:50:43 Farailda Belliard: ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 00:50:49 Elizabeth Black: having the words was nice, and I was singing along. Thank you for this nice experience 00:51:15 Brooke Allen: 😊 00:51:33 Whitney Cobas: ❤️ 00:51:42 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 😍 00:51:48 Alie Chandler: Lovely re-write!! 00:51:51 Ted Larkin: Inspiring . . . Words, insight and courage for us all. 00:52:00 Roberta Brooks: Love the message and your spiriT 00:52:10 Guest Guest: Aphasia works, inspired! 00:53:22 Guest Guest: 👏🏼 00:55:14 Brooke Allen: Sherry you rock!!!! 00:55:20 Melissa: We will never underestimate you. This is wonderful 00:56:39 Guest Guest: Brava! 00:56:40 Elizabeth Black: An inspiration to remain rock solid in adversity and remain unbroken, unbowed. Love the rhythms. 00:56:43 Guest Guest: bravo 00:56:53 Rebecca Galey: Awesome Sherry! 00:56:54 Brielle Stark: 👏👏 00:56:55 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: wowww 00:56:58 Brielle Stark: amazing, Sherry! 00:56:59 Guest Guest: I loved that song and thought about Aphasia when I first heard it ❤️ 00:57:01 Roberta Brooks: Brava,Sherry! 00:57:04 Junius Mason: wow 00:57:04 Guest Guest: wow! 00:57:04 Guest Guest: Bravo Sherry 00:57:04 Kim F. -: ☺️ 00:57:07 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Sherry, what a beautiful performance! 00:57:11 Farailda Belliard: wow 🤩 00:57:15 Brielle Stark: Wonderful performance, Sherry! 00:57:22 Douglas De Ment: Wow! 00:57:30 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Graciassss🤩 00:57:34 Carol Dow-Richards: Sherry is a leader and has a caring heart too! ❤️ 00:57:34 Karna Davila: Sherry, that was amazing! 00:57:36 Guest Guest: I’m speechless! 00:58:04 Ted Larkin: Thank you. It would be good to have the words to "Speechless." beautifully written and read. 00:58:23 Tommy Talton: Sherry, such an inspired, beautiful poem. Thank you so much from my wife, Patricia Talton. 00:58:46 Katarzyna Ustowska-Gmerek: Wonderful performance. Very inspiring. Thank you Sherry! 00:59:19 Melissa: This should have been in the movie - so much fun 01:02:34 Sharon Braden: Great job!! I love this. 01:02:45 Brooke Allen: Great movie great performance you guys rock! 01:02:57 Angie Maier: Love this MnCAN Drama Club!! 01:03:04 Farailda Belliard: I love i t 01:04:24 Matt Tamason: I am Matt Tamason. I moved to Tucson! 01:04:46 Elizabeth Black: Next stop Hollywood, y'all! An entertaining interlude. 01:04:52 Carol Dow-Richards: Go McCAN! This is a wonderful project. 🎬 01:05:08 Guest Guest: such a fun project! 01:05:16 Melinda Corwin: This was hilarious! Thank you for sharing!! 01:05:45 Matt Tamason: Funny! 01:05:56 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Muchas gracias!! Fun!!😍 01:06:28 Ted Larkin: Pretty funny. Clever, well done, and interesting choice of scene. Thanks, all. 01:06:30 James Staten: Sure would be lice if anything helped up overcome Aphasia 01:08:37 Melissa: It sounds great! 01:09:07 Brooke Allen: Wow ! 01:09:25 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: So proud of the Aphasia Tones!! 01:09:40 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 01:10:01 Farailda Belliard: 😊😊😊😊😊😊 01:10:06 Kim F. -: ☺️ 01:11:07 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Those summer nights!!!!! 01:11:07 Michelle Humphrey: amazing 01:11:15 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 👏👏👏👏👏👏😍 01:11:15 Ilana Bortinger: Love the leather jackets! Beautifully done. 01:11:17 Elizabeth Black: Such a good sound 01:11:18 Melinda Corwin: AWESOME! Loved this! 01:11:26 Guest Guest: so fun!! 01:11:39 Guest Guest: I love it! 01:11:40 Roberta Brooks: Way to go, Aphasia Tones! 01:11:51 Ted Larkin: Bravo. Move over John Travolta ! 01:11:55 Guest Guest: Amazing!!!!! 01:12:01 Carol Dow-Richards: Aphasia Tones was so much fun! 🎤 🎼 01:12:12 Melissa: Woohoo! USC! https://web.asph.sc.edu/aphasia/ 01:12:18 Brielle Stark: go USC! 01:12:27 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Hello Bogotá Colombia 😍👏 01:12:53 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Hola Adriana!!! 01:13:08 Carol Dow-Richards: If you want the link to ARC’s free Dance Between Words with Kasia from Poland 🇵🇱, click here: https://fb.me/e/fEus2AIz5 01:13:09 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: New York! 01:13:16 Brooke Allen: Fun activity! 01:13:35 Leora Cherney: Greetings from the Aphasia Center at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago. Congratulations to the NAA for organizing this wonderful evening of arts. And kudos to all the performers. 01:13:40 James Staten: Running, walking and biking help your brain from getting worse 01:13:48 Angie Maier: This is very fun!! 01:13:57 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Love the creativity and improv warm-up! 01:14:27 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: These are great games..where can I find more of them to use with our group? 01:16:46 Guest Guest: Our group is awesome —USC Aphasia Drama Club!!! 01:17:48 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Doreen!! 😍 01:17:57 Melissa: You can send to answers@aphasia.org 01:18:02 Ted Larkin: Enjoyed the many clever elements and the high mobility and staging of the efforts. Nice going. Games were fun. Could be good drinking games when the bar becomes real. 01:18:09 Dirk Den Ouden: We'll send some drama game ideas your way! 01:18:44 Brooke Allen: so cute! I love it!! 01:18:50 Melissa: This is so clear 01:19:05 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 😍 01:19:22 Frank Sperling: Now pulling out my first tissue of the night. 01:19:46 Carol Dow-Richards: Melissa - this is precious! Thank you so much! ❤️ 01:20:21 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 01:20:42 Brooke Allen: 😍 01:20:55 Scott Cannon: 😍 01:21:08 Guest Guest: 😍 01:21:21 Jessie Kohn: LOVE THIS!! 01:21:24 Michelle Humphrey: I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭 01:21:25 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: This is the Best Perspective Ever!!!! 01:21:28 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: This is such a wonderful story. Not the end!! 01:21:33 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: AMAZING ❤️ 01:21:36 Guest Guest: Wow!!! 01:21:38 Steve Brantley: FABULOUS 01:21:46 Barbara Kessler: Can you post this video on the NAA website? 01:21:54 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: cry 01:21:55 Melinda Corwin: Wonderful! How can we get a copy of this video?! 01:21:56 Roberta Brooks: How can we get this video? 01:21:56 Angie Maier: Wow - can this link be shared? 01:22:00 Ted Larkin: Yeah, precious. And educational. 01:22:04 Suzy Johnson: Amazing!!!! 01:22:10 Abbe Simon: Wow! 01:22:35 Carol Dow-Richards: Yes! This link should be shared far and wide. It shares aphasia in a real - and very positive light. Showing the glass half full not half empty. 🥛 01:22:36 Melissa: This is on our site: https://www.aphasia.org/stories/explaining-aphasia-to-children/ 01:22:39 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 😍😍😍 01:23:25 Melissa: A wonderful performance 01:23:34 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love 01:23:56 Michelle Humphrey: Love this 01:24:11 George Hale: go Leafs 01:24:13 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Wow! Such a great choice of poem and what a performer! 01:24:18 Brooke Allen: 😍🥰 01:24:21 Roberta Brooks: What a great performance and wonderful poem. Hi Yvonne! 01:24:40 Suzy Johnson: I love this!! 01:24:45 Guest Guest: Awesome!! 01:24:59 Elizabeth Black: genuine talent! 01:25:10 Elizabeth Black: and good looks to match 01:25:32 Steven Parker: amazing 01:26:12 Ted Larkin: Yes, a remarkable poem. And a fine performance. Love the British accent and emotive facial expressions. 01:26:47 Elizabeth Black: what a tidy studio! 01:26:51 Michelle Humphrey: 🥰 01:27:07 WANDA Crews: Beautiful! 01:27:08 Abbe Simon: Yay! 01:27:11 Kathryn Paulson: ❤️ 01:27:43 Elizabeth Black: The white house on the hill reminds me of Wyeth's famous painting . Is it "Christina's world?" 01:27:47 Kim F. -: Wow! 🤩 01:27:51 Melissa: That was amazing 01:27:57 Lynette Taylor: Fabulous paintings 01:27:58 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: graciasssss Clouds wowww 01:28:03 Abbe Simon: He is so determined! 01:28:04 Carol Dow-Richards: Hobbies are so good for people with aphasia. Inspiring. Thank you NAA and Martha for your vision…we’ve come a long way! 01:28:11 Roberta Brooks: Thank you, Mark. What a wonderful tour. Your work is beautiful. 01:28:11 Abbe Simon: Yes 01:28:15 Abbe Simon: It was 01:28:21 Abbe Simon: After his stroke 01:28:35 Carol Dow-Richards: Abbe, thank you for sharing and caring and the work you did with your patient!!! You are a rock star! 01:28:44 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: after?? wowww 01:28:53 Abbe Simon: 😉 01:29:00 Melissa: You’re making me want to get up and dance at home. 01:29:34 Farailda Belliard: Love it 01:29:51 Michelle Humphrey: The shoes are EVERYTHING!!!! 01:30:12 Kim F. -: Nice shoes glow! 01:30:22 Sharon Braden: Great moves! 01:30:23 WANDA Crews: You go girl! 01:31:03 Ted Larkin: Grace and poise in motion. 01:31:34 Guest Guest: I got to dance 01:31:48 Angie Maier: My daughter and I love your shoes AND dance moves! 01:31:58 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 🎶 01:32:25 Brooke Allen: awesome! 01:33:25 Melissa: You’re going to want to see the end performance 01:33:27 Elizabeth Black: Next stop NFL cheerleader! 01:33:53 Melissa: This is the whole video. Watch it after the show because it’s wonderful: https://youtu.be/sGOMHAfDmpo 01:34:54 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 01:34:55 Guest Guest: I LOVE THIS SONG!☺️ 01:35:08 Elizabeth Black: I'm singing along 01:35:28 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: So important to show the different ways to participate. Wonderful example of sharing joy! 01:35:52 Ted Larkin: Makin' Simon and Garfunkel proud. Nice going, folks. 01:36:07 Melissa: Please watch the whole video after the show. It is up on YouTube 01:36:15 Melissa: It is wonderful 01:37:39 Melissa: Life is hard, but it’s easier with laughter 01:38:02 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: The confidence is shining for sure! 01:38:04 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: And with friends! 01:38:17 Melissa: YAY! 01:38:24 Melissa: I love this 01:38:39 Guest Guest: That sounds like Toastmasters 👍🏼 01:39:22 Angie Maier: Yes! The Gavel Club is Toastmasters!! 01:39:35 WANDA Crews: Well done everyone 01:39:35 Guest Guest: Life isn't Easy. Life isn't Perfect. But …. Life is GOOD! 01:39:36 Erin Helgeson: Great work, MnCAN!! 01:39:59 Elizabeth Black: yes, it is obvious that Minnesotta CAN 01:40:06 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: FUNNN. THANKS😊 01:40:23 Ted Larkin: Great message(s). So well delivered. So well thought out and written, too. Thank you. 01:40:23 Sharon Braden: Way to go Gavel Club!! 01:41:13 Melissa: Helpless — but what a powerful voice 01:41:27 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️ 01:41:40 Elizabeth Black: Your poem is different, a breath of fresh air, so HONEST 01:41:48 Ted Larkin: . . . . what she said. Yes. 01:42:21 Brooke Allen: awesome 01:42:47 Melissa: Our stories are so powerful 01:43:51 Cynthia Pearson: WOW!! Awesome! 01:44:02 Emma Stockrahm: Love the eye contact, performance, lovely! 01:44:02 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️ 01:44:05 Melinda Corwin: Way to go, Malik! 01:44:08 Brooke Allen: wonderful stories 01:45:21 Melissa: Your poems are beautiful 01:45:44 Cynthia Pearson: CREATIVE PEOPLE!! 01:46:11 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Yay! Frank! 01:46:19 Melissa: Love this song 01:46:38 Brooke Allen: Frank you are a rock star1 01:46:39 Melissa: Frank has played for us at the Aphasia Cafe 01:46:54 Carol Dow-Richards: Hey Frank! You love of music is inspiring. 01:47:03 Kim F. -: Frank from Aphasia Treatment Program in CA !!! 01:47:03 Karna Davila: Frank, what a beautiful song! 01:47:06 James Staten: Songs are still so great for me despite my Aphasia 01:47:20 Melissa: Sometimes if you can’t say it, you can sing it 01:47:31 Alie Chandler: Yasss! Love the song. great job! 01:48:35 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Frank, you rocked it! Bravo! Bravo!! 01:48:41 Esmilda Hornbostel: Magic night indeed! 01:48:52 Sharon Braden: I really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing your voice and music. 01:48:57 Kathryn Esposito: Get it, Frank! 01:48:57 Cynthia Pearson: 😃 Great! 01:49:01 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Rock on Frank! 01:49:06 Emma Stockrahm: Love your big smile, Frank! 01:49:11 Emma Stockrahm: And the big finish! 01:49:13 Katarzyna Ustowska-Gmerek: Wow! Amazing Frank. Bravo! 01:49:26 Kim F. -: 🎼 01:49:47 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Our amazing Liz! 01:50:20 Ted Larkin: Never enjoyed that song more. And I like that Van Morrison song. You're seriously a very fine talent. Thanks for sharing. 01:50:32 Melissa: What a wonderful friend 01:53:47 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Liz is a Superhero!!! 01:53:49 Martina Beverly: The Amazing Liz and Her Stroke Journey from A-Z by Lora Miele (Author), Mary Tolman (Illustrator) https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Liz-Her-Stroke-Journey/dp/B093MHBTK3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MERRKKDKMRWH&keywords=the+amazing+liz&qid=1678239555&sprefix=the+amazing+liz%2Caps%2C333&sr=8-1 01:54:05 Emma Stockrahm: Just added this book to my Amazon cart! I can’t wait to show my clients and their families! 01:54:15 Michelle Humphrey: 🗣️📣This is all so inspiring, thank you for putting all this together NAA 📣🗣️ 01:54:33 Melissa: This book is wonderful - thank you for posting, Martina 01:54:48 Elizabeth Black: I'm learning from this 01:54:55 Cynthia Pearson: Excellent job 01:55:48 Carol Dow-Richards: Thank you NAA! Darlene and Chad are great hosts! Thanks for all the volunteering to put this together. Can you put the donate link in again? We need to support the NAA! ❤️ 01:56:05 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 01:56:10 Melissa: Thank you for YOUR donation, Carol: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 01:56:19 Martina Beverly: I suggested to my public library to get a book The Amazing Liz and Her Stroke Journey from A-Z by Lora Miele (Author), Mary Tolman (Illustrator) https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Liz-Her-Stroke-Journey/dp/B093MHBTK3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MERRKKDKMRWH&keywords=the+amazing+liz&qid=1678239555&sprefix=the+amazing+liz%2Caps%2C333&sr=8-1 01:56:34 Melissa: An original piece! And so well-performed 01:57:24 Ted Larkin: Beautiful and powerfully delivered. Totally captured, engaged and taught me. The alphabet and jump in the middle and well-edited and performed ending. Very powerful. Thanks. 01:58:08 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Another great story!!! 01:59:13 Sharon Braden: Beautiful! 01:59:17 Ted Larkin: Good to see the comfort in that relationship. So well done. 01:59:21 Guest Guest: 👏🏼 01:59:26 Elizabeth Black: excellently delivered 01:59:35 Cynthia Pearson: Great! 01:59:46 Roberta Brooks: Joan, that is an amazing story and you did an amazing job. Thank you! 02:00:11 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Mark ❤️ 02:00:22 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Wow!!! 73 years..thats incredible I love this story 02:00:24 Emma Stockrahm: I love Mark! I have had the honor of stumbling across his website! 02:00:30 Cynthia Pearson: BRAVO Mark! 02:00:39 Melissa: Another wonderful poem 02:00:41 Roberta Brooks: Salivating for thoughts, hungering for communication! Wow!!!!! 02:00:46 Kathryn Paulson: Great Job Mark!! 02:00:56 Elizabeth Black: so empathic, so touching, gets inside the aphasic's mentality 02:01:00 Ted Larkin: Fine poem, so well delivered. Thank you. 02:01:04 Brooke Allen: Mark!!! 02:01:18 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: thank mark.. 02:01:32 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: 🌈❤️ 02:01:46 Melissa: Such a beautiful performance 02:01:51 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Wow! That's a huge choir and they sound marvelous! 02:02:00 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Love the ribbons!!!!! 02:02:13 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: yesss cute 02:02:20 Michelle Humphrey: beautiful 02:02:26 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: bravooo 02:02:28 Elizabeth Black: I'm ready to fly over the rainbow with this fine choir 02:02:28 Cynthia Pearson: 🎼BEAUTIFUL 02:02:33 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Heart filling!! 02:03:12 Guest Guest: 🎼 02:03:18 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: This has been an AMAZING EVENT!!!! So glad I was able to attend 02:03:27 Ted Larkin: 40-some folks together. The facilities of Texas Tech were well used. 02:04:06 Melissa: This is the most moving performance. I love this song, and you’ve done such a wonderful job 02:04:08 Antonella DeNunzio: Great job everyone! It’s amazing watching the beautiful talent come together 02:04:16 Brooke Allen: Thank you NAA you guys are our voice! 02:04:19 Michelle Humphrey: wowwwwwww 02:04:41 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Melissa thank you for everything, everyday! ❤️ 02:05:07 Guest Guest: 😘 My talented brave brother! 02:05:28 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis: Beautiful performance! Hats off to the NAA for this amazing Gala. Thank you for your efforts! 02:05:32 Emma Stockrahm: I was running late today, but I am so happy I popped on for the end. You all are beautiful humans and inspire me to be a better clinician! Thank you so much for hosting, NAA! 02:05:45 Karna Davila: Thank you for all the arts tonight!! 02:06:04 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Just beautiful ❤️ 02:06:21 Cynthia Pearson: Amazing and Amazing performance! 02:06:22 Roberta Brooks: Thank you for all the art and inspiration! Congratulations. 02:06:36 Brooke Allen: Beautiful!!! to everyone!!!!🥰 02:06:45 BRETT MORTENSEN: SO MANY AMAZING SOULS! 02:06:49 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Darlene y Chad THANKSSSS. A TODOSSSSS MIL GRACIAS!!💟 Doreen gracias por la invitación!!! 💕 02:06:56 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: My dearest Darlene, Chad - bravissimos! ❤️❤️ 02:06:58 Elissa Larkin: How beautiful. What a moving last piece. It's been a privilege and gift to get to attend this event. Thanks to all who contributed, put it together, and moderated. So special and inspiring - and so so much talent! 02:07:01 Guest Guest: Wonderful and Awesome for the second Night of the Aphasia Art! See to the next time!!! 02:07:01 Ted Larkin: Beautiful way to bring us to this evening's conclusion. Well done. And thanks to excellent comment and leadership of Darlene and Chad throughout. 02:07:01 Elizabeth Black: Your song takes me back to the former days of Scotland. It's good to hear the real dialect. Time is quickly passing for all of us. Capture the beauty of each day. 02:07:07 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: bravooooo 02:07:10 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️ 02:07:10 Melissa: We hope you enjoy the art galleries. There are over 100 pieces of art on display: https://www.aphasia.org/night-of-aphasia-arts/ (pw: noaa). The password to enter the gallery is "noaa," all lowercase. This is the poetry book: https://www.aphasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Poetry-Night-of-Aphasia-Arts-2023.pdf 02:07:16 Steven Parker: Thanks, every one 02:07:33 Lindsay LeTellier: Thank you! This was wonderful! 02:07:40 Holly Budd: 💓 02:07:55 Cynthia Pearson: Thank you NAA!! Thank you everyone!!!!❤️ 02:08:00 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: Thank you so much to all. Amazing! We love NAA! ❤️ 02:08:09 Guest Guest: Thanks! Great performances! 02:08:19 Katherine Noyes: BRAVO! Another phenomenal night of aphasia arts! Thank you and congrats to all the talented artists!👏 02:08:22 Melinda Corwin: THANKS VERY MUCH!!! 02:08:30 Douglas De Ment: Wow! 02:08:36 Melissa: Thank you supporting our arts initiatives with donation in honor of Night of Aphasia Arts: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 02:08:57 Elizabeth Black: Thank you to all the performers, Darlene, Chad, Melissa, and all the others behind the scenes. I take care of my mom with aphasia, and now I have a plethora of new options for her. And for myself, all this helps my understanding. 02:09:08 Melissa: Don’t forget the art! https://www.aphasia.org/night-of-aphasia-arts/ (pw: noaa). The password to enter the gallery is "noaa," all lowercase. This is the poetry book: https://www.aphasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Poetry-Night-of-Aphasia-Arts-2023.pdf 02:09:08 Alie Chandler: Thank you so much, NAA for showcasing the life-changing value of the arts! Tonight has been so inspiring and life-affirming. 02:09:10 Ilana Bortinger: Thank you so much for such a special evening! 02:09:25 Tasha Hawkins-Bullock: Yes, Yes Yes….this was so beautiful…such a wonderful event 02:09:35 Melissa: Thank you to all of the performers and Darlene and Chad 02:09:54 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 02:10:51 Melissa: Thank you supporting our arts initiatives with donation in honour of Night of Aphasia Arts: https://www.aphasia.org/donate/ 02:10:59 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: how many peple here? 02:11:02 Emma Stockrahm: 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 02:11:05 Doreen Méndez-Sierra: ❤️