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AMERICAN EMBASSY, TUNIS ( UNCLASSIFIED REPORT )
SUBJECT: LIZ MCCOMB, GOSPEL IN TUNISIA
1. SUMMARY: POST (…US EMBASSY…) PROGRAMMED GOSPEL SINGER LIZ MCCOMB AND HER 3 PIECE BAND AT THE ANNUAL EL JEM MUSIC FESTIVAL ON JULY 24. MS. MCCOMB'S EMOTIONAL RECITAL OF GOSPEL AND SOUL TUNES HIGHLIGHTED FOR TUNISIAN AUDIENCES FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN VALUES THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE THROUGH THE GLARE OF POP CULTURE - COMMUNITY, TOLERANCE, AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. MCCOMB'S COMMITMENT TO THIS MUSIC AND ITS MESSAGE, PLUS HER POWERFUL YET NUANCED VOICE CONVINCED THOSE WHO HEARD HER THAT THEY WERE WITNESSING SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE CONCERT ATTRACTED APPROXIMATELY 2000 ATTENDEES FROM ACADEMIA, CULTURAL AND BUSINESS CIRCLES. THE PROGRAM SATISFIED POST'S MPP OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF U.S. CULTURE AND VALUES (…). |
