enlarge 131KB, 800x537 1 Setting up at our home on a baseball field in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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| enlarge 116KB, 800x524 3 Paul mugs for the cameras during the group's opening circle
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enlarge 140KB, 571x799 4 Tiberio and Heather gear up for entertaining at the Senior Center in Bay St. Louis
| enlarge 114KB, 800x537 5 Jugglers warming up. Spot members of Nanda, a Mud Bay Juggler, a Karamazov Brother and a Noodlini
| enlarge 65KB, 553x799 6 Our welcome to the Senior Center
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enlarge 82KB, 799x480 7 The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra
| enlarge 67KB, 799x523 8 Faith Petric, at 90, entertains the seniors
| enlarge 51KB, 562x800 9 Our youngest performer, Jeramiah, makes his performance debut
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enlarge 97KB, 800x571 10 Hancock County Senior Center in Bay St. Louis, MS
| enlarge 90KB, 800x639 11 Nanda at the senior center "Look at the Tigers" View Comments...
| enlarge 73KB, 800x598 12 Enjoying the show
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enlarge 91KB, 567x799 13 Tiberio charms the ladies, of all ages
| enlarge 97KB, 800x537 14 Chautauquans pitch in to help take down a huge tent, formerly used to house volunteers, outside the senior center
| enlarge 92KB, 800x537 15 It takes a village to lower a tent
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| enlarge 126KB, 552x799 17 A crew spent an afternoon cleaning up the yard and garden of Arlene, who ran the Senior Center as a shelter for months after Hurricane Katrina
| enlarge 167KB, 800x537 18 Hurricane Katrina flattened Miss Arlene's prize garden
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enlarge 102KB, 800x537 19 Eben the Mouse takes a splinter out of Mark the Lion's foot
| enlarge 111KB, 800x493 20 Our neighbors on the field, City Teams, invited us over for dinner one night. Oliver entertained the group.
| enlarge 64KB, 473x800 21 Cici and Faith
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enlarge 61KB, 556x799 22 The group went out to a local bar, recently re-opened, and took to the stage
| enlarge 72KB, 537x800 23 Chen juggling
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enlarge 56KB, 537x800 25 Misha basking in the neon glow
| enlarge 51KB, 537x800 26 Tiberio
| enlarge 74KB, 800x537 27 Gathering for a show in Pass Christian, Mississippi - Robin, Mark & Michelle
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enlarge 81KB, 649x800 28 Sound check, with an incredible local gospel singer and Carl, at God's Katrina Kitchen
| enlarge 82KB, 439x799 29 Setting up amid the distribution center stocks at God's Katrina Kitchen
| enlarge 71KB, 537x800 30 Robin and Papa Ray
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enlarge 78KB, 537x800 31 Karl relaxes before the show
| enlarge 90KB, 800x537 32 The band parades through the lunch tent to entertain and advertise the free show
| enlarge 114KB, 799x545 33 A collection of photos and info about God's Katrina Kitchen, including an ad for our show
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enlarge 93KB, 800x537 34 Tim leads the parade by the port-o-potty cleaning truck
| enlarge 88KB, 590x800 35 The Fighting Instruments of Karma and dancers open the show at God's Katrina Kitchen
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enlarge 74KB, 799x589 37 The finale to Petra's tap-dance act
| enlarge 78KB, 800x559 38 Kevin Murphy performs his poetry
| enlarge 81KB, 800x621 39 Joey Pipia amazes a volunteer with his magic
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enlarge 61KB, 799x482 40 Nanda
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| enlarge 66KB, 800x537 42 Pass Christian's Wal-Mart, like everything else, was destroyed by the hurricane and flooding
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enlarge 109KB, 649x800 43 8 months after Hurrican Katrina, wreckage is still everywhere
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| enlarge 90KB, 800x537 45 Gabe relaxes in the green room for our next show, at a school in Waveland, Mississippi
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enlarge 75KB, 800x612 46 The band gathers in the hall
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 47 Opening the show, as usual, the FIKMCB/O cram into the classroom
| enlarge 83KB, 799x540 48 The kids are enthralled by the Noodlinis
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enlarge 70KB, 800x531 49 Noodlini looks for volunteers
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 50 Paul MCs the show
| enlarge 115KB, 800x721 51 Joey Pipia confuses the kids
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enlarge 96KB, 800x537 52 Petra tap dances
| enlarge 98KB, 800x537 53 Dusty Rodz and her handsome cowboy teach the kids how to yodel
| enlarge 94KB, 800x537 54 Nanda manages to go two-high in the tiny room
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enlarge 95KB, 800x537 55 Joan and Ray in the green room
| enlarge 92KB, 800x537 56 Dancing with the kids after the show
| enlarge 81KB, 800x638 57 Misha goes on a little trip
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enlarge 77KB, 525x800 58 Tiberio, Joannie, and our contact for the Head Start school group
| enlarge 131KB, 800x537 59 An informational panel from the Department of Environmental Emergency Tree Protection details how to help trees recover from storm damage
| enlarge 100KB, 800x537 60 A broken house on the beachfront of Bay St. Louis. This former showplace house had yet to receive any insurance money
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enlarge 134KB, 800x537 61 Another beachfront house in Bay St. Louis
| enlarge 97KB, 800x537 62 The remains of the road leading from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian. The rail bridge spanning the same water was repaired and running by Christmas
| enlarge 84KB, 800x515 63 Bay St. Louis' church lost its steeple. The board's message, "He is risen," refers to the recent Easter holiday.
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enlarge 116KB, 800x537 64 The band rehearses at our baseball field home. Photographer John Fago was also along on the tour
| enlarge 78KB, 569x800 65 Erin mixes it up as we cook dinner for 300 at Common Ground, in New Orleans' Ninth ward
| enlarge 96KB, 800x537 66 Some of delicious food, created under the guidance of Chautauqua's chef, Tiberio Simone
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| enlarge 95KB, 537x800 68 Robin Worley in Common Ground's outdoor kitchen
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enlarge 114KB, 562x800 70 Rod wheeling tools back in after a hot day of gutting houses
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| enlarge 92KB, 800x537 72 Cici melting in the extreme heat of the day
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enlarge 98KB, 800x537 73 In a ruined neighborhood with hardly any residents, an ice cream truck is a welcome surprise
| enlarge 95KB, 800x537 74 The group enjoys cold treats and tries to beat the heat
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| enlarge 106KB, 536x800 77 Malik, one of the founders of Common Ground
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enlarge 87KB, 800x537 79 A ten-course meal for the Common Ground volunteers and community
| enlarge 100KB, 719x800 80 Mark Ettinger accompanies Faith Petric
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enlarge 114KB, 800x660 82 Haute Trash Fashion shows off the shower curtain and tent Utilikilts
| enlarge 113KB, 697x800 83 Trash Fashion model, Erin, shows off her kitty can lids
| enlarge 101KB, 800x556 84 Nanda flips out
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enlarge 109KB, 800x537 85 Artis brings the crowd to its feet
| enlarge 107KB, 800x537 86 Chautauquans who spent the day gutting houses created a tool band
| enlarge 73KB, 799x470 87 The crowd wouldn't stop dancing, and the band wouldn't stop playing, so we spilled out into the street
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enlarge 93KB, 800x666 88 The New Chumleighland March, a FIOK standard
| enlarge 87KB, 800x599 89 Our next show at Emergency Communities, in St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans
| enlarge 77KB, 800x537 90 Community members line up for lunch at Emergency Communities' Made with Love Cafe in St Bernard Parish
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enlarge 85KB, 800x537 91 Heather getting ready for the show in Michelle's van
| enlarge 67KB, 570x800 92 Tiberio shakes up coffee slushie to revive the wilted performers
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enlarge 107KB, 800x537 94 Parading through the outdoor lunch tent
| enlarge 79KB, 600x799 95 Andrea guards the show order
| enlarge 113KB, 800x580 96 Palletable band music for your amusement
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enlarge 104KB, 800x574 97 Harry Levine leads Emergency Communities to his tune "FEMA"
| enlarge 106KB, 800x537 98 David and the shiny sousaphone.
| enlarge 105KB, 800x568 99 Gina Leishman tells the tale of the shark in the Emergency Communities dome
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