{"id":17299,"date":"2016-04-03T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T01:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=17299"},"modified":"2016-04-03T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T19:59:24","slug":"limitless-serenade-for-deportation-detainees-honkfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/limitless-serenade-for-deportation-detainees-honkfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Limitless Serenade for Deportation Detainees #honkfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the <a href=\"http:\/\/honkfest.org\/2015-festival\/sunday-in-harvard-square\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday festivities<\/a> in Harvard Square concluding the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/honkfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">HONK! Festival<\/a> in Somerville\/Cambridge, a protest action took place adjacent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Suffolk+County+House+of+Correction\/@42.3344295,-71.0686138,437m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x02576e81d18cd3b7\" target=\"_blank\">Suffolk County House of Correction<\/a> in Boston where a significant number of individuals are held awaiting deportation (whether they were waiting for hearings or actual deportations was unclear). A number of HONK! musicians lead a march to a public-access ramp near the facility and played approximately 4 or 5 songs for the detainees; as soon as they started playing silhouettes could be seen approaching the prison windows and clapping and clamoring for the audio serenade. This video is just a 30-second sampler put on loop of what was on offer (a little haphazard when 100+ musicians who have never practiced together attempt to play songs they all know, but are spread out over a large area next to a highway &#8211; but you get the point: NOT ONE MORE DEPORTATION!).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-17299-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05015-Pano.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05015-Pano.mp4\">https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05015-Pano.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Sunday festivities in Harvard Square concluding the 2015 HONK! Festival in Somerville\/Cambridge, a protest action took place adjacent to the Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston where a significant number of individuals are held awaiting deportation (whether they were waiting for hearings or actual deportations was unclear). 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