I Think of This Every Time I Think of Mountains
This intergenerational spoken word theater performance brings together Souphine Phathsoungenune, an 80 year old master of a popular Laotian and Thai singing tradition and Phayvanh Luekhamhan, an emerging 30-year-old Lao American poet who met in Brattleboro in 1981 after escaping as refugees from Laos. Twenty years late they weave their individual stories of living between Brattleboro and Laos into a collective story of the refugee experience straddling two homelands. Performed by Phady Phathsoungneune, Souphine Phathsoungenune, and Phayvanh Luekhamhan Written by Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Souphine Phathsoungneune. Musical accompaniment by Bountanh Thongasavanh.
Song Samples
Track 3 – Souphine’s Escape Song
written and sung by Souphine Phathsoungneune, accompanied by Bounthan Thongsouvanh on kaen.
Track 12 – try this
written and performed by Phayvanh Luekhamhan.
Track 18 – Girl Missing Lover
written by Souphine Phathsoungneune, sung by Phady Phathsoungneune, accompanied by Bounthanh Thongsouvanh on kaen.
You can also book the show! Venues played include The Sandglass Theater and The Champlain Valley Folk Festival. Our work has been sponsored by the Vermont Arts Council, The Vermont Folklife Center and the Vermont Humanities Council. E-mail Phayvanh for rates and availability.
$15 The Program Book includes text in English & Laotian, as well as photos from personal archives.
$10 The CD is a live recording from The Vermont Folklife Center archives recorded at Middlebury College on April 30, 2005.
$20 CD & Book together.