Did anyone else watch?


All I know is, I cried like a baby.

Rhondab said:

No! But I cried just from reading the article in O magazine I wish I could see the programme too

the poem alone had me just all emotional....


It was a wonderful event.

Rhondab said:

Can you post the poem here ?

Saw bits & pieces, have to watch it all tomorrow. What I saw made me cry though

what exactly is this event? i've never heard of it before.

what went on?

It looked so beautiful

www.oprah.com



The Legends

Maya Angelou
Shirley Caesar
Diahann Carroll
Elizabeth Catlet
Ruby Dee
Katherine Dunham
Roberta Flack
Aretha Franklin
Nikki Giovanni
Dorothy Height
Lena Horne
Coretta Scott King
Glades Knight
Patti LaBelle
Toni Morrison
Rosa Parks
Leontyne Price
Della Reese
Diana Ross
Naomi Sims
Tina Turner
Cicely Tyson
Alice Walker
Dionne Warwick
Nancy Wilson

~

The Young'uns

Oprah Winfrey
Kimberly Elise
Alicia Keys
Phylicia Rashad
Beverly Johnson
Judith Jamison
Alfre Woodard
Suzan-Lori Parks
Gayle King
Mariah Carey
Anna Deavere Smith
Terry McMillian
Valerie Simpson
Halle Berry
Angela Bassett
Ashanti
Missy Elliot
Michelle Obama
Pam Grier
Debbie Allen
Chaka Khan
Pearl Cleage
Susan L. Taylor
Kathleen Battle
Melba Moore
Darnell Martin
Audra McDonald
Janet Jackson
Mary J. Blige
Suzanne de Passe
Iman
Natalie Cole
Tyra Banks
Naomi Campbell
Brandy Norwood
Yolanda Adams




Oprah's Home, Promised Land


Party planner Colin Cowie (Friday Luncheon)


The Legends Ball ballroom (Saturday night)


The Gospel Brunch (Sunday)


I searched for the poem "We Speak Your Name" by Pearl Cleage, but found a word from her about the poem instead:

"You can tell folks the poem will be excerpted in the Oprah magazine in August and plans to publish it are in the works."

For each Legend...


For each Young'un...


Diamonds

"Love is in the details." - Oprah

I MISSED IT !!!!!


please please please someone send me a tape of this PLEASE!



we were coming from my daughter's basketball practice and she said mama did you tape the Legends Ball and my jaw dropped. We got home intime to see the last 3 minutes




plus Katherine Dunham died on Sunday
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I missed it too. Meant to record it, but didn't get to. Oh well..maybe it'll come out on DVD

SHOCKADELICA1 said:

Ditto...it will probably come out on DVD. I got home just in time to see the last 2 minutes.

I loved when they had the spontaneous church going on!

Smells like a decomcrat fund raiser to me.

StephenColbert said:

we can only hope

As much as I do not like Oprah, I did watch the program. What got me tearing up was Mary J. Blige who came off as the most real sincere celebrity I have ever seen. I also dug the fact that the Legends made me appreciate myself more as a strong black woman.

Loved the show. Had me in tears. I even watched the Gospel Brunch portion this morning while getting ready for work and it lifted me.

Romera said:

Though I'm not black or a women....I sure felt like one when this was all over! It was a great hour and shouldve been longer....the Sunday gospel concert was the highlight...one diva after another took the mic and blew the roof off that tent!

I love Oprah like crazy and only she could pull this off...it was moving to see Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King were alive long enough to be part of that celebration.

The poem killed me too!

peace

I won't poo poo the event 'cause I loved it. I would have like to see india.arie Jill Scott and Erika Badu included in the youngin's. I did appreciate that some youngin's were not included in the mix

I hope that she makes the whole event available on DVD along with a coffe table style book featuring all of (what must be simply) amazing photos. That would make an amazing gift and could be a huge thing to earn money for her angel network (not that it needs more money LOL)
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Cicely Tyson's hat was worth the price of admission.
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I watched the second half of it after a friend of mine called me to ask if I was watching. I had forgotten about it since it was moved up a week because of Dubya's speech. I thought it was wonderful. I hope that it airs again.

butterfli25 said:

She sure did. God bless her soul.

um, where IN THE HELL was Whitney?

Dionne Warwick is her Aunt.

JUST SAY NO kids.

Revolution said:

Oprah said Whitney was invited.

sorry...
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nammie said:

My daughter said, "Where's trina?" I just cracked up.

She was joking of course.

And Ivy, you know it really did make me look at myself as a black woman and I really had to admire the fact that these women put up with more crap than I ever have. I thought something that Diane Sawyer said was interesting. She said as she listened to the poem, she thought it was meanful but she could tell that it was so true and heartfelt for the women (I'm paraphrasing).

Oprah out did herself with this one. Hate her or love her, this was a beautiful thing to do.

I've looked all over for the poem "We Speak Your Name". Can't find it

So is this a charity event or something?

While I admire Oprah's legendary balls, I don't really want to talk about them.

Rhondab said:

That is the funniest thing I've heard all day!

nammie said:

I have a feeling she'll put together a Legends Ball dvd and book
She'd be a fool not to

Fauxie said:

just a way to honor a certain group of women who may not be remembered for their accomplishments.

Rhondab said:

Ah, I see. I just read that little invitation card thing.

Chaka Khan a young 'un?

It all looks very opulent. You know you have money when you can call your house something horribly ostentatious like 'Promised Land'.

I need a job.