Bellbrook is fortunate to once again present a unique show featuring original music composed and arranged by Michael and Barbara Siler. 

ECHOES OF HUMANITY is an original composition by Michael Siler, comprised of four movements.

The First movement is entitled Echoes From Our Most Distant Object. In 1971, NASA launched the space probes “Voyager 1” and “Voyager 2.” Their mission of exploring our own solar system is complete, and any scientific usefulness they had has passed. The probes are now moving into the vastness of space with an uncertain future. While they will continue sending information back to NASA for the next 10 or 15 years, the Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way. Both Voyagers contain information about our planet and will serve as “time capsules” for all of humanity. Collections of photographs, drawings, and a variety of natural sounds await any alien civilization that might discover the Voyager probes. Musical selections from different cultures and eras, plus spoken greetings in 55 different languages were also recorded. These are a small sample of the contributions of humanity and will continue as an echo in the vastness of space for millennia.

The Second movement, The Acquisition of Technology, views our civilization at a crossroads. While technological developments provide many useful things, and wonderful experiences, the question of whether we can survive this stage of technological adolescence is still in doubt. Can humankind coexist with its inventions? We must control technology before it destroys us!

The Third movement is Horizons. If we were able to look at the horizon from Voyager’s windows, imagine what we would see! So many unfamiliar things, yet one very familiar image, the Earth, as seen from outer space. This movement is a “soundscape” of the satellite as it passes close by Earth and then continues on into space.

The Fourth movement, The Pale Blue Dot, is a phrase coined by the late Carl Sagan. As Voyager 1 was leaving our solar system, NASA instructed the probe to turn back for one final look at planet Earth. From this perspective, billions of miles away, we see our earth as it truly is. The Earth is a pale blue dot in the enormity of space.

                        “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.
                         On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of,
                         every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
 
                         The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.  Think of the rivers
                         of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph,
                         they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
   
                         Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel
                         on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner.
 
                         To me it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another,
                         and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”
                                                                                                                                    -Carl Sagan

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• Congratulations Eagles: 1st Place Class AA at BOA Indy Regionals (and all captions), 10th Place Overall

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• WOW!  Youngstown Regional: 4th Place Overall, 1st (t) Music!  (Click here for more results)

• 1st Place Overall (82.6) at the Lebanon Invitational (Click here for full Recaps)

• 2nd Place Overall (79.6) at the King's Invitational (Click here for full Recaps)

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