AWARD TO PAULINE OLIVEROS: AS MOTHER TERESA

DEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS SISTER ROSITA AND I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT PAULINE OLIVEROS'S

MANY, MANY , MANY MANY AND MANY MORE AWARDS

CHAPTER 1:PAULINE'S WILLIAM SCHUMAN AWARD

PAULINE,TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL NIGHT. YOU ARE RECEIVING A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC. BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE.

CHAPTER 2:PAULINE'S DOCTOR OF MUSIC AWARDS

THE FIRST WAS GIVEN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 1986; THE SECOND DOCTOR OF MUSIC WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY MILLS COLLEGE, 2005 AND THE THIRD YOU WILL RECEIVE , JULY, 2010.IT IS GIVEN BY DEMONTFORT UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND.

WE ALL CELEBRATE TOGETHER AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THESE DISTINGUISHED HONORS. BUT WAIT THERE IS ANOTHER AWARD THAT WE FEEL THAT YOU DESERVE.

CHAPTER 3: THE COMPASSION AWARD

MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA HAS WRITTEN: QUOTE, "WE CANNOT SPEAK UNLESS WE HAVE LISTENED..... FROM THE FULNESS OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH WILL SPEAK, THE MIND WILL THINK." END OF QUOTE.

PAULINE YOUR COMPASSIONATE AND LISTENING HEART BRINGS LOVE TO ALL AND WE AWARD YOU TONIGHT THE COMPASSION AWARD.

THIA AWARD IS NOT AN OBJECT BUT PLEASE FEEL....... A BEAUTIFULL FLOWER OF COMPASSION WITH YOU, AT ALL TIMES .

BUT WAIT THERE IS ANOTHER AWARD THAT WE KNOW YOU DESERVE.

CHAPTER 4: THE SURPRISE AWARD

PAULINE WE ALL KNOW THAT SENSEI LESTER INGBER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ATTENTION AWARDED YOU A BLACK BELT IN SHOTOKAN KARATE, MARCH 21, 1980.

YOU HAVE TAUGHT KARATE AND USE THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT MARTIAL ART IN YOUR PRACTICE AND IN YOUR LIFE.

TONIGHT, WITH THE BLESSINGS AND PERMISSION OF LESTER INGBER, WE WOULD LIKE TO AWARD YOU AN HONORARY RED BELT, WHICH ACCORDING TO SENSEI INGBER, IS GIVEN TO VENERABLE MARTIAL ART ELDERS.

PLEASE ACCEPT THIS BELT WITH OUR DEEP CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE FOR YOUR INSPIRING WORK OF PAYING ATTENTION COMPASSIONATELY AND FOR ALWAYS LISTENING WITH LOVE TO AND WITH EVERYTHING AND WITH EVERYONE.

THANK YOU PAULINE FOR YOUR ART AND INSPIRING LIFE. AND NOW LETS ALL GIVE PAULINE OLIVEROS A DEEP KIA AND BOW OF APPLAUSE."