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Check out Pat's Youtube video
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A Return to Makin Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6f_FvZpm3g
"Pat Mendoza is more than
a Storyteller....
Photo by Ray Chace, Freetown,
MA
He's an American Troubadour"
--- Helen Roseberry, Director
of the Carroll Reece Museum East Tennessee State University, 1994
Pat Mendoza
"Travelin'
man, troubador Pat Mendoza roams from heart to heart."
---Mark Wolf, The Denver
Rocky Mountain News (Spotlight Section, July 29, 1999)
"Larger than life!...He
had me either rolling on the floor with laughter or scared to death...He's
absolutely amazing."
---Paul Braithwaite British
Broadcasting Corporation. July, 1998, (Featured artist on the BBC, one
week, Summer, 1998).
"Pat Mendoza is
a man who has led an amazing life and has lived to tell about it!"
---Bob Unger, The Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.
"His music is powerful,
his voice is wonderful...he's one of the most sincere communicators I've
ever met!"
---Dr. Norma Livo, Prof.
Emeritus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO.
"His Voice commands
an incredible three octave range with a versatility that takes his audiences
from the verge of tears to hysterical laughter.
"His flute and guitar
weave a spell that bind his listeners to their every note!
"His Expertise is history,
the shadow in which lurk his tales."
---Clarice Morgan Charlotte
Magazine, Charlotte, NC.
photo by Paul Neeval
Pat Mendoza --The
Singer
"Pat Mendoza
deserves the accolades he has received throughout the United States. He
is a treasure that should be recognized by the State of Colorado and the
nation.
"His style of singing
has a wonderful quality to it that you don't hear very much today...I think
that its honesty shows through very clearly. It's also a storyteller's
voice in that the phrasing and energy of the singing compels the listener
to hear the story. Not many singers today can also tell a story with their
songs."
---Mitchell Gershenfeld,
Director of Presentation and Theatre Operations, McCallum Theatre at the
Bob Hope Cultural Arts Center, Palm Desert, California.
"His powerful voice was
a delight to hear reverberating through the hall...Mendoza was in rollicking
good form."
---TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL,
Telluride, Colorado
"Mendoza ...sings
and plays flute like the angel Gabriel's apprentice."
---Tomas Romero, THE DENVER
POST, Denver, Colorado.
Photo by Norman Rehme, Master Photographer
"Pat Mendoza's
concert was incredible and inspirational. Pat filled up the room with the
beauty of his voice and the flare in his story, weaving his talent with
that of the one hundred voice chorale. He rolled all of this together in
concert with the spectacular scenes he filmed weaving ocean and island
splendor delighting his well attended audience. !Felicidades Pat!"
--- Esther Acosta and Jay
Alire
"His voice and songs filled
the air and to hear them sung by the hundred voices of the Colorado Chorale
transported me to the islands and oceans displayed on the screen.
Even the whales seemed to be diving to the music as if they could feel
its inspiration. I can't think of a better way to have spent Saturday
evening. Thank
you Pat!"
--- Linda Batlin
"A Denver Post's "Best
Pick."
A full house of 600+.
A standing ovation.
A stellar marriage of
original story, lyrical music, vibrant video.
And a creative example
of the possibilites as we explore the waters and crest the waves of our
own storytelling ventures.
Congratulations on your
performance, "Sea Songs and Whale Tales," with the Colorado Chorale, Mr.
Mendoza!"
--- Carol McAdoo Rehme
Pat Mendoza--the Storyteller
"Dear Pat:
This note will probably
reach your computer long before you get back home to the Rocky Mountains
of Colorado. However, I could not wait until you returned home to let you
know how much we enjoyed, and more importantly, learned from your outstanding
storytelling and singing presentation to the 650 students here at Westport
Middle School. I have received outstanding comments and other positive
feedback from students and staff alike. You have a gift..."
--- Jim Gibney, principal-
Westport Middle School, Westport, MA (November, 2003)
Photo Norman Rehme
"He's seen alot. He's
done alot. And along the way, he's acquired a collection of stories, all
of which make him the unique performer that he is today."
--- Carol Rehme, Colorado
Homes and Lifestyles Magazine (January 2001) Denver, CO
"Every Civilization needs
a bard to celebrate its virtues, castigate its vices and laugh at its foibles
and eccentricities. Greece had Homer, Rome had Virgil. The United States
has had Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg...and today there is Pat Mendoza."
--- Michael Joslin, JOHNSON
CITY PRESS, Johnson City, TN
"I want to thank you for
coming to the '99 Jonesborough Storytelling Festival. You made the weekend
for me. I have been to this festival for many years and have seen many
nice tellers. But there are alway bright spots each year that make it special.
It's always nice to see the Donald Davis', Kathyrn Wyndoms, Ray Hicks,
etc. etc. But the folks I don't get to see regularly are often the best.
You the Man! I will never forget Saturday afternoon, Sister's Row. You
had an hour by yourself. You were on. Not only did you have me in tears
of laughter with "Alferd Packer", but I found real tears with your explanation
and rendition of 'Danny Boy'. You truly touched me that afternoon."
--- John W. Edwards, Official
Photographer for the National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee.
photo by Ray Chace Jr. and Pat Mendoza
"Pat was well received
by the inmates....His ability to blend ethnic differences together broke
down prejudices and brought all minorities together in a common effort.
To see this work was a truly inspiring experience."
--- Joan Hill (Correctional
Habilitative Tech, Officer). Central Utah Correctional Facility....Gunnison,
Utah. October, 2000
"Your sense of humor,
great voice, wonderful music, powerful stories and your zest for life combined
to make you one of the finest storytellers we have ever booked at the Northern
Prairie Storytelling Festival over the past six years"
---George Nelsen, NORTHERN
PRAIRIE STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
"Talk to Pat Mendoza for
two minutes and you will hear a story. The man can't help it--he's one
of the rare few who is a storyteller down to his cells."
---KC Compton, THE CASPER
STAR TRIBUNE, Casper, Wyoming.
"He left all of us in
an unparalleled emotional high. Few entertainers have this power! I predict
that Mr. Mendoza will be one of the nation's most unusual and talented
performers in the future!"
---Flora Joy, Ph.D. East
Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
Photo by Pat Mendoza and Milton Lee
Pat Mendoza sings and tells of
history...and the ghosts of our past.
CONCERTS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCES
AND WORKSHOPS
*MULTICULTURAL HISTORY OF
AMERICA*
*NATIVE AMERICAN*
* WOMEN IN HISTORY*
*COLORADO HISTORY*
* WYOMING HISTORY*
*THE WEST*
*HISPANIC AMERICA*
*VIETNAM*
*CIVIL WAR*
*HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
VETERAN*
*A HISTORY OF THE BLUES
AND OTHER AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC*
Specialty work: Kids, people at risk
and adult education.
RESIDENCIES FOR HISTORY,
LANGUAGE ARTS, CREATIVE WRITING, MUSIC, SPEECH/ DRAMA
Photo by Todd Pierson
MULTICULTURAL STORIES
AND SONG. Pat plays 6 and 12 string guitars, Native American Flute, and
Celtic flute.
Stories told and sung
in conversational Spanish, Cheyenne, and Lakota, some Japanese, Korean
and Vietnamese.
You can contact Pat at:
Willow Wind Publishing Company
1566 Adams St
Denver, CO
80206
(303)-388-8097
E Mail: PatMendoza@aol.com
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