"Follow the Drinking Gourd" is a show about how slaves used astronomy and song to escape the bondage of slavery and travel to Canada. Slaves would develop songs that contained a secret code to help them travel to freedom in the north. This show will follow one slave family and see how they used the song, "Follow the Drink Gourd", to help them travel safely to Canada. Planetarium patrons will have opportunity to sing along with the song and learn that the Drinking Gourd is another name for the Big Dipper. Other common constellations will also be discussed during the show.For more information or to make reservations call 641-3769 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) or after hours 641-3654 and leave a message.
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Copyright © 2003 by the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.
URL: http://rpsec.usca.edu/Planetarium/gourd.html (January, 2003)
Ruth Patrick Science Education
Center
Center of Excellence in Educational
Technology
University of South Carolina
Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
803-641-3313