Linz09 Mourns the Passing of Keith Goddard
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Keith Goddard, a big-hearted man who showed us how to persevere where others would have given up and whose accomplishments brought Africa and Europe closer together, died during the night of October 9, 2009 after a long, severe illness. Linz09 mourns the passing of a good friend, project associate, musician, composer and human rights activist.
Keith Goddard was born in 1960. For Linz09, he developed the PARADE concept in collaboration with Peter Kuthan. He lived to experience it himself, along with the enthusiastic reception it was accorded by the many people in attendance. For three days (May 1-3), Linz encountered fascinating soundscapes from a variety of epochs and different corners of the world. This peripatetic musical excursion was intentionally routed along the urban periphery. The sounds of antelope horns, percussion instruments from Tonga, an Austrian oom-pah band and zumari horns from Zanzibar met up with Swiss alphorn players, strolling xylophonists from West Africa and master drummers from the foothills of the Himalayas.As director of GALZ, Keith Goddard fought for the rights of lesbians and gay men and for affordable medical care for people with HIV/AIDS.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, his friends and the Tonga Community. We will cherish his memory always.
An obituary by Peter Kuthan is online at www.linz09.at/parade-blog
Click here to view another video about Keith Goddard.
