The March to the venue finally ended and doors are opened, welcoming guest audiences, volunteers, and facilitators involved with the Women Who Rock event, allowing them to take a seat in the Rainier Valley Cultural Center theater. Here, men and women from all sorts of age groups and races sit all around the theater as Patty prepares her opening performance of singing the traditional Native American chant. Before her performance, she made an announcement saying that we as the audience should try not to take any videos so that the audience could respect this traditional chant because this chant is personal to her. I’m glad she addressed that because this lead the audience to really give their focus on Patty and Patty’s performance undoubtedly captivated the audience, including me, especially when her strong singing voice projected throughout the theater, belting those high notes.

Group 13.