A story about LeVar Burton
Oh, I wanna meet LeVar, boy. I wanna meet him all right. I want to sit on his lap and have him tell me a tale or two. Oh, Lord!
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A story about LeVar Burton
I was 5 years old and my class took a field trip to a Reading Rainbow filming in the Maine woods (the scene where the lumberjacks have a log sawing competition). LeVar came over and said hello
A story about LeVar Burton
He spoke at my College Graduation – he received an honorary doctorate in Arts and Letters. His speech was phenomenal and very inspiring, and he led the entire graduating class in a rendition of the Reading Rainbow theme song, since we had all grown up with the TV show. As I got up on stage to receive my diploma and shake his hand, I put the rainbow lei that I was wearing around my neck, around HIS. He bowed very politely and smiled a huge smile. After the ceremony, I met my family outside of the university’s theatre building. LeVar walked by with his wife, daughter, and mother; he recognized me and said, “Congratulations!” and I yelled back, “You too!”
