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來自澳大利亞某原住民社區負責人Vilma Ryan的回憶:1987年,Ryan在一所幼稚園工作，當時邁克爾正好在當地進行Bad巡演。Ryan抱著試試看的心情邀請他來幼稚園參觀，而他居然答應了！當天參觀時，當Ryan提及這裡的孩子買不起他演唱會的門票時，邁克爾立即給了她100張演出門票請他們去看他的演出！
VILMA Ryan, the Aboriginal community leader from
Goonellabah honoured on Monday with a Seniors Week achievement award, once
invited Michael Jackson to visit a preschool where she was working - and he
came!
Jackson met with parents, teachers and children at the
Murrawina preschool in 1987 when he was touring his "Bad" album.
When Ms Ryan told him they couldn't afford to go to his
show, he gave her 100 tickets for them to see him perform at Parramatta.
Ms Ryan was honoured for her lifetime's work as an
activist for justice for Aboriginal people.
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22 years of keeping the secret, Riverstone
Aboriginal leader Vilma Ryan has decided to speak about her personal meeting
with Michael Jackson. Mrs Ryan, 70, arranged for the star to visit Murawina
Preschool at Redfern when he was in the country during his 1987 tour promoting
his Bad album.
She said she had been sworn to strict
secrecy.
According to Mrs Ryan, Jackson and his
entourage spent two hours at the centre. “Michael was very interested in
Aboriginal affairs, especially black deaths in custody, but didn’t want to
alienate his fans,” she said.
At the time of the visit Mrs Ryan worked as
director of the centre.
She said she had been told the visit would
have been cancelled if the press found out. “I was also warned not to publicise
it even after his return to America,” she said. “That’s why it was never
reported. It was the highlight of my life and my biggest secret for 22 years.”
Mrs Ryan said she was first invited to meet
with Mr Jackson at the Regent Hotel in Sydney after she passed a letter to his
people at Sydney airport. “Michael wanted to meet with staff, parents and kids
of the preschool after his Sydney concert when I told him about my work. He
gave me 100 tickets to his concert at Parramatta Stadium when I told him our
kids couldn’t afford to see his show.
“He was very polite, soft-spoken and
respectful during our meeting.”
She said the day after his concert, Mr
Jackson’s people asked her to meet at his hotel and guide him and about 30
others to Redfern.
“I organised a team of Aboriginal women
guards to look after his security and instructed them to lock the doors after
his arrival,” she said.
“He spent about two hours at the centre
talking with the kids, their parents and staff.”
She also organised for a group picture of
Michael with the kids at a Surry Hills photo studio after the visit. “I cried
when I heard he passed away and so did many of the kids who met him.”
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