![]() ![]() I don’t feel I should be getting an award for doing something that just feels right.” “I can’t stand if you see a person or an animal in need and you can do something about it, not trying. “I do what I do because I cannot not do it,” says Tiu, who resisted receiving the award at first. Kekumano Award and Scholarship Dinner for her lifetime of commitment to those who do not have a voice. This is the motto of Maryknoll School, which will be honoring Tiu this Saturday at its 16th annual Monsignor Charles A. ![]() There is a sentiment from the New Testament, “From those to whom much is given, much is expected.” Or in French, Noblesse Oblige. She even received the highest of all compliments that can be bestowed upon her by 1960s America: her own line of paper dolls.īut this story is not about what she was given, but what she gave back in return. The piano was her instrument, the world her audience. Kennedy, performed for Frank Sinatra and starred with Elvis Presley. She was given audience to President John F. By 5 she found herself at 1699 Broadway, playing for “Uncle Ed” as she called him, or Ed Sullivan for the rest of the world. Names such as Tiger Woods, Quinn Sullivan and Yo-Yo Ma are among these.īy the age of 3 she was playing songs on the piano that she had only heard, not been taught. Tiu: ‘I do what I do because I cannot not do it.’ ![]()
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