Sheila E. Takes Lead of the i@iamwumrpres Twitter Army March in Support of Re-electing Pres. Barack Obama in 2012

Written by Ed Magik


January 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES, California

It was a rainy Sunday, but the weather did not dampen the spirits of percussionist Sheila E. and the Escovedo family and well over fifty marchers, drummers, and cell phone owners who had one thing in common: support the 2012 re-election of President Barack Obama by way of using their cell phones to tweet #iamwumrpres on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/iamwumrpres).


Sheila E. and the E. family lead the march starting from the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street West on Sunset to Amoeba Records, where they marched into the store making somewhat of a parade through the store and then back out to Sunset at  Cahuenga with a drums banging and cell phones tweeting.    


Just prior to the march New Day Talk Radio's (http://www.newdaytalkradio.com) on-air personality Lynette Jones, aka "The Captain", gave army like instructions to the group.  The whole scene had somewhat of a military feel to it.   I think this is because the participants labeled themselves as the "Twitter army".


Los Angeles City Traffic Officers blocked off all vehicle access to Sunset Boulevard between Vine St. and Cahuenga Boulevard so that the march could be carried out safely. 


There seem to be nobody in opposition to the march as on-lookers and passers-by gave cheers to the marchers, although it appeared as though some customers in Amoeba Records were a bit startled, shock and in awe to the drumming procession as they paraded through the store giving cadence of "I'm with You Mr. Pres.".

Despite the wet weather, the Escovedo family drummed and marched with much enthusiasm.   Pete Escovedo, age 75 and his wife looked on with much pride to his daughter, Sheila E. 


This event marks the first in a series of events that will take place in support of the 2012 re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama.


Video interviews of both Sheila E. , Pete Escovedo and others will appear on ED MAGIK TV (http://www.edmagiktv.com and also http://www.youtube.com/edmagiktv).



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