He has taught school children. He has taught the elderly. He has taught blind and deaf to move gracefully despite physical handicaps. And Wednesday he taught a group of inmates at the Rutland jail to appreciate dance and a good story. We need water, shelter and food to survive, but the soul needs nourishment too.
Arts are good for the soul.
It was his first and only at a correctional facility on the 2,160- mile hike. And jail administrators were thrilled he accepted his invitation. And many of them did. They walked single file in to the jail's basketball court and sat in folding chairs under the watch of guards and Superintendent Keith Tallon. Many crossed their tattooed arms and smirked at the effervescent d'Amboise, who was dressed in a bright red T-shirt, long brown pants and hiking boots.