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NOTE: We are on tour in N. California Aug 9-17, so orders received during that time will be filled on Wed, Aug 19. Thanks for your patience!

Rise Up Singing

new large format RUS!

Rise Up Singing: The Teaching Discs

Annie Patterson CD

"Meet Me by the Moonlight"

Pete Seeger CD's

Pete Seeger's Life & Work

Paul Winter CDs

including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR


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Annie & Peter Bios

Singalongs

NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".

Directory of Quaker Folk Musicians

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Quakerism

Quakercamp at Stillwater


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The Harvest

I was a picker of fruit –
I and scores of Young Friends
gathered in orchards fall after fall,
Circled the trees joyfully,
lifted each apple
gently off its hanging home.
Breathed in the clear autumn air,
Looked out over treetop to rolling hills
and other treetops and blue skies.
Cooked hearty meals and sang and
prayed with aching bones
when the day’s work was done.

The air was so clear you longed to breathe it forever.
The world raged with war
and dreams of justice.
And we dreamed of a way
to do no harm in our labors –
in community.

(I reached too far once:
The supporting bough broke,
my arm broke.
Helen tended me,
I healed,
The others picked on.)

Jesus said to Peter & Andrew
that he would make them “fishers of men”,
And he did.
Now in this great dark hungry world,
Who will reach out and gather
disciples today
Who will dream & work together to gather
souls – ripe & ready for the harvest?

(And will young dreamers pick apples again?)

Written Dec. 26, 2000 after seeing the movie “Cider House Rules” & dreaming the next night about teaching schoolchildren to pick apples.
Published Aug. 2001 issue of Quaker Life.
© 2001 Peter Blood

20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops

Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at 7pm at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 2151 Vine St (at the corner of Walnut & Vine). For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock. Benefit for Meetinghouse renovation and Frieght & Salvage moving fund. Childcare available.
NOTE: This website incorrectly listed the Friends Meetinghouse on 1600 Sacramento St as the location for this concert. Our apologies for the confusion!

Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop 1-3:30pm on songleading techniques at Quaker Center.

Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.

Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions. Childcare available.

Sat, Nov. 1st, Cambridge MA Retreat with Peter "Be Not Afraid: Embracing Passion, Love & Praise as Friends." Cambridge Friends Meeting, 9:30-5, sponsored by Quaker Studies Comm. For more information contact Sarah Spencer.

April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.

Swing performances Annie is doing with the

O-Tones

Tues, Aug. 26, Florence MA Trans Performance, 6:40, Look Park, $10. Fundraiser for Northampton. (This is Peter's birthday!)

Girl From Mars



We urge you to check out the new website

nobelprize4pete

promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.

There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.

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