Music Store:
NEW CD! "Mountain Side"
Personal Favorites from Rise Up Singing
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
Where Have All the Flowers Gone:
A Singalong Memoir - new edition!
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article "Shared Song - Communal Memory" talks about Annie & Peter, the origins of Rise Up Singing & ways it's being used in singalong around the country.
So, what are Quakers? (And do they even sing???!!!)
Peter's Quakerism writings have been moved to a new website: InwardLight.org
Information on Quaker Spring has been moved to a new website:QuakerSpring.org
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 The last 2 Junes, over 100 Friends from 17 yearly meetings have gathered together in Barnesville, Ohio, to explore what Spirit-led Quakerism is about at its core - and to experience it together. These were truly "gatherings with a difference" - with most of the week left unplanned and open to the leading of the Spirit.
Young adult and older Friends together spent time listening to ways the winds of the Spirit were blowing through their lives. You can get a sense of what took place by reading the:
and a Friends Journal article called
 There is much more information about the 2007 gathering including talks by Susan & Jack Smith of Ohio Yearly Meeting, other accounts of the gathering, a typical day's schedule, & a list of the attenders at
Another QuakerSpring gathering will be held this coming June 9-14 in Barnesville.  Gathering costs are very low (around $20/day for campers and under $30/day for a dorm room). Scholarship & travel assistance may be available for those with limited income, so that we hope that no one will stay away for this reason. We will provide for children if we know well in advance that they are going to be with us.
For more information on this June's gathering, click on:
2009 QuakerSpring Planning Group: Ann Armstrong (NEYM), Susan Bailey (Ohio YM), Peter Blood-Patterson (NEYM), Ellen Deacon (Phila. YM), Andrew Esser-Haines (Phila. YM), Rebecka Haines Rosenberg (Baltimore YM), Deborah Haines (Baltimore YM), Katharine & Ken Jacobsen (Ohio YM), Shawna & Kevin Roberts (Ohio YM), Susan Zeichner (NEYM).  One of the most exciting things about these gatherings has been the powerful sharing across generational lines between Young Adult and older Friends. Many in both groups have spoken of how powerful and unusual this experience has been. To see more about this, go to YAFs at QuakerSpring.
You can email the QuakerSpring planning group if you have questions or ideas about this summer's gathering. If you prefer, you may also write Susan Zeichner at 68 Josephine Ave., Somerville, MA 02144 or call her at (617) 625-8797.
We hope you will join us this June!
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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
WFCR interview with Peter and Annie. Hear us talk about sing-alongs and the origins of Rise Up Singing with live performances of several favorite songs. Northampton, MA Sat. Jan. 21 10am - 1pm NoHo Winter Farmer's Market, located in Thorne's basement. Annie Patterson & Mary Witt perform folk & Americana.
Easthampton MA Fri. Feb. 3rd - The Mic @ The Delaney House - Annie's 3-part harmony group, The Harmony Grits, will perform 7-11pm, Mary Witt, Dan Zuckergood, and Annie Patterson (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass - Americana & Folk music)
Leverett MA Sat. Feb. 4th - No Nukes Benefit Concert & Speak Out. Leverett Town Hall, 9 Montague Rd, 2-9pm. Annie will sing 4 songs at 5:30pm. Info from Ann Ferguson 413-367-2310.
New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 7pm. Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill this evening. 212-787-3903. Kingston RI, Fri. July 6 - We will be taking part in another performance of "The Fire & the Hammer" - which Peter organized & we both took part in at New England Yearly Meeting last August. The final evening plenary of the 2012 Friends General Conference summer gathering. Detailed information on the performance & applying to join the choir will be posted later on the FGC website.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with:
GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES
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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