Music Store:
new large format RUS!
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".
Information on Quakercamp at Stillwater has been moved to a new website:
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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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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
Florence MA Tues, June 30, 6-9pm, Side St Cafe, 42 Maple St, (413) 587-8900
Providence RI Sat, Sept 26 - Singalong concert at Providence Friends Meeting. Contact Debbie Block.
Poughkeepsie NY Friday, Oct 2 - Oakwood Friends School
June 27-July 4, 2010, Barnesville OH Quakerspring gathering (just prior to 2010 FGC summer gathering in Bowling Green OH)
See also swing performances Annie is doing with the
O-Tones
We urge you to check out the new website:
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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