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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If you yearn for a more vibrant spiritual community,
If you hunger for more time for worship, reflection, and deepening the connections among Friends,
Come to QuakerSpring!
 QuakerSpring at Stillwater:
Experiencing the Inward Christ Together
Barnesville, Ohio
June 9-14, 2009
We invite all Friends hungry for spiritual community, of all ages, to spend time in worship, reflection, conversation, and play. We hope to bring together Friends from all branches of Quakerism, to share what Spirit-led Quakerism is about at its core--and to experience it together.
 Program:
--Bible study --Waiting worship (some days with "extended worship")
--Afternoons will be free for workshops and focused conversations arising out of our time together, as well as play and family activities.
--Evenings will include plenary offerings, and opportunities for corporate discernment around issues rising out of the group.
Families are welcome. We will arrange for childcare and/or children's program if we have plenty of notice. There will be dormitory housing at Olney Friends School, and space for camping (with RV hookups and bathroom and shower facilities) around the Stillwater Meetinghouse. For more information on available free-time activities & the surrounding area, click on Site & Activities.
Suggested contributions, adequate to cover the fees charged by Olney Friends School, will be posted on this site early in the spring of 2009.
 Registration will begin Tuesday morning, June 9th, at 10 am. The gathering will close after lunch on Sunday, June 14.
For more information: Email the QuakerSpring planning group
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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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