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".
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We are glad to post any regular participatory folk singing events. For additions or corrections to this list, email Peter.
Akron OH:
Monthly song circle. For information contact Mary Starbuck or Steve Kraus.
Amherst-Northampton MA Area:
Rise Up Singing in Harmony (RUSH) meets monthly. 6pm potluck, 7pm sing. Contact Roger Conant for more info.
Atlantic City NJ Area:
First Friday Potluck/Sing. Potluck at 6pm, Singing at 7:30 or so.
Contact Bob & Meed Barnett, call 609-965-5347 or email Chris Mock.
Cleveland OH Area (Moreland Hills)
Contact: Marcia Petchers
Colorado Springs CO:
Monthly sings loosely based around the High Plains Unitarian Church. Contact Scott Flora or call 719-475-1726 (days) or 719-442-6698 (evenings).
Maui HI:
A Song Circle, mostly using Rise Up Singing, usually meets on the First Thursday of each month, 6:30-8:30pm, $5 or less (hall rental). However, we often meet additionally at other times and places, free. For more information or to get e-mail notices, please e-mail Larry Sarner or call 808-575-9695.
New Bedford, MA
Singing Out! Monthly community singalong. First Friday of the month, 5-7 p.m. More info at www.threeoranges.org.
Ottawa, Ontario:
Round robin type song circle, 1st & 3rd Fridays Contact: Dale Morland or call [613] 725-9208.
Philadelphia PA:
Usually 4th Thursdays. Folk Factory Coffeehouse, U-U Church, 6900 Stenton Avenue, Mt Airy. Open Stage 7:30, followed by Open Song Circle 9:30. $2-5. More info call: (215) 848-6246.
Rochester NY:
Every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 10:00 PM at 12 Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 South Winton Road, next to Brighton High School. This is one of the longest-running sing-arounds in the country, begun in 1971 when the Golden Link Folk Singing Society was founded! For more information go to: goldenlink.org
St. Johnsbury VT Area
Vermont Women's Round Sing - participatory round singing led by Louise Brill. Most Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm at North Congregational Church. Contact Louise for more info via email or 802 633-3226.
West Chester PA Area:
Monthly sings at the home of Rich Aldred & Carrie Miles in Glen Mills, PA. For information on new singalongs, contact Rich Aldred.
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
Sat, April 13th, Storrs CT at Storrs Friends Meetinghouse. For more information contact: Judith Hyde
Sat., April 25th, Mansfield MA New England Folk Festival (NEFFA.)
June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
Thurs, Feb 14th (Valentine's Day!), Florence MA "Music in the House" series at the Garden House in Look Park 7-10pm. 413-584-222
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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