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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June 22-24: “YFNA / WGYF: Past, Present & Future”
Reunion & Envisioning a Future YF Movement
Many Friends' formative spiritual experiences took place in youth activities. For decades, Young Friends of North America brought together Friends from all branches of Quakerism in a rich spiritual community. 2 historic World Gatherings of Young Friends were held in Guilford, North Carolina, in 1985 and Lancaster, England, in 2005. Others have had powerful experiences in YouthQuakes and other Young Friends groups. Many were deeply changed by the power of learning from Friends from different traditions than their own. Today many Young Adult Friends are yearning to create new opportunities for the same kind of sharing with their counterparts across North America.
This weekend brought together past, present & future young adult Friends to share stories, ways these gatherings affected their lives, plans & visions for the future.
YouthQuake held a series of conferences for Young Friends between the ages of 14 and 20 between 1975 and 2003. The group started out a project of Evangelical Friends but eventually included Friends from all backgrounds of Friends in the US and Canada as participants, planners and leaders. Around the time of the final 2003 gathering, the group began to face many of the challenging issues around theology and sexual orientation that many other cross-branch Friends relationships are facing. As a result, the
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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
Sat. Aug 7-Th Aug. 9 - Smithfield RI New England Yearly Meeting annual sessions. As "Sessions Peacemakers" this year, we will be doing programs with all age groups, including a concert Tuesday evening on the theme "Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land".
Sat. Sept 18 - Ithaca NY Singalong Concert. 7pm at St Paul's Methodist church, 402 N. Aurora Street. For info contact Melody Johnson (807) 272-8755. Benefit for Ithaca Friends Meeting.
Sun. Oct 3 - Philadelphia PA Singalong Concert with John McCutcheon & others celebrating Rise Up Singing. 3pm at 1st Unitarian-Universalist Church, 2125 Chestnut St. Benefit for Sing Out Corp.
Sat. Oct. 23rd - Northampton MA Singalong Concert 7:30pm at Northampton Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Center Street. For more info contact: Dick & Kathleen Konicek-Moran.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with the
GIRLS FROM MARS
Mon, July 12 - Hatfield PA 6-8pm Hatfield Musicfest - free!
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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