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NOTE: We are on tour in N. California Aug 9-17, so orders received during that time will be filled on Wed, Aug 19. Thanks for your patience!

Rise Up Singing

new large format RUS!

Rise Up Singing: The Teaching Discs

Annie Patterson CD

"Meet Me by the Moonlight"

Pete Seeger CD's

Pete Seeger's Life & Work

Paul Winter CDs

including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR

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General Payments

Annie & Peter Bios

Singalongs

NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".

Directory of Quaker Folk Musicians

Other Music Websites

Quakerism

Quakercamp at Stillwater

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Quaker Youth Activities

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

20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops

Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at 7pm at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 2151 Vine St (at the corner of Walnut & Vine). For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock. Benefit for Meetinghouse renovation and Frieght & Salvage moving fund. Childcare available.
NOTE: This website incorrectly listed the Friends Meetinghouse on 1600 Sacramento St as the location for this concert. Our apologies for the confusion!

Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop 1-3:30pm on songleading techniques at Quaker Center.

Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.

Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions. Childcare available.

Sat, Nov. 1st, Cambridge MA Retreat with Peter "Be Not Afraid: Embracing Passion, Love & Praise as Friends." Cambridge Friends Meeting, 9:30-5, sponsored by Quaker Studies Comm. For more information contact Sarah Spencer.

April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.

Swing performances Annie is doing with the

O-Tones

Tues, Aug. 26, Florence MA Trans Performance, 6:40, Look Park, $10. Fundraiser for Northampton. (This is Peter's birthday!)

Girl From Mars



We urge you to check out the new website

nobelprize4pete

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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