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
Tues, Aug. 26, Florence MA Trans Performance, 6:40, Look Park, $10. Fundraiser for Northampton. (This is Peter's birthday!)
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.
Pete plays the 5-string banjo and the 12-string guitar, and appears on some tracks with the Almanac Singers (a group he performed with in the 1940's which included Woody Guthrie) or with his grandson Tao Rodriguez. Booklet contains detailed notes by Mark Greenberg and a complete discography of