Annie Patterson and Peter Blood were a joy this last week.  They generously offered a free copy of their new Pete Seeger songbook to anyone who purchased one of the songbooks (Rise Up Singing & Rise Again).  Info at www.riseupandsing.org  

Those interested in recording some harmony overdubs or a solo verse to their song “We Need Truth,” please contact me at nick@mysticchorale.org. 

Our guest this week, Reggie Harris has been performing his songs and working for justice for over forty years, most of that time with his wife Kim.  He has recorded a great variety of albums ranging from the songs of Phil Ochs to songs connecting his own African American experience with songs from Jewish traditions.  He is best known for his own songs.  He will share his new song ON SOLID GROUND and we will be making a video, overdubbing his performance of IN THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER.   The lyrics, PDF files and practice videos of these songs  are on our website. The more you learn the songs ahead of time, the more you will enjoy singing along.

I am putting together an impressive list of singers for our April 20 Homegrown Night.  It will be members of the Mystic community including some alumni like the great Louise Grasmere. If you have created an original song or parody, let me know at nick@mysticchorale.org.  Don’t be shy.  If you don’t have accompaniment, you can sing a cappella.

Some have asked why I don’t provide ALL the scores and lyrics as PDF files.  I have only given the PDF files when the guests have given me permission to do so.  For example, I have always honored Ysaye Barnwell’s wish that her arrangements remain in the oral tradition, not written down.

This Tuesday we will review Sally Roger’s songs CIRCLE OF THE SUN and IN THE NAME OF ALL OUR CHILDREN that she will be singing with us on April 6^th.  She’s already given me her playlist – all wonderful songs. Lovely Agnes, In the Name of All of Our Children, Love Call Me Home by Peggy Seeger, One I Love by Jean Ritchie, Gonna Plant Me a Garden, Crossing the Bar by Rani Arbo/Tennyson, Circle of the Sun, Now is the Time,  P is for Peace, Henry Box Brown, We Will Build This House, and No Time to Feel Hopeless.

We will also continue to learn Woyaya.  If I go too fast, you can go to the members section of our website and practice the songs ahead of time.  You’ll be more confident singing along, particularly when we go into four part harmony.  All the songs that use harmony are on the website, videos with the words and your part being sung.

I will introduce the chorus to Joey Weisenberg’s Lincoln Nigun.  This is the “L’Cha Dodi” section.  The video online will help you learn it in advance.  We will learn Linda Hirschhorn’s Amazed (music and video online), and the South African prayer, Ukuthula (PDF and video online).

I have added more lyrics and videos to the website including the song Ayúdame A Mirar (Help Me to See) that Sol y Canto will be leading May 11^th as well as Melanie DeMore’s One Foot/Lead With Love.

Schedule change: I am switching the NAME THAT TUNE game to the end of the May 18^th session (instead of May 11^th).  The activity where we create new verses to This Land Is Your Land will be at the end of the May 11^threhearsal.

I am asking everyone to contribute to one or both of our two videos.  For Ysaye Barnwell’s arrangement of “Soon Ah Will Be Done” I will be accepting video and audio only but for Reggie Harris’s “In The Shelter of Each Other” I’m asking those who cannot submit video or audio recordings to submit photos of themselves, photos that represent the words to “In The Shelter Of Each Other.”  Info coming Tuesday.

In addition to these two videos, we will be recording our guests. They have given us permission to create videos where members of the chorus overdub harmonies or, in some cases, sing solos.  If you are up for this additional challenge please contact me at nick@mysticchorale.org.  

A huge thanks again to Idajean Fisher and the Mystic Jamulus team.  They have put in many hours outside of our sessions.

We expect to be sending out Buddy Assignments to the Buddies and New Singers today. If you don't receive yours by the weekend, please contact BuddyAdmin@mysticchorale.org.

New Singers - your Buddy should be reaching out to you. You will also have you Buddy's contact information, so feel free to reach out to your Buddy. If you and your Buddy haven't connected by the end of this Tuesday's session (3/30), please contact BuddyAdmin@mysticchorale.org, and we will try to put you in touch or assign you a New Buddy.

We'll review the steps for creating and submitting a video for this seasons group videos

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Jamulus Singers: Ideajean Fisher, Jim Hickey, Joyce Nichols, Mark Parisi, Kerri Lynn Nichols, Karen Grossman, Donna Ferullo, George Foote, Bernadette Orr, Cyndy Gaviglio, Jack Matson, Carolyn McCreary, Diana Abramo

Buddy Team: Mabel Liang, Arlyn Roffman, Paula Tusler, Leslie Zheutlin

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