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Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Last night we had a great singalong crowd to help us usher in the fifth year of our monthly residency at the Free Times Cafe. The audience was in fine voice and spirit.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was on Monday of this week, our set lists included lots of songs from the days of the Freedom Ride and the Civil Rights Movement That day, we had watched some very moving documentaries on the struggles of the time and it was good to sing songs that figured so prominently in the movement and still resonate today.
Songs of the Freedom Ride to Mississippi in 1961 were represented by renditions of 'Study War No More', 'Which Side Are You On', and 'This Little Light'. We also sang anthems from the 1963 March on Washington such as 'We Shall Overcome', 'If I Had Hammer' and 'Blowin’ in the Wind', transporting us all back to that important and emotional event. Finally, we sang civil rights contributions of the big 3… Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan… namely 'Back of the Bus', 'State of Mississsippi', and 'The Times They Are a Changin' respectively.
The evening created a hopeful start to this new year.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was on Monday of this week, our set lists included lots of songs from the days of the Freedom Ride and the Civil Rights Movement That day, we had watched some very moving documentaries on the struggles of the time and it was good to sing songs that figured so prominently in the movement and still resonate today.
Songs of the Freedom Ride to Mississippi in 1961 were represented by renditions of 'Study War No More', 'Which Side Are You On', and 'This Little Light'. We also sang anthems from the 1963 March on Washington such as 'We Shall Overcome', 'If I Had Hammer' and 'Blowin’ in the Wind', transporting us all back to that important and emotional event. Finally, we sang civil rights contributions of the big 3… Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan… namely 'Back of the Bus', 'State of Mississsippi', and 'The Times They Are a Changin' respectively.
The evening created a hopeful start to this new year.
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| Thanks Fred B. for this lovely photo. |
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
They Came, We All Sang, We Partied...Like It Was 1965!
New Year’s Eve and 60’s folk music made for a boisterous
combination at the Free Times Cafe on Saturday night as an overflowing and exuberant audience bid 2016 farewell, and rang in 2017. Almost 100 people were turned away for
this intimate and popular evening.
After dining on a delicious special buffet, the crowd was
treated to Judy’s trademark OY's and then sang along to some of the most memorable songs of the
60's Folk Revival courtesy of Sue, Michelle, Dwight, and Tony.
The evening included a special ‘unplugged’ set, for a change of pace, which
introduced three new songs from our audience request list. Pete Seeger’s
‘Waist Deep in the Big Muddy’, Ewan McCaul’s ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’,
and Buffy Sainte Marie’s 'Until Its Time For You to Go’ debuted in a rare quiet portion of
the night.
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| Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Halleluuuuuuujah |
A champagne toast at midnight was accompanied by the singing of Auld Lang Syne and a special performance led by Michelle of ‘Hallelujah’, a poignant tribute to Leonard Cohen.
It was truly a night to remember! A big thanks goes to Judy, her amazing staff, and all the wonderful folks
who joined us and sang their hearts
out. This was the ‘Where Have All the Folk Songs Gones' gang's first New Year’s show
and it won’t be the last.
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| Some of the audience feedback received | ! |
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