Songs of Struggle & Hope - SCQM

Singalong with Annie Patterson 

Please note that this online concert will take place from 5:00 to 6:30 Pacific Dayight Time (8-9:30 EDT)Join us for a special evening of singing with Quaker singer and songleader Annie Patterson. Annie will lead songs of struggle & hope, especially songs that honor and lift up Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized voices. Singing together (even on zoom!) can help us connect with each other & ground ourselves in love during hard times.
 Concert set list (with links to song pages in The Music Box):

• Study War No More  RUS Peace p163 (trad. African Amer spiritual)
• Lonesome Valley  RUS Faith p44 (Woody Guthrie)
• Peace Like a River  RUS Sacred Rounds & Chants p195 (trad.)
• Turn Turn Turn RUS Time p238 (Pete Seeger)
• Union Maid RUS Work p259 (Woody Guthrie)
• Deportee RUS Farm p50 (Woody Guthrie)
• Hold On  RUS Freedom p60 (trad. African Amer spiritual)
• Bella Ciao  RUS Struggle p213  (trad.) 
• Universal Soldier  RUS Peace p164 (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
• I Ain’t Marching Anymore  RUS Peace p159 (Phil Ochs)
• Imagine  RUS Hope p116 (John Lennon)
• Never Turning Back  RUS Struggle p116 (Pat Humphries) 
• Ella’s Song  Rise Again Freedom p76 (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
• Harriet Tubman  RUS Freedom p60 (Walter Robinson)
• Freedom Is a Constant Struggle RUS Freedom p59 (trad. African Amer spiritual)
• Hymn for the Russian Earth  RUS Sacred Rounds & Chants p195 
• Lead with Love / One Foot (Melanie DeMore) verse echo
• We Shall Not Be Moved  RUS Work p260 (trad. African Amer spiritual)
• I’m Gonna Do What the Spirit Says  RUS Spirituals p210 (trad. African Amer spiritual)

Annie co-created Rise Up Singing & Rise Again songbooks with her partner Peter Blood. She has been leading Friends in song for decades. Her repertoire includes hundreds of well-known & uplifting songs that inspire, renew & honor the rich history of peace & social justice.

Annie will be joined by Peter for portions of the concert. We hope to see you there! 

This is a free concert - a gift of Southern California Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).

If you are interested in attending & do not have the Zoom link already, please email the organizer, Gail Thomas.