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Annual Sessions & Gathering April 4-8, 2012
THEME: Make A Joyful Noise at Every Opportunity
SATURDAY Evening's 48th Annual Walton Lecture 7:00-8:30 pm:
Spiritual Journey Through Music withTom Neilson
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Bring your guitars, keyboards, and violins and we’ll share our favorite songs for social change. Original songs are strongly encouraged.
Thursday 10-11:45: Song writing Workshop—Writing Music for Social Change.
Bring your paper and pencil and a rhyming dictionary if you have one. We’ll briefly discuss the songwriting process and identify some social issues; then break into groups or work solo and write songs. Then perform them.
Saturday 7-9:00: 48th Annual Walton Lecture: Spiritual Journey Through Music
Tom will share his spiritual journey with us interspersed with original songs. How the gift of music has infused his life and created a way to express his inner spirit.
Referred to at the Kerrville Folk Festival as the Jon Stewart of folk music, Tom Neilson's social activism, spirituality, and music are intertwined and blended.
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to events.
Quaker Racism, Walton Lecture by
Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye
Please click on the following links for audio:
Lloyd Lee Wilson, Michener Lecture
Lecture; Workshop I
Thanks to Carl Hersh, Closeup Productions, and to Bill Carlie, Orlando Friends Meeting.
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