Peter is turning 80 and we've having a singalong concert with a bunch of our friends to celebrate.

Peter's son suggested he should do whatever he really longed to do and what came up was to sing together 15 or so of the songs that move him most deeply in our 2nd songbook Rise Again. Not just literal love songs but songs about peace, a song about how there's always money for war but never enough for the poor, songs to help us face tough times and big changes in our lives.

The concert will be in-person at our own Quaker meetinghouse in Leverett MA but also streamed live on Zoom. It will be a benefit for Movement Voter Project, an amazing group that began in Western Mass that funds local organizing groups across the country with a proven track record of registering marginalized voters and getting them out to the polls that we have often supported in past election cycles.

There will be reservation links posted on this page soon (hopefully no later than September 1st) where you can either reserve a seat at the Meetinghouse or a link to attend on zoom. There will be no charge but we encourage you to make a donation when you reserve a place!

We hope you can join us! If not, we'll post the concert later on our YouTube channel. If you can't make the concert, we'd love it if you'll make a donation at this special link in Peter's honor! Donate now to MVP.

Confirmed musicians taking part — the list is growing!: (t)

Be sure to bring your copy of Rise Again (or buy a copy now) so you can sing along! As Pete Seeger always told us, when we sing together with open hearts, the world changes....

Here are some of the songs we anticipate to be singing together: (pages are in Rise Again)

(Note: the links below are to the artist page in the Music Box showing the songs in our songbooks the artist has written or performed.)

Performers

Annie Patterson
Charlie King
Sally Rogers
The Nields
Sarah Pirtle
Paul Kaplan