tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65533778709823786602024-03-13T01:42:35.408-04:00Community SingersCommunity Singers of Charlotte is a non-auditioned intergenerational folk chorus whose purpose is to promote peace through music. We welcome new members and visitors. We practice most Tuesdays at 2 PM and sing out in the community once a month. This blog has information for chorus members such as updates on practices, performances, links to music files and song sheets.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-84187841252154565092020-12-01T09:38:00.000-05:002020-12-01T09:38:55.782-05:00Holiday Sing Along on Zoom<p>Please join us for some holiday cheer on Tuesdays in December. We meet at 6:30-7:30 EST. Please send me an email if you are interested and I'll send you the Zoom link. We'll sing a wide variety of songs and styles including rounds, traditional carols and folk songs. This is very informal. You can download this pdf of our holiday songbook. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAuvf2ipy4SvBN7PbLmp2Ha30Bewuv1H65Z-FjXwi9nknDA_5ctwtX0_rlgfK31d7oEwtT5si8C_ygF99H5tpfZCc8Ws2eDUTpsVIOfNJpl1ql_VT8We6XLlJ7viP8EVidPMERRrDJi8/s259/CS+Emeritus+cotswold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="512" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAuvf2ipy4SvBN7PbLmp2Ha30Bewuv1H65Z-FjXwi9nknDA_5ctwtX0_rlgfK31d7oEwtT5si8C_ygF99H5tpfZCc8Ws2eDUTpsVIOfNJpl1ql_VT8We6XLlJ7viP8EVidPMERRrDJi8/w400-h300/CS+Emeritus+cotswold.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pva0hq3paaicsv/Community%20singers%20Holiday%20Book.pdf?dl=0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-22782887451270046052018-06-01T21:16:00.001-04:002018-08-15T10:40:52.748-04:00Summer Community Singing Sessions<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0xJrHryceA?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br />
If you love to sing then join Charlotte Community Singers for some singing fun on Tuesday nights this summer. We’ll make beautiful music as we sing an eclectic mix of songs from many styles and cultures. These sessions will be a cross between choir practice and song circle. All ages are encouraged to attend.
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Here is a song I arranged for Community Singers. It also sounds nice on recorders. The recording has the bass part sung up an octave. Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fkj0nn1dirnxhwy/150%20-%20Like%20a%20Ship%20in%20the%20Harbor%20SATB%20revised.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a> for the free pdf. I can also print it out as SSAT to match the recording if you send me an email. The photo is one of my favorites of my mom. <br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-68853487415236010972016-12-22T20:13:00.000-05:002016-12-22T20:15:01.484-05:00Singing at Willow GroveWe enjoyed singing at Willow Grove Retirement Community and the residents enjoyed it too.<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-63479550170488157282015-03-29T09:55:00.000-04:002016-04-14T18:34:04.389-04:00Peace in the ParkEach person makes a difference in the world. Each act of kindness, each word of encouragement, each gesture of love sends out a ripple. Join with other Charlotteans as we stand together for kindness, love and peace in our community and our world.<br />
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We will lead a sing along starting at 1:40 PM prior to the vigil at 2 PM. I will bring song sheets, so you will not need to bring your books.<br />
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Emeritus on Randolph Road (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir//3610+Randolph+Rd,+Charlotte,+NC+28211/@35.1886364,-80.8133918,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88569fd8b71c1263:0x2c85cde6422b224c!2m2!1d-80.811246!2d35.188632" target="_blank">map</a>)<br />
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Friday, June 13 at 7<br />
Charlotte Folk Society Member Showcase<br />
Great Aunt Stella Center (<a href="http://www.folksociety.org/index.shtml" target="_blank">location and driving instructions</a>)<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-54479062942098248432013-09-20T20:58:00.000-04:002013-10-08T16:49:12.868-04:00Forward TogetherWhat a wonderful experience singing with Zach, Randy and Richard! We had a last minute recording session of Zach Thomas' song <i>Forward Together</i> at practice this week. Zach, Randy and Richard sang this song in the Moral Monday protests in Raleigh earlier this year. Please pass this song along and the sentiments that are expressed in these lyrics:<br />
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Should we let Jim Crow make it hard to vote<br />
And push our country backward a hundred years or more?<br />
Should the rich get richer on the backs of the poor<br />
And push our country backward a hundred years or more?<br />
Should there be a war against women anymore<br />
And push our country backward a hundred years or more?<br />
No, no, no, you've got to hear what we say<br />
Justice is moving the other way.<br />
Forward together and not one step back.<br />
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A song is still a song without the words. It may touch us in a different way. And poetry is music to me even though it doesn't have a melody in the way a song does. I tell my elementary school students that we always want to strive to make music, not just noise. I think this applies to choir practice, performance and life. A line from an Amy Grant song I listened to in high school comes to mind: "It's not a song 'til it touches your heart". We will keep striving to make our lyrics clear, but most of all we will strive to touch a heart each time we sing.<br />
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by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br />
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I shot an arrow into the air,<br />
It fell to earth, I knew not where;<br />
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight<br />
Could not follow it in its flight.<br />
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I breathed a song into the air,<br />
It fell to earth, I knew not where;<br />
For who has sight so keen and strong,<br />
That it can follow the flight of song?<br />
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Long, long afterward, in an oak<br />
I found the arrow, still unbroke;<br />
And the song, from beginning to end,<br />
I found again in the heart of a friend.<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-22375353483778589822013-04-11T18:33:00.003-04:002013-04-11T18:33:40.993-04:00recording from BrookdaleI recorded our singing at Brookdale Place on Tuesday for Nancy and thought others might like to hear it as well. Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B6hFO0LiHiboLTN0b3FLaklQMTA&export=download&revid=0B6hFO0LiHiboUXhuY3ZwSytqdHNJdUF3MGNEQVJEMTlYMTc4PQ" target="_blank">here</a> to listen.<div>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-43358440420941746382012-09-06T17:30:00.000-04:002014-02-12T07:37:42.529-05:00We sang our hearts out at the DNC<img src="http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wfae/files/styles/card_wide/public/201209/JR20120906.jpg" height="300" width="400" /><br />
Here we are singing to Julie Rose from WFAE, our lone audience member. It's a shame they couldn't have put the free speech platform somewhere a little more accessible and a little less desolate.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AUikcqp_dg0/UEkrO4us4oI/AAAAAAAAA6o/y9VOGT06yo4/s1600/Julie+Rose.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AUikcqp_dg0/UEkrO4us4oI/AAAAAAAAA6o/y9VOGT06yo4/s400/Julie+Rose.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a><br />
After a few songs we moved to a spot outside the Westin hotel on Stonewall where we had lots of folks to sing to as they passed by. "This land is your land, this land is my land..." I think Woody would have been proud.<br />
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-74289521165648364212012-07-19T15:59:00.000-04:002012-09-07T10:31:40.392-04:00Singing in the Rain at Matthews Farmers' MarketHere is the crew that made it out despite the thunderstorms on July 12th. We had fun singing all of the rain songs we could think of and then singing some of our favorites.<br />
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And here we are leading a sing along before the Charlotte Folk Society Member Showcase in May at the Great Aunt Stella Center.<br />
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-51198780089416648782012-02-29T13:57:00.001-05:002012-02-29T14:00:45.574-05:00Lean on MeHere is the YouTube link for "Lean on Me" that I promised last night. Try singing along with your harmony part.<br />
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This crowd can sing! Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-86406447583484805232011-09-19T22:20:00.004-04:002011-09-20T17:30:26.596-04:00HallelujahI found this great YouTube of Leonard Cohen singing his song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGz-li_rgM">"Hallelujah".</a> I love the way the chorus comes in with the hallelujahs. The Shrek vesion leaves out two of the verses that we sang with Dale last week and they are my favorites. Here is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/0/U9_MeJc2U1U">YouTube lesson</a> I have posted with the chord progression and some harmonies for the hallelujahs.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-12166891595171316342011-09-14T19:45:00.000-04:002011-09-14T19:45:25.074-04:00Dona Nobis Pacem<div>Here are several recordings and YouTube's that might be of interest to you:</div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6hFO0LiHiboZWUyNGI4MzAtNjQ5YS00ZGNkLWFiYjEtM2EzZThjM2NhMGFk&export=download&hl=en_US">"Dona Nobis Pacem" </a></div><div>This is what I recorded last night at practice.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/62/jd9FQGboZAA">"Pachelbel's Canon" </a></div><div>This is a lesson that I posted on my blog a while ago of the warm up that we have been singing in practice. </div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PcNBww5h6c&feature=related">"Kappee"</a></div><div>This is the Finish song we are working on if you'd like to hear it performed by the group who wrote it. Their name is Varttina. </div><div><br />
</div>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-54348434527740635592011-06-08T21:52:00.002-04:002011-06-19T19:35:02.237-04:00concert YouTubesHere are the videos from our June 4th concert:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/3/ALg_FhZxG6I">part 1</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/1/ucAWVev6p0Y">part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/1/SwPIqt3e-Io">part 3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carolrraedy?feature=mhee#p/u/2/Ihf48OwOshk">part 4</a><br />
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Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B6hFO0LiHibocWxmR2VGeWRncGhkaDFSYVVmTGJIOXNPNWJVPQ&revision=true">program</a> with lyrics to many of the songs.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-80063472061416005282011-01-26T20:19:00.000-05:002011-01-26T20:19:26.481-05:00mp3s of songsGuten Abend:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6hFO0LiHiboNzQyODgwMzgtNGJmYS00NWVjLWI5MjMtYmY5YjAzZDk1NjQ1&export=download&hl=en">soprano - melody</a><br />
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Come, Ye Sons of Art:<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6hFO0LiHiboMjMxMWRjZDYtYzI4Ni00MGU4LWE0NzMtNTg3MWY1NjdhYWIz&export=download&hl=en">alto - melody</a><br />
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Somos El Barco:<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6hFO0LiHiboNGUxNTRmMGUtOGZhOC00NWQ2LWJmMTMtYzY1YzQwOTJlZDBi&export=download&hl=en">harmony - alto</a>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553377870982378660.post-55559222605573733682011-01-06T06:44:00.001-05:002011-02-10T21:04:06.431-05:00Everyday PeopleListen to Sly and the Family Stone singing "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ZIVNouSXs&NR=1">Everyday People</a>". I would like for us to sing this. It has a great message of peace and acceptance and a style that we do not have in our repertoire. Don't quite know how we would pull off the horn section. Any ideas?Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408040171440876633noreply@blogger.com