Hello all. I know many of you are going out to the peace demos, and I'm curious as to what songs you're hearing, and what songs you're leading or introducing.

I've heard very little singing at the big events, other than what the Raging Grannies - the only song that gets widespread attention is "Give Peace a Chance." Chanting slogans seems to be much more popular.

However, there was a more intimate demo here on Wednesday night (about 80 people), and when someone said, "Is there someone who knows all the words to Imagine?" I said I did. I ended up teaching "We Shall Overcome" and my own parody of Drunken Sailor to a group of young people, and singing them into a megaphone with a TV camera on me.

One thing was kind of funny - another demonstrator told us that "it's better to shout, so that they [at the consulate] will be ashamed. Music will just make them dance!" Mind you, this was 1 in the morning and the consulate was all dark. Or maybe they turned out the lights so they could slow-dance to me singing We Shall Overcome?

Please share your recent music-as-protest experiences...

Marion