Peoples Music Network

Subject: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 06 Jan 01 - 09:56 AM

The Peoples Music Network will be holding our annual Winter Gathering on January 26 through 28, 2001, at the M.D. Fox Elementary School in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The theme of this year's Winter Gathering is "You Can't Kill the Spirit."

The PMN Winter Gathering will begin with a Friday evening meal, beginning at 6:00 on January 26, followed by a concert starting at 7:30 and lasting at least until 11:00.

On Saturday, Januray 27, there will be various workshops and jam sessions, a plenary session featuring Bruce Gagnor from the Global Network Against Weapons in Space, and a round robin open mic. Activities will last from breakfast at 7:30 in the morning until the round robin ends close to midnight.

Sunday, January 28, will feature Songs of the Spirit (an a capella open gathering), more workshops, and a closing ceremony. Activities will begin with breakfast at 7:30 AM and should wrap up around 2:00 PM.

For general information, please contact:

Jill Friedman, phone [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Ruth Goldbaum, phone [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

PMN website: http://www.timbury.com/pmn/

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 09:16 AM

Refreshing

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 09:17 AM

Steve, do you know if they're planning to update the website? Right now it gives information on the next gathering in summer, 2000.

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 09:37 AM

McGrath, are we on the same psychic frequency or something? ;-)

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 12:45 PM

There's a lot of synchronicity round the Mudcat. Different people starting the same threads about the same obscure song or topic at the same time. Someone should research it. Someone probably is. The Men in Black...

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 01:49 PM

Yipes, the outdated website is typical of the musical left. We're too busy singing about revolution to bother with anything so mundane. :-)

Seriously though, you might try asking Peoples Music Network national coordinator Sarah Underhill. Or at least alert her to the issue. Her e-mail address is and her phone number is [phone].

See some of y'all in Hartford where I'll be leading a Woody Guthrie jam session and song swap. Let's see who can bring the most obscure Guthrie song. My contribution will be "66 Highway Blues," cowritten with Pete Seeger in 1940. This is the song which out-gangtas the gangstas with its fantasies of getting a gun and blowing down cops and assorted other folks who treated Pete and Woody mean. You can find it in "Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People."

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Jan 01 - 02:09 PM

OR Steve, you can find it in the DT under Highway 66 Blues.

Click Here for Hwy.66 Blues

New England always has lots of fine stuff happening. Have a great time.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 08 Jan 01 - 06:33 AM

Oh, darn, I hadn't checked the DT lately! I guess I'll do "Down in O-Klay-Homa" instead. It's one of Woody Guthrie's finest songs, and at one time among the favorites with his Okie fans when he used to broadcast on the radio out of Los Angeles. And it's not in the Digital Tradition. You will have to dig up a copy of Ludlow Music's "The Nearly Complete Collection of Woody Guthrie Folk Songs" to find it. Here's a "fair use" sample:

I come from a land of Civilized Tribes,
Down in O-Klay-Homa,
Cattle go grazey and the cowpokes ride,
Down in O-Klay-Homa,
Prettiest clouds that ever did blow,
Prettiest girls that ever did grow,
Makes my toes all itching to go,
Down in O-Klay-Homa!

[Chorus]
Down in O-Klay, O-Klay-Homa,
Down in O-Klay, O-Klay-Homa,
Wish I was right back home tonight,
Down in my O-Klay-Homa!


See y'all in Hartford, Jan. 26-28.
Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 13 Jan 01 - 11:19 PM

To be sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain":

We will see you in New England mighty soon! (Mighty soon!)
We will see you in New England mighty soon! (Mighty soon!)
We will see you in New England,
Where we'll sing of peace and freedom,
We will see you in New England mighty soon!

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 07:10 AM

Sounds like fun! I might buzz down for a day...

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 19 Jan 01 - 08:11 PM

Just keeping the thread refreshed -- as if New England in dead winter ain't refreshing enough!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Jan 01 - 06:48 PM

Okay, here's the NEW Peoples Music Newtork website. You can either copy this URL and paste it into your browser:

http://peoplesmusic.tripod.com/

or else CLICK HERE!


--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: InOBU
Date: 24 Jan 01 - 04:54 PM

Unfortunately I'll be at a Killian Vallilee pipe workshop that weekend, but the last one I went to was a blast. My best to all there and say hi from me. Larry Otway

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 05:37 PM

The PMN Winter Gathering in Hartford, CT, was a resounding success: lots of good music, lots of good company, and I got a chance to meet Mudcat Radio's Mary McCaffrey. There is a very good chance that next year's PMN Winter Gathering will be held in either Ashville or Greensboro, NC. Stay tuned!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Marymac90
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 11:41 PM

I had a great time too, Steve! That was my first time ever singing at the Round Robin (a large open mic show)! It was nice to meet you and a secret lurker who lurks at his job! I hope more Mudcatters can come in the future. Any chance of your coming to Anna's gathering in NJ Feb 10 to 12?

Marymac

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 28 Mar 01 - 06:48 AM

News flash from PMN:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Peoples Music Network is unable to use Camp Howe in western Massachusetts as originally planned. We will therefore be returning to Camp Epworth in High Falls, New York, for our upcoming Summer Gathering, June 1 through 3, 2001. Details to follow.


For additional information about the Summer Gathering or about PMN in general, please contact Sarah Underhill:
E-mail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Postal address:
1150 Berme Road
Kerhonkson, NY 12446

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 15 Apr 01 - 02:49 PM

Peoples Music Network has a new website address:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org

That makes sense, right?

Or click HERE!

Visit the website and learn about our upcoming Summer Gathering, June 1 through 3, 2001, at Camp Epworth in High Falls, New York, USA. The schedule isn't up yet, but you can be sure I'll be hosting a Woody Guthrie song swap and jam session as I did in Hartford back in January. Maybe Pete will show up again.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 15 Apr 01 - 02:55 PM

Whoops! Let's try that clickable link to the Peoples Music Network website again.

CLICK!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 17 Apr 01 - 06:25 AM

If you are not familiar with the Peoples Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle (PMN/SFS or just PMN for short), here's a brief description.


Who are PMN/SFS?

We're a network of:

Musicians
Performers
Songwriters
Sound & recording engineers
Music Lovers
Record & concert producers
Promoters
Archivists
and more

using music and culture to promote progressive ideas and values.We're committed to working with and supporting grassroots and community organizations, to explore and present the diversity of people's culture. We learn from our communities and each other and we have fun doing it!

It Takes All Kinds...

We represent many social, racial, cultural, and ethnic communities as well as a great variety of musical and political interests. We are anti-racist activists, children's activists, feminists, labor organizers, lesbians and gays, and more. Our network stretches across the USA and Canada and includes other international members.

Music To Serve Our Needs

As PMN/SFS members we help develop, promote, and preserve people's music. We enjoy sharing our songs, stories, dances, and friendship with others who share the vision of a better world.

We have a lot to offer:

The Peoples Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle provides access to the valuable resources and support of a network of musical and cultural organizers.

Open to everyone:

Two yearly gatherings where people can swap songs, share experiences, attend musical/organizing workshops and perform before a knowledgeable and sympathetic audience. The summer gathering is held in the country and the winter one in a city. We expand our ethnic and cultural base by holding the winter gathering in a different city each year.

For additional information on PMN/SFS:

Call [phone]

Or write to:
PMN/SFS
c/o Sarah Underhill
1150 Berme Road
Kerhonkson, NY 12446
USA

E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 20 Apr 01 - 06:25 AM

Just keeping the thread refreshed. Remember that our 2001 Summer Gathering (actually our Late Spring Gathering) will be held June 1 to 3 at Camp Epworth in High Falls, New York. See earlier messages in this thread for details.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 11 May 01 - 06:37 AM

Peoples Music Network will be holding our Songs of the Spirit musical communion -- I cannot come up with another way of putting it! -- at the Clearwater Hudson River Revival Festival. It will be on Sunday, June 17, 2001, beginning at 11 AM at the Circle of Song area. The festival is being held at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, New York. Join us!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 31 May 01 - 06:29 AM

Keeping the thread refreshed.

PMN Summer Gathering, June 1 to 3, 2001, at Camp Epworth.

PMN Songs of the Spirit, June 17, 2001, 11 AM at Clearwater Hudson River Revival.

See earlier messages for details.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 04 Jun 01 - 05:00 PM

The '01 Summer Gathering was wonderful. But, alas, it is over. The next PMN Winter Gathering will take place in Ashville, North Carolina, January 25 to 27, 2002. The '02 Summer Gathering will be at a camp in Connectivut, and the following Winter Gathering is scheduled for Syracuse, New York, in January 2003.

Stay tuned for details.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 26 Dec 01 - 07:57 PM

The upcoming Peoples Music Network Winter Gathering will take place at the University of North Carolina in Asheville from January 25 through 27, 2002. Information is now available on the PMN website. Cut and paste this URL:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

Or else CLICK!

Following the link which says Next Gathering Jan. 2002

Information is also available from Jim Wolf. His e-mail address is:

[e-mail]

Or use this LINK.

--- Steve

Subject: PMN Summer Gathering 2002
From: Suffet
Date: 24 Apr 02 - 07:34 AM

The next PMN Summer Gathering will be held May 31 through June 2, 2002, at the University Settlement Camp in Beacon, New York. That's just a short train ride from New York City via the Metro North railway. For details, visit the PMN website:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

Or click here!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 21 May 03 - 06:39 AM

This year, the PMN Summer Gathering will be held June 6 to 8, 2003, at the same location as last year: the University Settlements Camp in Beacon, New York. That's within walking distance of Pete's abode, and just a short and pleasant train ride from New York City via the Metro North railway. There is still plenty of time to register. For details, visit the PMN website:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Charley Noble
Date: 21 May 03 - 07:49 AM

Thanks for the reminder, Steve.

It's a great gathering for people who enjoy group singing, with many workshops focused on political and social issues,

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 24 Nov 04 - 08:32 PM

MANY VOICES

People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle
Winter Gathering

New York City • January 28-30, 2005

For information, please visit the PMN website:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 16 Jan 06 - 09:08 PM

STANDING OUR GROUND!

People's Music Network Winter Gathering
Amherst College • Amerhest, MA
Friday-Sunday • January 27-29, 2006

What to expect at the Winter Gathering:

• Friday night concert featuring Emma's Revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow), Kim & Reggie Harris, Roy Brown, Tom Nielson, Jay Mankita, and Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman

• Participatory workshops - Saturday and Sunday

• Children's concert - Saturday afternoon

• Plenary - Saturday afternoon - focusing on current issues of military recruitment, globalization and money

• Round robin concert - Saturday night - everyone welcome to perform one song

• Songs of the Spirit - Sunday morning a cappella group singing

The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Housing is available. In addition, there are many hotels, motels, and inns in the area in all price ranges.

Childcare will be provided.

Meals include breakfast, lunch, and supper on Saturday, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday.

Registration fees are on a sliding scale. Scholarships are available if needed.

Information is available from the PMN website:

http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

If you have any questions, please call Diane Crowe, the local PMN coordinator, at 413-548-9394 or e-mail her at: [e-mail]

On to Amherst!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network
From: Suffet
Date: 14 Jan 14 - 11:57 AM

UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY
People's Music Network Winter Gathering
New York City • January 24-26, 2014

Friday night, January 24, 2014
Saint John's Lutheran Church
83 Christopher Street • Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NY
6:00 - 10:00 PM
Potluck dinner
Group singing

Saturday-Sunday, January 25-26, 2014
Renaissance Charter School
35-59 81st Street • Jackson Heights, Queens, NY

Saturday, 8:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Opening ceremony
Participatory workshops
Mini-concerts
Community meeting
Plenary
Round Robin concert

Sunday, 8:30 AM - 2:15 PM
Songs of the Spirit
Participatory workshops
Children's concert
Closing ceremony

Venues are wheelchair accessible.

Meals are included (3 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday).

Low-income, youth, and first-timer discounts are available.

Financial assistance is available if requested in advance.

For info visit PMN website: www.peoplesmusic.org

If you have any questions, please e-mail Diane Crowe or call her at 413-548-9394.

Be there!

--- Steve