This month’s story: “The Choir Boy’s Muzzle” – The lesson of this story is: Even if you try to keep a young boy’s spirit down, keeping him muzzled forever will be a difficult task.

Song #1 “I’m Still Singin’ Baby” – A celebratory song about the joys of doing what you love to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M9mcSJEovg&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s&index=9

Song #2 “It’s Not the End of the World” – There may be some days when we’re knocked down, mocked out, flipped off or laughed at, but “it’s not the end of the world.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsAhlziusE&t=0s&index=10&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #3 “O’ Jerusalem (City of Peace)” – A prayerful song for finding a path to peace in Jerusalem.

Song #4 “My Sister’s Got Perfect Pitch” – There is more to life than having perfect pitch or being the smartest person or being the most beautiful person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpTj6fmZE0&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=13

Song #5 “It’s Time to Sing What’s on Your Mind” – A song about the day when you realized that it was time for you “sing what’s on your mind.”

Song #6 “Gonna Sing It” – An upbeat positive song that encourages us to sing our Song with all our might. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdc6RXMVI8&index=19&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #7 “I Enjoy Singing My Songs” – A little ditty from forty five years ago.

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

Song #1 “One of These Days” – A song dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Pete Seeger and the Civil Right’s Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3uu1SinsE&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&index=7

Song #2 “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” – A traditional song that was sung often as part of the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ERLX3b3kE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=5&t=5s

Song#3 “Going Down the Road (Feeling Good) ” – (new verses to a Woody Guthrie Depression Era song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvrQqXzPbs&index=5&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp

Song #4 “Freedom O’ Freedom” A song about freedom and the responsibility that goes along with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12XMr18GBs&t=0s&index=13&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #5 “This Little Light” – (Harry Dixon Loes ) The Civil Rights Movement was strengthened by people singing together wherever they gathered. This Little Light was one of the most popular songs of the movement.

Song #6 “Gonna Sing Until I’m Done” – A morale booster for those days when we’re having doubts about how we want to proceed in our lives’.

Song #7 “The Hammer Song” – (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger) Written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers.

Song #8 “May You Rest in Peace” – A peaceful memorial song.

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives and this show starts out with a brief story about Yacouba Sawadoga.

Song #1 “Yacouba – The Village Fool” – A song about how important it is sometimes to look at things differently so we can find new solutions. Yacouba Sawadogo did just that and he helped to hold back the desert from taking his farm and those of his neighbors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciH48jYmPyo&index=18&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #2 “If There’s a Will, There is a Way” – A song that espouses the belief that if we can work together we can make things safer for both citizens and the police. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmM_6243HNE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s&index=2

Song #3 “Until This Planet’s Green” – An environmental anthem for our planet and a declaration that “We won’t let you die in the hands of greed. We will help you until this planet’s green.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqnNxFtoIU&index=22&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&t=0s

Song #4 “Garden Song“ by David Mallett

Song #5 “This Land Needs Care from You and Me” – (new words to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land)  This song proposes that the land really belongs to the Creator or the organizing energy that has created it and that we are most importantly stewards of the land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVtRJJg4io&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=14

Song #6 “Plant Those Seeds with Love” – A song that encourages us all to invest our love in the seeds (our life endeavors) that we plant each and every day of our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxxDXpDX0k&t=4s&index=16&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #7 “You Can Do It” – A comforting, motivational song that reassures us that we can make it through the trials that confront us by recognizing the love within and around us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwwrnQqztg&t=38s&index=2&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “ Splishing and Splashing My Way to Aqua-phobia “ – A story about how a young boy’s early plunge into water over his head stayed with him for a life time.

Song #1 “Things Will Be Better Soon “ – A song that reminds us that if we’re always waiting for things to get better soon we might miss much of what life’s about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZNTGnNHuaM&t=24s&index=6&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #2 “Hanging By a Thread” – Some days we might feel like we’re barely able to hang on, but this song encourages us to keep “swaying with the wind” and hanging on.

Song #3 “Life’s the River, Love’s the Sea” – A song about the joyous moment when life and music just flow along in time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RujN97eHPuQ&t=0s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=21

Song #4 “We’re Not in High School Anymore” – The sudden awakening to the fact that a lot of older people are acting much like they did in high school and that there is a need for it to be addressed in song form.

Song #5 “What a Day” – A day when you realize that you can lift your voice and sing your own song.

Song #6 “Tell Me Your Story” – Telling our story is important so we can learn and evolve from what we have to share. We all need to contribute, however we can, to our human evolution and although unbelievably slow it will continue to grow with each generation.

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A second show dedicated to remembering Jane Held and some of her beautifully performed songs.

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