Celebrations for Pete Seeger’s Birthday
There seems to be a movement afoot to arrainge celebrations of Pete Seeger’s 86th birthday across the US. The following note from Jean King was being passed around various email lists today.
FROM: Jean King in Hawai’i RE: Pete Seeger Celebration Aloha! The first Tuesday of May - May 3rd, 2005 - is Pete Seeger’s 86th birthday. Wouldn’t it be great if all across this land there could be concerts of Pete Seeger–associated songs, an outpouring of appreciation and affection, from New York Island past the redwood forests all the way to Hawai’iisland?! At some point in the concert everyone present would join in to sing: “Happy Birthday, dear Pete Seeger, Happy Birthday to you!” We hope here in Hawai’I to have at least one concert on each island. Public Radio here has already agreed to do a Pete Seeger segment on May 3rd. I hope when you reach out to musicians across the country there will be a resounding “Yes!” Anyone who knows or cares about folk music has at some point been touched by and enjoyed Pete Seeger. The time is short but we can do it. The concerts would, of course, be free and could be on a campus, in a town square, a park, an auditorium, whatever works for that area. They could be a half-hour, an hour, whatever. Perhaps there might be folks who would like to gather at home with friends to dine together and sing or play some Seeger songs - and wish him a Happy Birthday (complete with cake and candle?).
There is an email list and a web site at seegerfest.com .
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