Pete
Seeger Songfest - Jim Scott Remembers Pete in Song
7:00 PM,
Sunday November 6
First
Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. in Worcester
At 7:00 PM Sunday November 6, in the sanctuary of the First
Unitarian Church, folk singer Jim Scott will hold a Pete Seeger Songfest as a
benefit concert for the Center for Nonviolent Solutions. Suggested donation for the concert is $20 for
adults and $10 for students.
The Center for Nonviolent Solutions is a non-profit organization
that provides education and resources to help people in the Worcester area to
understand nonviolence and peacemaking as a way of life and to reject the use
of violence in resolving conflict. The
center teaches middle school and high school students how to resolve conflicts
peacefully through mutual respect, empathy cultivation, active listening and
peer mediation. The center also provides
training in peacebuilding skills to teachers and youth workers, and provides
instruction in the history of successful nonviolent movements in the modern
world.
Join us on November 6 to celebrate Pete Seeger by singing many of
his well-loved songs such as If I Had a Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn, Where Have
All the Flowers Gone and many others. Led by composer/guitarist Jim
Scott, who knew Pete well and collaborated on many projects with the folk
legend, we'll raise our voices for the causes Pete championed and remember the
great contributions to peace and to our American heritage Pete made in his 94
years of life.
Jim Scott brings a warmth, and authenticity that turns any size
audience into an intimate gathering. His lyrical melodies, well-crafted words,
guitar mastery and humorous surprises moved Pete Seeger to call him “Some
kind of a magician.” Known to many as guitarist with the Paul Winter
Consort and co-composer of their celebrated "Missa Gaia / Earth Mass,"
Jim is a prolific composer in his own right.
He has also become a student of the movement for peace and justice
in song, compiling and arranging the "Earth and Spirit Songbook," a
collection of over 110 songs of earth and peace by many contemporary composers,
including Pete Seeger.
A life-long Unitarian Universalist, Jim has visited more than
700 UU churches over three decades of travels. His much loved
"Gather the Spirit" and other songs are in the UU hymnbooks. He
was one of the creators of the Green Sanctuary program for churches to become
more sustainable.
