Ithaca Folk Song Swaps
2024
live sings!
Sunday November 3, 2024, 2-5pm, UU Church, no theme
Sunday December 1, 2024, 2-5pm, UU Church, theme TBA
Sunday January 5, 2025, 2-5pm, UU Church, no theme
Sunday February 2, 2025, 2-5pm, UU Church, theme TBA
Sunday March 2, 2025, 2-5pm, UU Church, no theme
Sunday April 6, 2025, 2-5pm, UU Church, theme TBA
We sing in the
conference room adjacent to the church office, in the Unitarian Church Parish
House at 306 North Aurora Street. Follow
the signs. Please enter through the
ground level "Garden" entrance by the bench to your left as you face
the porch at 306 North Aurora. Follow
the signs up the half flight of stairs (or the elevator) and down the hall to
our room. Free and open to the
public. We’ll pass a hat for
donations. BYO refreshments (no
alcohol).
Subscribe to the email list & find contact information here --
http://www342.pair.com/elerner/Songswap/Subscribe.htm
Let’s
get together and sing. We’re looking for
people in the Ithaca area who want to get together to lead a folk song, and
join in on others’ songs. We’ve been
singing once a month since September 2011.
We welcome folk songs, traditional ballads, chanteys, & songs, as
well as contemporary folk songs with traditional roots, including your own
songwriting. Everyone welcome. Bring your acoustic instrument or sing a capella. We take
turns going around the circle to lead or request a song. Eric guides the turn-taking, encourages
beginners, discourages noisy side conversations, and generally tries to keep
things on track.
Song
Themes. Every other month we
select a theme for our singing. Themes
are always optional. It’s just a loose guideline to prompt our memories
for old songs or motivate us to learn something new. But don’t feel constrained. If you don’t happen to have a song ready on today’s
theme, then sing something else. In the
alternate months, there will be no set theme.
Health
& Safety. Please don’t attend if
you have, or have symptoms of, or have been recently exposed to, covid, flu or
any other contagious disease.
Join
us! Let’s build a stronger network of Ithaca
folksingers. Come sing us a song!
Help
us get
the word out. Please pass on this URL to
anyone who may be interested:
http://www342.pair.com/elerner/Songswap/
Download a poster/flyer here:
http://www342.pair.com/elerner/Songswap/Songswap.pdf
