Ithaca Folk Song Swaps

 

Winter 2024 live indoor sings!

 

Sunday April 14, 2023, 2-5pm, Unitarian Church (theme = Spring)

 

Winter Location.  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.  The room will seat a circle of about 15 singers without crowding, maybe a few more. There are several openable windows and a high ceiling, as well as mechanical ventilation. There is a bathroom down the hall.  Free and open to the public.  The room rental will cost (total) $22 per session.  We’ll pass a hat for donations.  BYO refreshments (no alcohol).  Free parking on the street. 

 

Sunday May 5, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, no theme
Sunday June 2, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, theme TBA
Sunday July 7, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, no theme
Sunday August 11, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, theme TBA
Sunday September 15, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, no theme
Sunday October 6, 2023, 2-5pm, Stewart Park, theme TBA

 

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.

 

April 2024 Theme = Spring.  Spring flowers and spring thaws.  Box springs and spring water.  Stories that happened in the spring and songs you learned in the spring. 

 

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. 

 

Covid precautions.

 

Check the Tompkins County covid community risk level here --

https://covidactnow.org/us/new_york-ny/county/tompkins_county/

 

If CDC community risk level is Low:

    Up to date boosters required.

    Masks optional.

    Please don’t attend if you have symptoms of, or have been recently exposed to,

covid, flu or any other contagious disease.

If CDC community risk level is Medium:

    Same day instant covid test required.

If CDC community risk level is High:

    Event cancelled.

 

 

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