Calendars

Every year I can’t wait to get my new calendars. I just received my 2006 War Resisters League calendar/planner. Each year the WRL calendar has a different theme (you can also purchase previous copies of them). This year’s them is Peace-Loving Nations: Music of Peace and Resistance.

In their introduction, Gene Blickman and Ellen Davidson say this about the calendar:

We tried to make this calendar as heterogeneous as possible, drawing upon music and musicians from a wide range of traditions. Beyond “the usual suspects” – 20th century protests songs from the Wobbly-era throught teh ’60s-we sought music from Latin America, AFrica, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Antipodes. We found materials from many folk and classical traditions, Eastern and WEsetern. We looked for music from many historical eras, created by women and men of disparate ages and ethnicities, and from different phiolosophicla bents-as long as they and/or their songs were part of the struggle against war and its underlying causes-racism, sexism, poverty, capitalism, and class.

If you live in Manahttan, you can participate in the
Celebration of WRL’s 2006 Peace Calendar and learn to sing some of the songs with Pete Seeger,Bev Grant & the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus -“Harmonic Insurgence”

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 2005 • 6:30 PM

The Workmen’s Circle
45 East 33rd Street, Manhattan

SHARE MUSIC, WINE, AND CHEESE
Calendars and other peace-oriented gift items will be on sale.

For more information, contact War Resisters League (212) 228-0450