Anna Sykes Violin Recital / June 26, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022 / 2 p.m. / Anna Sykes will be giving a recital in the New Garden Friends Meeting Room to fulfill her requirements for graduation from ECU.
Sunday, June 26, 2022 / 2 p.m. / Anna Sykes will be giving a recital in the New Garden Friends Meeting Room to fulfill her requirements for graduation from ECU.
April 24, 2021 / 7:00 p.m. / In 2006 as his senior project for the Guilford College Quaker Leadership Scholars Program, Jon Watts set up a recording studio in the lower level of Friendship Friends’ meetinghouse and created “A Few Songs Occasioned.” That collection of original music reflecting on early Quaker history and spirituality served in part as a launching pad for his later musical projects and QuakerSpeak. It was a remarkable accomplishment for an…
Dear Friends, Some of you will remember the fun we had hosting Annie Patterson and Mary Witt at New Garden Friends Meeting the evening of March 7, 2020. Little did we know that we wouldn’t be able to be in a crowd like that again this year! They have written to me with another opportunity — this time a concert with Annie and her husband Peter Blood. They are doing an on-line SING OUT THE…
The film, “We Began to Sing,” premiered on Sunday, May 3. It features the work of Pete Seeger and that of Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, who published the books, “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again.” If anyone would like to see this fine presentation, go to: https://tinyurl.com/yde26ekr.
7:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Please join us for a concert (including a sing-along portion) by Annie Patterson and Mary Witt. Annie is the co-creator of the best-selling songbook Rise Up Singing. She has led singalong concerts across North America and abroad building “hope & change through song.” Mary is a terrific vocalist and bass player. Her award-winning swing and soul band The O-Tones is based in Western Massachusetts. Advance tickets & information can be…
7:30 – 9:15/9:30 p.m. / Worship Room / Joel Landau will play guitar and sing popular songs starting around 1900, then progressing decade by decade into the 1980s. Along the way we’ll hear a selection from Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones, Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan, and much much more! This will be a fun overview of the progression of American popular music…
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Worship Room / Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7 p .m. Apple Cider and cookies will be served in Fellowship Hall after the service.
The carolers will meet at New Garden Meeting at 4:45 p.m, walk over to Friends Home Guilford and begin caroling at 5 p.m. They will return to the meetinghouse for pizza following the caroling.
The carolers will meet at New Garden Meeting at 4:45 p.m, walk over to Friends Home Guilford and begin caroling at 5 p.m. They will return to the meetinghouse for pizza following the caroling.
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Worship Room / Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7 p .m. Apple Cider and cookies will be served in Fellowship Hall after the service.