URGENT APPEAL: A Very Important Message from Pete Seeger About the Future of Sing Out!
Written by admin2 on November 19th, 2009Filed under: Campaign Watch, Irked Videos
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Quoting the legendary, the inimitable, the phenomenal Mr. Pete Seeger:
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“A little over 59 years ago, I helped to co-found a wonderful little magazine called Sing Out!
From the beginning, it’s brought music, community and enrichment to tens of thousands of readers, sharing information about our best songs, and honoring the people who make the music. Hundreds of important songs, old and new, from many communities and cultures, were first introduced in the pages of Sing Out! In fact, a little song I wrote with Lee Hays 60 years ago — ‘If I Had a Hammer’ — graced the cover of its very first issue and gave the magazine its name.
Over the years, Sing Out! has grown, changed formats several times, and added songbooks like Rise Up Singing to its catalog. It’s created a resource center collecting music, books and photos, reaching back through our community of music and its revival. We even do a weekly radio show that you might be hearing on a local radio station.
Today, in these changing and challenging economic times, Sing Out! is struggling to survive. As we head toward our 60th anniversary next year, we need your support more than ever. I ask you to consider making a contribution to help Sing Out! get through this very difficult year AND to ensure another 60 years of sharing songs that we need to learn and sing.
At the bottom of this message, you’ll find information about how you can help … if each of us gives even a little, Sing Out! will be able to survive and grow.
Thank you for whatever you can do!
Pete Seeger”
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Click here to keep Sing Out! afloat
(Autographed copies of Pete's new book to all donors of $250+ while supplies last)
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Subscribe to their amazing quarterly magazine
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Buy umpteen copies of Rise Up Singing
(A Group Singing Songbook makes an awesome stocking stuffer!)
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Read other “URGENT APPEALS” on Irked
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