AUGUST 2010 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME SIX #5

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IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

5 August - Lund, Sweden - Visfestivalen
3 September - Marseilles, IL
4 September - Barrington, IL
5 September - HELP ... got any ideas in the Chicago area? (within 3 hours)
6 September - Pullman - Chicago, IL

Full information about these shows appears at the bottom of this message and continuously updates at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

(the view from my back door... it's easy to rest up here in this beautiful spot!)

Kopparberg, Sweden
31 July 2010

Hej, och välkomna! (Hi! and Welcome!)

You are my lifeline.  I'm so happy that you read my monthly news!  As I enter all the names from all the folks who sign up for my email list I get to read the "comments" section, which is always fun.  People say very nice things.  But it's so frustrating to get a brand new reader who lives in a city that I've been playing twice a year for the past ten years - e.g. Eugene, OR - and find a comment like "just stumbled into this show! you're terrific!" or "where have you been? we NEED music like this!"  We could have been friends for the past ten years if someone had just told her about my show, or forwarded my email news on to her.

Do you know that the ONLY way that about 90% of people find out about my shows is from this list?  The odds are really good that if you write to someone you know in a city where I'm playing that they'll show up for the concert.  It means so much to me when you do that!  So please, forward this newsletter to your friends and relations...  And if you have time and energy to put up some posters in your town when I'm coming, let me know.

I'm so happy when you write back to me after getting my newsletter.   You send me information that deserves a broader audience, you enrich and deepen our relationship, and keep me in touch with all the communities that I've come to know and love in my travels.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by all the email you get and decide that you have to unsubscribe, I can tell you now that I'll probably never see you again ... You think you'll check my website or that someone you know will tell you if I'm coming to your town... It doesn't usually work out that way though.

So THANK YOU for making time in your busy schedule to stay in touch with me.  You make my life and work possible!

Peace, love and solidarity...

Anne

Some recent photos:

Sweet Juice on the Blue Moon Stage at Oregon Country Fair

more denizens of Oregon Country Fair!!

Having a ball with my hosts in Grays' Harbor - RD and Linda!!

at Vildrosfestivalen (The Wild Rose Festival) - 23 July 2010 - Horndahl, Sweden

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THIS ISSUE:

PLEASE VOTE FOR "WAR ON THE WORKERS" IN THE UNION SONG CONTEST STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 6th!

LINKS/VIDEOS OF THE MONTH - BRONTE SISTERS ACTION FIGURES COMMERCIAL!  COWS WITH GUNS! THE "ROUND UP READY" ROUND-UP!

HEADS UP OKIES!! OKLAHOMA LABOR FEST AUGUST 26-28

WHY YOU SHOULD STOP DRINKING BOTTLED WATER

FAMILY NEWS/BIRTHDAYS
 

THE TOUR

 PLEASE VOTE FOR MY SONG "WAR ON THE WORKERS" IN THE UNION SONG CONTEST!

There's a $2000 prize for the best union song being offered by the Union Privilege Credit Card.  They're accepting entries through midnight September 5, 2010.  Voting starts on Labor Day (September 6th) and runs through midnight October 7th.  I hope you'll vote for "War on the Workers" as your favorite.  It would mean a lot to me.  Tell your friends to vote, too!  Voting doesn't start until  Labor Day. In the meantime, visit the site:  http://members.unionsongcontest.org/entries and check out the songs.

LINKS/VIDEOS OF THE MONTH...

This made me laugh out loud.  If the youtube video below isn't displaying, click on this link instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKXNThJ610&feature=player_embedded
Bronte Sisters Action Figures



,and my very talented pal, Dana Lyons is celebrating more than 1,000,000 views of his "Cows with Guns" video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI




and one of my favorite videos of all time is back up on the net:  The Flying Folk Army's "Round Up Ready Round Up" - without a doubt one of the best uses I've seen of the internet... http://users.resist.ca/flyingfolk.ca/funstuff.htm  ... just click on the genetically modified tomato for a rollicking tour of our food chain, followed by the irresistible "Round Up Ready Round-Up" ... the song Monsanto doesn't want you to tap your toes to!  This video isn't on YouTube... you've got to click the link above, but you sure won't regret it!

HEADS UP, OKIES (AND NEIGHBORS!!)  LABOR FEST AUGUST 26-28

This festival should be fabulous.  I met the organizers when I played in Oklahoma City in June and they have a great vision.  Support this wonderful event so that it becomes an annual labor festival!  Oklahoma’s largest coalition of labor Unions and labor activists, the Central Oklahoma Labor Federation (COLF), has  announced its plans for the first ever “Oklahoma Laborfest.” After several planning committee meetings of union members and labor advocates, COLF President Tim O’Connor unveiled the purpose and framework of the festival on June 24.


“The purpose of this festival is to create greater awareness of Oklahoma’s working class culture and to build pride in the state’s rich labor history through music, the arts, and camaraderie” said O’Connor.
“Our youth should know about Oklahoma labor heroes like Kate Barnard and Pete Hanraty. They should know our state motto ‘Labor Omnia Vincit’ which means ‘Labor Conquers All.’ We should appreciate Oklahoma’s history of fighting for workers’ rights since the beginning of statehood.”


O’Connor continued, “Unfortunately this history is not being taught to our children today and we run the risk of it being forgotten. With this festival we intend to promote labor literacy among the general public in order to preserve this history and strengthen labor solidarity in the state of Oklahoma.”
Oklahoma Laborfest will be a 3-day festival with activities for all ages in the Plaza District of Oklahoma City, located on NW 16th between Indiana and Blackwelder.

The festival will kick off with a labor poetry reading on August 26th, a showing of the movie ‘Tar Creek’ with a director Q&A on August 27th, and multiple events on August 28th. Events planned for the 28th include panel discussions, an open musicians’ circle jam and sing-a-long, performances by Buffalo Fitz and Green Corn Revival, a labor poster art contest and show, kids activities such as an impromptu children’s theatre, labor and social justice booths, vendors, and book readings by authors and labor activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Stewart Acuff.

Oklahoma Laborfest will culminate in a performance entitled ‘Oklahoma Speaks’ at the Lyric Theatre on the evening of Saturday, August 28th. This event is modeled after the recent History Channel production ‘The People Speak’ and will include dramatic readings of selected historical texts from Oklahoma’s labor and civil rights movement as well as musical performances of songs connected to these movements. The Red Dirt Rangers and Mary Catherine Reynolds will be the featured musical guests for this event.

For more information, including the call for entries for the Oklahoma Laborfest poster art competition and the schedule of events as it continues to develop, please visit Oklahoma LaborFest

The Oklahoma Laborfest Committee consists of multiple union members and labor activists throughout central Oklahoma.


http://www.facebook.com/OklahomaLaborfest?v=wall  OK Labor Fest
http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/ok_l/



FAMILY NEWS/BIRTHDAYS

Jeanne Clark and Steffi Domike - August 4th, Cathy Weldon - August 7th, Judy Wolfson - August 10th,
Janet Stecher - August 12th, Gun Magnusson Forsberg - August 16th, Windy Cooler-Stith - August 28th,
Jonas Engström - August 31st, Amy Berlin - September 1st, Christina Mumphrey - September 3rd!! and    ,
Happy Anniversary to cousins Kristen and Stan Garnett on August 28th

Here's the latest look at Julie's gorgeous oil painting in progress at Avesta Art:

THE TOUR

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 6:30 PM
Visfestivalen
Lund
Sweden
http://lund.cc/artiklar/visfestival/programmet-klart-visfestival-i-stadsparken-4-5-augusti

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Marseilles, IL
David Raikes is the contact

Saturday, September 4th, 2010 8:00 PM
House Concert at Terri's Place!
call or email Terri to reserve a seat and get directions
Barrington, IL 60010
847-304-5757 847-304-5757
Price: $15
everte@comcast.net - bring an appetizer or dessert if you like. Light refreshments, soft drinks served. BYOB

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5th - ANY IDEAS IN THE CHICAGO AREA?  EMAIL ME! anne@annefeeney.com

Monday, September 6th, 2010 2:00 PM
Pullman Labor Day Celebration
Chicago’s Pullman State Historic Site
111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago, IL
http://pullmanevents.info/labor-day.html
 


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"Anne Feeney is the greatest labor singer in North America." -- Utah Phillips