May-June 2014 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - Volume 9, Number 8

Thanks so much for being part of my network of friends, family, fans and fellow travelers.

Your top questions for May 12, 2014:

Did you get enough people for your Irish tour?  YES!!

Is there still room for me??  YES!! (five seats left)

Will you be at Kerrville?  YES!! the first 17 days
Did your son do that crazy ultrathon and bike trek??  YES!!!
Are your grandchildren still adorable?  YES!!!!

(details within)

MY top questions for May 12, 2014

Anybody want to produce a show for me in DALLAS on Thursday, June 12th?  YES !!!

Anybody want to produce a show for me in ST LOUIS on Sunday, June 15th?    YES !!
Thank you Leslie Harris!  Thank you Laura X!



THE IRISH TOUR IS A GO!!

Don't you want to go?  As Tom Wolfe says, "Are you on the bus or off the bus?"  I'm so pleased that enough people signed up before the deadline that we can definitely do the tour BUT we still have five empty seats that I would love to fill. C'mon now - you'll not regret it.  If you would like to spend 10 glorious days in Ireland with me and a small but lively group of very cool people, drop a line to vbelinoski@austin.rr.com. 

 Your $2250 will cover 9 nights in great hotels, all ground transportation from July 29th through  August 6th, all breakfasts, three sumptuous dinners, admission to all heritage sites -  It's a fabulous value.  I love taking friends to Ireland.  I have been going to the Emerald Isle regularly since I was 26 years old, and I'm a fun and fairly knowledgeable guide. There is lots more information at http://annefeeney.com/Pages/irishtours.html   Any questions? Reply to this newsletter, or check out the many articles I have posted on my blog, the Fellow Travelers' Advisory, or send me your phone number and a good time to call.  You'll be welcome indeed!

Our luxury coach safely navigates even the wee byways, so we don't miss out on anything!

Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder touring to Kerrville, TX

for Pete's Sake!

The press release for this tour is posted at http://www.annefeeney.com/news.html

The dates are:

Sunday, May 18th, 2014 4:00 PM Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder: Kerrville or Bust! The Barn 1225 North Bend Road Cincinnati, OH 45224 513-766-6121 Price: $15-25 suggestedcontact Jon at jon@footprintsforpeace.org to reserve a seat. Monday, May 19th, 2014 - Saturday, June 7th, 2014 at Monday, May 19th, 2014 Kerrville Folk Festival Quiet Valley Ranch Kerrville, TX http://kerrville-music.comAs I have every year since 1989, I will be camping deep in the heart of Texas at my favorite folk festival with my festival family, enjoying fabulous music under the TX moon. And, I'll let you in on a little secret - The stars at night ARE big and bright. Sunday, June 8th, 2014 4:00 PM Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder in Concert Danny Yeager's house College Station, TX (979) 777-8758 http://brazos_progressives.typepad.com/news/2007/02/anne_feeney_hou.html Price: free!Y'all were so wonderful and generous last year when my health made the concert impossible ... I'm doing a free concert for you and bringing along another super-talented player! Thursday, June 12th, 2014 8:00 PM Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder in Concert tba Dallas, TXLeslie Harris is the contact. jharris866@aol.com details continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html Friday, June 13th, 2014 7:30 PM OKC Labor Council presents Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder :Kerrville or Bust! The Blue Door Oklahoma City, OK Price: $15-25 donation Saturday, June 14th, 2014 7:00 PM Heartland Labor Forum's 25th Anniversary Celebration with Jim Hightower and Anne Feeney IBEW Local 124 301 W 103rd Terr Kansas City, MO 816-517-4083 http://cas.umkc.edu/labor-ed/radio.htmA VIP dinner is available at 6PM. Call Bill Clause at 816-517-4083 for information. Sunday, June 15th, 2014 5:00 PM Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder in Concert Marriott Residence Inn Party Room 8011 Galleria Parkway St Louis, MO 63117 http://www.ncmdr.org/ Price: $15-25 suggestedfor more information, contact Laura X laurax@sbcglobal.net Proceeds from this concert will, in part, support the UMSL National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape: Monday, June 16th, 2014 8:00 PM Anne Feeney and Brad Yoder in Concert with John Paul Wright The Rudyard Kipling 422 W Oak Street Louisville, KY 40203 https://www.facebook.com/railroadmusic.org‎

MY FIRST LIVE STREAMING CONCERT!

Mark your calendar, set your cell phone alarm for Saturday, May 17th, 2PM Eastern Daylight Time, 11AM West Coast time, 1PM Central time, 8PM Swedish time, 9PM Zimbabwe time

I'm excited to announce that I'll be playing my first live broadcast show online on Saturday, May 17th. It'll last about 40 minutes.

Tune in to:
http://www.concertwindow.com/shows/6153-anne-feeney to hear me play a set of songs from my deck (weather permitting), or my dining room.  There's a chat feature with this program, so you'll be able to ask questions and make requests.


Toast a bagel and join me for my first ever live interactive web concert! See you on Saturday!


SWEDEN AND DENMARK 

I'll be in Sweden from June 18th until August 12th (except for my Irish excursion - July 29th through August 6th).  If you would like to hire me, or me and the fabulous Jan Hammarlund, contact Julie Leonardsson at mailto:picasso77750@yahoo.se

THE FINISH LINE

My son, Daniel Berlin, finished that grueling test of endurance, and raised almost $4000 for refugee relief! Well done, son. His blog of that adventure appears here:https://www.causes.com/campaigns/72465-support-refugee-rights-in-africa-asia-and-latin-america

So looking forward to three weeks in the company of my wonderful daughter, Amy Sue Berlin and her charming husband, Mike Meadows, as we camp together at the Kerrville Folk Festival. I get to see their new house in Austin, too!

Happy Birthday Tony Mumphrey, Kevin McCahill, Collin McCahill, Fellow Traveler Scott Stephansen, Frances Kennedy, Celeste Taylor, Chris Kennedy, Kathleen Feeney,Terri Wondra, Kip Ruefle and Rick Laus!

Huge thanks to Diane McMahon, Ginny Hildebrand, Harry Levine, Chris Chandler, Bob Barnes, Grace Cox, Lynne Dobson, RD Grunbaum and Linda Orgul, Carlyn Syvanex, Chris Kennedy, Liana Kennedy, Ken Orchard, Carole Costello, Brian Charlton, Dotty Dale, Betsy Pernotto, Bob Marshall, everyone at the Heartwood, Jim and Joey, Larry & Karen Hildes, Dana Cooper, Cynthia Stamper,Dan Bern, Sue Gibb, Mike Honey, Marilyn Kimmerling, Adam... I know I've missed some wonderful folks... the tour was fabulous, and I certainly couldn't have done it without the kindness, consideration and immense talent of my tour partner - EVAN GREER.

Thanks and goodbye til after Kerrville.

May 2010 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME SIX - #2

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:


Lexington, KY
Dayton, OH
Columbus, OH
Stonybrook, NY
Kerrville, TX
Oklahoma City, OK
Detroit, MI
Lake of the Ozarks, MO

See all the details below. Details continuously update at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

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Please forward this news on to any and all of your friends and relations!

IN THIS ISSUE:

I'M ON BILL MOYERS!!
MAY WITH DAN BERN!
IRELAND 2010
SEE YOU IN DETROIT
FAMILY NEWS AND BIRTHDAYS

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Mayday, Mayday - That's the real workers' day
Labor's history says, "Don't give your day away!"
It's time that the working class says,
"Stick Labor Day up your asses."
Oh, ain't it great to celebrate on the glorious First of May!

I hope you found some appropriate way to celebrate International Workers' Day. Evan Greer and I were in Philadelphia with Roy Zimmerman for a wonderful Mayday celebration sponsored by Crossroads Music. It was great to see Alexis Buss and John Bekken and their gorgeous daughter Sophia (or was it Sonia? two very popular names these days, I've noticed...), and Tom Herman and Jo Miller, and Marilyn Goldsmith and John Benedict among many many others...

Congratulations to the Temple Nurses for their recent strike victory!!

As I write this I learn from Ann Suellentrop that "more than 15,000 folks are marching, including 11 of us from Kansas City, here in New York City to take part in the protest march against nuclear weapons as the NPT conference begins at the UN! People here from all over the world! Peace out!"

There are a whole lot more of us than they think.

Very soon, we should have some fabulous YouTube videos from that concert, as well as the Eighth Step concert the night before in Schenectady.

The "Generations of Resistance" tour was a smashing success. I loved every minute with Evan Greer. And the hospitality on this tour was over the top! Many thanks to all our hosts and presenters.

Much love
Anne
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I'M ON BILL MOYERS!!! (VICARIOUSLY)

Yes, yes, it's true. On the last edition of Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS, he did a segment on Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement as a great example of real populism, and one of the members, John Blasingame, starts talking about their fighting spirit, and that there are words to a song “that get right to the heart of this.” Next thing you know, he’s singing a verse of “Have You Been To Jail For Justice!” Cool beans.
from the transcript:
John Blasingame: You can fight. In fact, you've got a duty to fight. There's some words to a song that get right to the heart of this.

(singing) You law abiding citizens, listen to this song. Laws were made by people and people can be wrong. Once unions were against the law, but slavery was fine. Women were denied the vote and children worked the mines. The more you study history, the less you can deny it. A rotten law stays on the books 'til folks with guts defy it.

You can buy or download "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney2

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MAY WITH DAN BERN!

I'm very excited to be doing a mini-tour in support of my enormously talented companero Dan Bern http://www.danbern.com/ . We'll be in Lexington, Dayton and Columbus. Details appear below and at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html
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IRELAND 2010

I still have 6 seats available on the August 10-19th trip to Clare, Kerry and Galway. I have 12 seats left on the August 22-31st trip to Dublin, Belfast & Derry. This may be the last year that I am able to offer these trips, so if you want to see Ireland with me, I hope to hear from you soon. These trips are sooooooooooooooooo much fun! Drop me a line at anne@annefeeney.com or visit http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html for more information. We have a lively and wonderful group of folks so far for each tour. Please think about joining us.

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SEE YOU IN DETROIT!!!

Three fantastic events are occurring in Detroit in June - The Great Labor Arts Exchange, the Conference on Creative Organizing, and the US Social Forum. Information about all three appears at the bottom of this message. I'll be there for all three. Hope to see you there.

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FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday today, May 3rd, to Pete Seeger, Kathleen Feeney and Antonito Blanco. Belated birthday greetings to Jim Tremmel (May 2nd).  Alex Bagwell - May 7th, Paul Eric Grefenstette and Bill Deegan  -May 10th, Eleanor Walden and Jon Fromer - May 11th, Tony Mumphrey and Kevin McCahill - May 15th, and Terry Donovan - May 23rd.

Faith Petric is home from the hospital and doing remarkably well in her recovery from her broken hip. Thanks to all of you who sent cards!

I'll be thinking of Joanna Robinson this month. Her beloved Utah Phillips would have been 75 on May 15th if he were still with us. Utah died on May 24th of 2008.

Happy Mothers' Day to all you moms! Special Mothers' Day wishes to mom-to-be Monique Murad. We found out recently that Dan and Monique will be having a son! Monique is in Washington, DC as I write this, and I'm going down there to visit her on Thursday.

I'm so looking forward to seeing my daughter Amy when I get to Kerrville this year!

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THE TOUR!

Friday, May 14th, 2010 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney opens for Dan Bern!
Natasha's Cafe
112 Esplanade
Lexington, KY
http://www.natashascafe.com/


Saturday, May 15th, 2010 9:30 PM
Anne Feeney opens for Dan Bern!
Canal Street Tavern
308 E 1st
Dayton, OH 45402
937-228-2450
http://canalstreettavern.com/


Sunday, May 16th, 2010 6:00 PM
Anne Feeney opens for Dan Bern
Rumba Cafe
2507 Summit St
Columbus, OH
614-268-1841
http://www.columbusrumbacafe.com/


May 23rd 4PM
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE CONCERTS PRESENT ROY ZIMMERMAN!!
Pittsburgh, PA
Check out Roy at http://www.royzimmerman.com
And "Summer of Loving" at http://www.youtube.com/royzimmerman
Seating is limited. For information and/or an invitation, call or email:
LLouise & Jim Altes
412.361.6051
friendshiphouseconcerts@gmail.com
Suggested donation: $10.00. All proceeds go to the performers.

June 3rd-6th
Working Class Studies Conference
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook , NY
631-632-7536
http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/conference/2010/index.shtml
Michael Zweig is the contact.

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney at the Threadgill Memorial Theater
Kerrville Folk Festival
5600 Medina Highway
Kerrville, TX
http://kerrville-music.com/
Come see me perform at my favorite festival!!


Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 6:30 PM
Labor and Friends Banquet
The Center
4325 N.W. 50th St.
Oklahoma City, OK
Price: $65
for more info contact lljamesco @sbcglobal.net - Sponsored by the Central OK Labor Federation - Turn Around Oklahoma 2010!!!


June 18th-21st
Great Labor Arts Exchange
AFSCME Council 25
600 W Lafayette Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
http://laborheritage.org/

June 22nd-26th
US Social Forum
Detroit , MI
877-515-USSF
http://www.ussf2010.org/


Anne Feeney
http://annefeeney.com/
http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid  - Buy CDs!
412-877-6480 (cell)

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

Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show Update #1

The road show began in Los Angeles at Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians hall. The gorgeous room was decorated with banners from the many sponsors of that evening's concert. The show featured Jason Luckett, Eric Schwartz, Joyce Woodson, Dave Crossland and me, with Freebo on bass and tuba and MB Gordy on percussion. We were joined by surprise special guests Chris Chandler and Dan Bern in the second set.

The tour is too hectic for me to do a detailed diary of the dates so far - but here are some images...

Here is Roy Zimmerman singing his hilarious health care song, "DEAR NUMBER 1036924053887" at the 33 revolutions cafe in El Cerrito in a show presented by the Greens of Contra Costa County.













Here is Malvina Reynold's daughter Nancy Schimmel leading us in song at the El Cerrito concert. Seated from L to R - me, Roy Zimmerman, Aileen Vance, Jason Luckett, Peter Straus, Hali Hammer and (hidden) Jon Fromer.











Here's Jon, getting ready to play "It's Gonna Take Us All."











Jason Luckett is "stirring it up" with his music.