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.

JULY 2009 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME 5, #4

Welcome to the July Fellow Travelers' Advisory -

In this issue:

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS
CD & MP3 Links
SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW
FAMILY NEWS
SWEDEN
IRELAND
THE DETAILS


IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

details at the bottom of this post and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/specialevents.html and http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

Washington, DC
St. Catharines, ON
Hamilton, ON
Los Angeles
San Diego
Santa Cruz
El Cerrito
San Francisco
Ashland
Bend
Florence
Oregon Country Fair
Corvallis
Coos Bay
Newport
Yachats
Eugene
Portland
Salem
Astoria
Everett
Olympia
Port Angeles
Seattle
Tacoma
Bellingham
Sweden!



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Thanks for subscribing to The Fellow Travelers' Advisory. If you didn't, this incredibly wonderful SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW wouldn't be happening. This isn't just a newsletter, it's a vehicle for major organizing. Your support for my work and my music mean more than I can ever express. I love it when you write back and tell me what you've been up to, when you share news of your community, suggest song ideas or places I should play.


You can buy my cds at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid

You can listen to and/or download my extremely cool new single "We're Nursing as Fast as We Can" at http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7729813



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SING OUT FOR SINGLE-PAYER ROAD SHOW!



It was only a few weeks ago that I began imagining turning my regular summer tour of the Pacific Northwest into a barnstorming Chautauqua for Single Payer Health Care. My friends Kay Tillow and Jerry Tucker both thought it was a great idea. I got some seed money from them. Chris Chandler whipped up a poster for me. I sent out my June newsletter on May 22nd and this project took off!


This whole concept was developed during Holly Near's wonderfully collaborative and energizing "SING OUT THE VOTE OHIO" tour last October. Holly is an inspiration!


I've never seen so many people so excited about an issue. Almost fifty musicians between San Diego and Bellingham have joined the tour. We are going from border to border! Jason Luckett of LA is doing the whole tour with me! As I write this, over 236 of you have sent donations ranging between $10 - $100.... (Well, one $150 donation too - Thanks, Dave!)

Contributions have already come in from Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Canada and from 34 states!


If you haven't made a donation yet, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT TOO LATE! There's a "Donate" button at http://annefeeney.com/specialevents.html that you can securely click on. Or use the "Donate" button in the right hand column here >>>>


If you're not a "click and donate" kind of person, you can send a check to:

Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15218


(If your check is for $500 or more and you want it to be tax-deductible you can make it out to "Universal Health Care for Oregon." Still send the check to me, so that I can make sure that UHCO credits it properly.)

Another fun way to support the tour is to download my new recording of Joan Hill's fabulous "We're Nursing as Fast as We Can." All sales during June and July will benefit the tour.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=164922&songID=7729813

And there are posters at http://annefeeney.com/specialevents.html that you can print out and customize and hang in your neighborhood (of course, if you don't live in CA, OR or WA it might be somewhat impractical).


GO ON THE ROAD VICARIOUSLY!

Every day of the tour we're going to send out tweets (http://twitter.com/annefeeney), YouTube Videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/SingOut4SinglePayer, and a phone message at 1-800-749-0558. In the meantime, I've collected some great YouTube clips on Single Payer - including the Austin Lounge Lizards' hilarious music videos "The Drugs I Need (Progeniveritox)" and "Pirates of the (Health)Care-i-bean," and regular Facebook updates... so stay in touch with us!


GETTING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD -- MANY THANKS TO!!!

Peter Yarrow, Neal Eckstein, Hilary Chiz, Karen Newman, Alice Friedman, E'Layne Koenigsberg, Candice Carter, Sharon McAleavey, Theodore Kuhn, Bo & Inger Johannson, Deborah Spector, Al Cholger & Maureen Sheehan, Bennet Zurofsky, Gregory Brown, Karen Wildmo, David Finley, Claudia Kienholz, Tommy Sands, Alison Frost, Jonathan March, Don Conoscenti, Annelise Pysansky, Stan"Buck" Nelson, Tommy Simonds & Holly Graff, Talbot Katz, Charlie Stewart, Eugene Kotrba, Alice Carlson, Charles Vance, David Nicholson, Robyn Rosencrantz, David Newby & Kathy McElroy, Jean Converse, Gary Lawrence, Jack Herbert, Doug Hill, Mikael Elsila, Mary Kambic, Katherine Rhoda, Patty Lee Parmalee, Gordon Flett, Tom Wetzler, Michael Goff, Patricia Hoyt, Mary Anne Lawrence, ML Liebler, Steve Schnapp, Dave Hewitt, Jacob Holdt, Danusia & Ron Brandsetter, Michael Crouch, Tony Sturtevant, Solidarity Info Services, Jeff Bernstein, Walter Tsou, Peter Tucker, Tom Poteet, Manny Moss, Lane Adams, John Carrigan, John Thompson, Phoebe Wooding, Sandy Goldfarb, Rudy Arredondo, Anita Waters, Maryellen Marino, Melissa Karolak, Matt Redabaugh, Lawrence Hanley, Hudson Holistic Health, Carrie Biggs-Adams,Vince Lipsio, John Rozett, Eric Marchbein, Lloyd Cunningham, Susanne Paradis, David Hurlburt, Tsunami Recordings, Sarah Lamble, Michael Schneider, Eleanor Walden, Amy Niehouse, Michael Matejka, Susan Moss, Michelle Nielsen, Gene Bruskin, Jack Hereford, Cathy Howell, Bob Howell, Patrick Mountain, Jady Montgomery, Charles Bonner LPN, Caron Cadle, Jeff Bernstein, Lane Poncy & Doug Hausmann, Bill Yund, Stuart & Joann Henderson, Gilda DeFerrari, Joe Hughes, Ginny Hildebrand & Jan Neffke, Mariza Costa Cabral, Bette McDevitt, Kenneth Monefeldt, Stan "The Union Man" Swart, Sandra Hazley, Mary Litman, John & Claudia Detwiler, Millie Beik, Dick Walker, Jennifer Murphy, Sara Mastellone, Jeff Knight, Preston Harris, Howard Shapiro, Alice Shapiro, Hugh Moore, Mona Shaw, Debra Cowan, Hali Hammer, Jaime McLeod, Terry Meadows, Dan Lane, Peter Doob, Christopher Stoney, Craig Rouskey, Richard Karch, Ed & Emilie Sadlowski, Will Covert, Joanne Sanders, Alan Curry, Allen Nielsen & Carol Hamisfar, Charles & Marilyn Bernhardt, Lolita Hernandez, Jean & Laurence Romsted, Johanna Halbeisen, John Cloud,People's Music Network, Bill Austin, Grace Ackerman, Harriette Seiler, Josie Buckley McNeil, Doug Wilkin, Sol Weber, Alice Hoffman, Richard & Linnea Kuszmar, Zada Merrill & Bill Riordan, Janet Tucker, Jacqueline Ziegler, Terry Davis, Wess & Nikki Harris, Virginia Leishman, Steve & Marilyn Suffet, Don & Sharon Wagner, Frank Youngk, Cindy Judd Hill, Diane Crowe, Laura and Robert DeSpain, Julie Hauserman, Harry & Holly Stamper, Helena Worthen & Joe Berry, Carol & Bill Sumner, Pansy Swinson, Peter Kardas & Lin Nelson, Barbara Lebeau & Tom Aspel, Jacquelyn Wolf & Barry Levy, Carol Lambiase, Kay & Gerald Joslin, Guy Zahller, Raymond Kenny, Bob & Patty Bender, Alice & Bruce McCain, Gilda Brodsky, Betty Reardon, Berget Jelane, Celeste Howard, Nella Villafranco, Marvin & Demmi Murphy, Deborah Rosenstein, Myra & Guido Lesser, Briget & Doug Shields, Lee Graham, Richard & Jeanette Dillihunt, Jack Williams, Guy Blue, Mel Packer & Emily DeFerrari, Barbara Edmonds, Sharon Streeter, Laura Murra, Phil Schulman, Claire Staples, Jerry & Elaine Tucker, Peter Straus, Gerald Alexander, Steven Baker, Karen Spindel, HealthCare Justice Fund, Labor for Single Payer, Solidarity Education Fund, Cynthia Jimenez, Craig Johnson, Amy Newell, Paul Hyer, Jerry & Margaret Fillingham, Janet Stecher, Brenda Smith, Janet Kneedler, Leonard Potash, Judith & Marshall Deutsch, PJ Ramsey, Edmund Haffmans, Andrew Kafel, Laurie, Bruce & Ann Huntwork, Peter Chabarek, Edna Oberman, Elizabeth Elgie, Frank & Sheila Rosenthal, Pat Bennett, Mike Stout, Christine Abbey, Darien DeLu.Emilie Marlier, Dan Roberts, Margaret Skinner, Veronica & Mark Poss, Anne Jamieson, Connie Cohen, Stan Parker, Tom Pittman, Dotty and Al Dale, Vicky and Doug Ryder, Pete Bohmer, Mary Lehman, Gus & Joanne Ricca, Mary Donch, Joan Hill and Karen McCahill.



http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=164922&songID=7729813 soon!

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FAMILY NEWS



I'll spend my July 1st birthday on airplanes en route to Los Angeles to start the Road Show. Cousin Patrick Mitchell and pal Suzanne Beers - July 3rd, Cousin Michael Grefenstette - July 8th, Cousin Kristen Grefenstette - July 9th, Cousin Judy Lane McCahill - July 10th, my Cousins, the Duncan Triplets - Emma, Tara and Colin - turn four in San Diego on July 16th, which is also the birthday of my pal Emily DeFerrari. Cousin Erin Grefenstette Henninger's birthday is July 18th. My darling Daughter-in-law Monique Murad shares a birthday with my pal Hilary Chiz - July 23rd. My Cousins Jim and Karen McCahill celebrate their birthdays on July 25th. My friend Susan Lewis from Rebel Voices will celebrate her birthday on July 27th. And Erin and Mark's little girl Marlo will be two on July 30th.





My cousin Eileen Metcalfe would have been 64 this July 14th - she died unexpectedly in mid-May. My Jacksonville friend David Thundershield Queen shed his body and moved on after a courageous and inspiring battle with cancer. And I was stunned to learn that my friend Mary Kerchner died of a heart attack last Monday. Our time here is so brief, eh?



Dan and Monique celebrated their second wedding anniversary in Quito on June 16th. He's studying for the DC bar - talk about long-distance learning!





SWEDEN!!



I'm off to Sweden at the end of the Road Show and so looking forward to seeing my husband and all my friends in Sweden. I think I'll be busy performing too. If you want me to come and play for you while I'm in Sweden July 31 - August 23rd, contact fredrik@goatbridge.com .



IRELAND



This year's Ireland tour is full. It's going to be a great trip - Galway, Dublin and Clare. And we have a fabulous group.



I'll have my 2010 dates soon. Look for them at http://annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html soon!





That's all for this month... I know there's a lot more going on in the world, but this opportunity for real health care for all of us is taking all of my time and energy...



See you on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube until next month!!

NATIONAL HEALTH CARE NOW!!



Anne







Here are the dates:


June 21st-23rd, 2009
Great Labor Arts Exchange
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave NW
Silver Spring, MD
http://www.laborheritage.org/?p=388
Price: see web page



Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 6:00 PM
Ontario Federation of Labour Presents Anne Feeney
St Catharines, ON
Bruce Allen is the contact - ballen@cogeco.ca



Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Ontario Federation of Labour Presents Anne Feeney
Hamilton, ON
Bruce Allen is the contact - ballen@cogeco.ca



Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer with Peter Alsop, Dave Crossland, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Joyce Woodson, Freebo, M.B. Gordy and Eric Schwartz!
Local 47, AFM
817 Vine St
Los Angeles, CA 90038
213-252-1351
http://laborforsinglepayer.com
Price: $10 suggested

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 2:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Jason Luckett, Anne Feeney, Eric Schwartz, Joyce Woodson & Dave Crossland!
House Concert
La Jolla, CA
858-554-0482
Email asimonsays@gmail.com or call 858-554-0482 or 760-271-3328 to reserve a seat for this show. All welcome - first come, first served! Call NOW!!

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer with Jan Luby, Jason Luckett, Anne Feeney, Jon Fromer, Aileen Vance and Michal Lauren
Live Oak Grange
1900 17th Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
Price: $10-20 sliding scale donation
lafort(@)cruzio.com is the contact. Declare your independence from big pharma and the insurance companies! health care for all! doors at 7:30

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 10:00 AM
Anne Feeney live on KPIG - Please Stand By
KPIG-FM - streaming live at the URL listed below
Watsonville, CA
http://kpig.org

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 12:00 PM
Labor Fest
ILWU Local 10
400 N Point
San Francisco, CA
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm#5

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 5:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Anne Feeney, Roy Zimmerman, Jon Fromer, Jason Luckett, Aileen Vance, robert temple and Peter Strauss!
33 Revolutions Cafe
10086 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 898-1836
http://www.33revolutions.com/
Price: Donations welcome
Need more information? call: Sandra Decker 650-303-1176
or email revdecker@msn.com
Sponsored by the Green Party of Contra Costa County

Monday, July 6th, 2009 6:00 PM
Labor Fest International Solidarity Night
ILWU Hall
801 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
http://www.laborfest.net
International Labor Music Night with singers from around the world and labor musicians Anne Feeney and Jack Chernos. Join in on a night of labor music. We will have labor solidarity songs about workers´ lives from Japan, Korea, Turkey, Italy and the Philippines. Bring your instruments, your tunes and music for an international music solidarity night.
http://www.annefeeney.com/

Friday, July 10th, 2009 5:15 PM
Anne Feeney Singing Out for Single Payer!
Kesey Stage
Oregon Country Fair
Veneta, OR
http://oregoncountryfair.org

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 3:00 PM
Anne Feeney Singing Out for Single Payer!
Chez Ray
Oregon Country Fair
Veneta, OR
http://oregoncountryfair.org

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 2:15 PM
Anne Feeney Singing Out for Single Payer!
Blue Moon Stage
Veneta, OR
http://oregoncountryfair.net

Monday, July 13th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Raina Rose, Chris Chandler, Paul Benoit, Jason Luckett, Anne Feeney, David Rovics, Green Mountain Grass, Patrick Dodd and Citizens' Band
Central Park Gazebo
8th Street and Madison Avenue
Corvallis, OR
Price: donations welcomed
Paul Hochfeld is the contact - phochfeld(@)msn.com


Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 5:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer with Raina Rose, Patrick Dodd, Green Mountain Grass, Jason Luckett, Anne Feeney, Citizens' Band and more!
Mingus Park
752 N 10th St
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541-217-8044
Price: donations welcome
Rick Staggenborg, MD is the contact - stagmd(@)hotmail.com; Sponsored in part by the Pacific Greens of Coos County. Come straight from work. Refreshments available & plenty of parking!

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Bluegrass Dave Wilmoth, Patrick Dodd, David Rovics, Pickles, Wickline and more!
Cafe Mundo
NW Coast and 2nd St
Newport, OR
541-265-9747
Price: $10 suggested
Contact: Joanne Cvar cvar(@)peak.org

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 6:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer with David Rovics, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Wickline, Patrick Dodd, Pickles and Bluegrass Dave Wilmoth!
Green Salmon
220 N Hwy 101
Yachats, OR 97498
541 563 3615
http://www.thegreensalmon.com/
Price: donations welcome
Contact: Joanne Cvar cvar@peak.org

Friday, July 17th, 2009 8:30 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Adam & Kris, Anne Feeney, Wickline, Raina Rose, Green Mountain Grass, Jason Luckett, Brian QTN, and Patrick Dodd
The Very Little Theater!
2350 Hilyard Street
Eugene, OR 97405-2954
http://www.thevlt.com/Calendar/Calendar.htm
Price: donations welcome
Charlotte Maloney - charuhc(@)comcast.net and Jeanine Malito - Jmalito(@)continet.com are the contacts

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 7:30 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Anne Feeney, Pickles, Hunter Paye, General Strike, Bluegrass Dave Wilmoth, Jason Luckett, Wickline, Dick Weissman and more!
SEIU Local 49 Auditorium
3536 SE 26th Ave.
Portland, OR 97202
Price: donations
OR Jobs with Justice is organizing this! Contact Margaret Butler - margaret(@)jwjpdx.org

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Tour with Raina Rose, Green Mountain Grass, Wickline, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett and more!
tba
Salem, OR
Price: donations
this show will definitely happen one way or another... details soon. Joe - mungfam@hotmail.com is the contact

Monday, July 20th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer with Trevor Smith, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Wickline and more!
Blue Scorcher Cafe & Bakery
1493 Duane St
Astoria , OR 97103
Price: donations
katree@pobox.com or tduncan@pacifier.com for more information


Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show
Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Wickline, Brian QTN and more!
rossr241@aol.com is the contact
Everett, WA
If you'd like to help with hosting this Single Payer Road Show call me at 412-877-6480 or email me at anne@annefeeney.com

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Adam & Kris, Brian QTN, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Wickline and more!!
gfcox@prodigy.net is the contact
Olympia, WA

Friday, July 24th, 2009 9:00 AM
Union Women's Summer School
Evergreen College
Olympia, WA
lasletts@evergreen.edu is the contact

Friday, July 24th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Adam and Kris, Sharon Abreu, Michael Hurwicz, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett & more
Peninsula Community College Student Center
Port Angeles, WA
360-683-8407
Price: donations
Carlyn syvanenx@teleport.com is the contact - This event is organized by Reform Health Care Now! and the Green Party of Clallam County

Saturday, July 25th, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, the Seattle Labor Chorus, Sheila Liming, Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, Wickline and Ben Silver!
The Quincy Jones Theater
Seattle, WA
WA State Jobs with Justice and PNHP are involved in organizing this show!

Sunday, July 26th, 2009 7:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Rebel Voices, Anne Feeney, Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, Jason Luckett and Ben Silver!
Tacoma, WA
Price: donations
call me at 412-877-6480 or email me at anne@annefeeney.com to help with this show!!

Monday, July 27th, 2009 8:00 PM
Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show with Ben Silver, Citizens' Band, Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, Adam & Kris, Jason Luckett and Anne Feeney!
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
100 E Maple Street
Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 734-0217
http://www.whatcompjc.org/calendar.html
Price: donations

Hi Folks:


I really need your help.

I've rounded up over three dozen wonderful professional musicians who have committed to a "Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show" - health care for all. The first show is in Los Angeles on July 2nd, with 20+ concerts along the way, ending in Bellingham on July 27th. Check out http://annefeeney.com/specialevents.html for a list of all the places we'll be visiting on this tour. And what a cast!

This nearly border-to-border road show will engage thousands of audience members in dozens of key congressional districts in three states and generate thousands of letters and phone calls to Congress and to President Obama.

The tour is dramatically energizing single-payer activist organizations in all three states, and the concerts will generate much-needed donations for local organizations.

The tour will also create three dozen + articulate, informed musical ambassadors for this important issue.

I'm about $10,000 short of what I need to make this happen. I want to be able to offer each musician $100/show + gas money. You can tell from the roster of musicians that these are not people who can afford to give up a week's wages or more to come on this tour - but they're doing it anyway, because they trust me and know that this is a unique moment in history. It's important to be able to leave most of the money we raise at these concerts in the communities where the concerts take place so that local organizers can continue their important work.

If you each sent me $10 right now, I'd have enough money to pull this off in a big way.

Please send a check to:

Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218

as soon as you read this.

If you want to make a tax-deductible contribution of $500 or more, you can send it to:

Universal Health Care for Oregon
PO BOX 11156
Eugene, OR 97440

(Be SURE to note "Sing Out for Single Payer" or put my name in the memo of your check)

If you want to use a credit card, click on this Paypal button on the right hand side of this blog.

Or maybe you can help me with an in-kind contribution or loan:

If you live on the west coast - I need clipboards, stationery, postage stamps, envelopes, the use a digital camera, the use of a digital video camera and tripod, the use of a van from Los Angeles to Seattle

Or maybe you can forward this to a generous friend...

You've never let me down, and I'm sure you won't now, either.

It seems I've always got my hand out for something-or-other when I come to you... You may get tired of it, and believe me, I get tired of it, too. I can't even apologize for it - It's a big and necessary part of my life's work.

But I so appreciate the folks who get it and just step up to the plate. Many thanks to Jerry Tucker, Kay and Walter Tillow, Labor Campaign for Single Payer, Peter Yarrow, Dr. Paul Hochfeld, Neal Eckstein, Karen Newman, Hilary Chiz and Matt Redabaugh for chiming in generously and early!

I want to thank Sign and Display Workers' Local 510 for donating a 10' x 4' banner to our Road Show... and Gary Huck for the fabulous graphic.

Thanks to all the wonderful organizers who are hosting this tour, promoting this tour, housing us and feeding us!

Together, WE CAN make progressively funded comprehensive universal health care available to everyone in this country!

National Health Care NOW!!


My love and thanks to all of you!

Anne


PS - If you buy some of my CDs this month, it'll help keep me from going under at home while I'm out on this adventure! http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid

-- Anne Feeney
anne@annefeeney.com
http://annefeeney.com/
2240 Milligan Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
(412)877-6480 (cell)
"Anne Feeney is the best labor singer in North America." -- Utah Phillips
"Anne is a role model for us. She has lived her songs." -- Peter Yarrow
"Congratulations on your fine songwriting!" -- Pete Seeger

JUNE 2009 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME 5, #3

SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER!!

With your help, I'm organizing a "Sing Out/Speak Out for Single Payer" tour. Imagine a month of high-powered hilarious and informative concerts in CA, OR and WA all designed to promote interest in single payer health care. That's what is happening from July 4th-20th. I modeled this tour on the wildly successful SING OUT THE VOTE OHIO tour that many of us did last October... there's lots of fun video from that on youtube that would give you a taste of what it was like The Oregon Country Fair (July 10-12) attracts wonderful performers and speakers from all over the country. I know many of them well, having performed there for the last eight years, and I have interested some very talented (and perhaps some very well-known people - unconfirmed as of this writing) to essentially donate their talents to be part of this cultural blitz through California, Oregon and Washington for single payer health care. (cool poster by Chris Chandler http://chrischandler.org/ )

I'm expecting that most of the concerts will be free - although some local organizers have decided to suggest a donation. They will all be fun and informative. We will engage our audiences in direct, fun, and community appropriate activity that will move universal health care closer to every American. We will request donations at the free concerts. We will split the donations with the local sponsoring organization. Wewill seek out free venues - churches, college auditoriums, etc. and seek donated sound reinforcement whenever possible.

If you can donate some money to make this happen, you can send a check in any amount, large or small, payable to Anne Feeney, 2240 Milligan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 - or donate via Paypal with a credit card to singout4singlepayer@annefeeney.com. - Any donation is greatly appreciated!

If you are in a position to donate $500 or more, your tax deductible contribution, payable to "Universal Health Care for OR" should also be sent to me, Anne Feeney, 2240 Milligan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (That way I can send the checks together and keep track of them so that they won't get mixed up with donations they receive for other projects...)

If you have any suggestions or advice for me, send it my way.My cell is 412-877-6480, my email anne@annefeeney.com

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GALWAY, DUBLIN and CLARE - AUGUST 25- SEPTEMBER 3rd

I still have three seats left for the fabulous tour I've organized with my Irish partner, Tom Piggott of Enchanted Way tours. http://enchantedwaytours.ie/ - This is the most fun group of friends I think I've ever assembled for an Ireland tour - and you're welcome to join us on our lovely little luxury coach as we take in the best that Ireland has to offer on this wonderful 9 day adventure.

You arrange your own transportation to Shannon airport. We pick you up, provide all ground transportation, all accommodations, all breakfasts, three dinners and one of the most memorable guided tours you'll ever experience. See Ireland at Ireland's pace -music, culture, history, poetry, politics, scenery, pubs - and the comraderie of a great group of folks! Your cost for the tour is $1950 + transportation. If you'd like to come along, or want more information, drop me a line at anne@annefeeney.com

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SWEDEN IN AUGUST!

I'm so looking forward to August in Sweden. If you'd like to book a concert, contact Fredrik Gleisner, fredrik@goatbridge.com to arrange a performance.

OCTOBER IN THE MIDWEST WITH DAVID ROVICS

My October tour of the midwest with the wonderful David Rovics, http://davidrovics.com/ , is coming together niceley. If you'd like to see us together in your midwestern town, drop me a line and we'll try to work something out.

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22 May 2009

Oklahoma City

Hi Folks

I'm in Oklahoma City where I had a great gig and a wonderful reuinion with old friends here last night - on my way to the Kerrville Folk Festival for another grand reuinion and visit with my daughter Amy. My son Dan and his wife Monique came to DC from Ecuador last weekend so that Dan could attend his graduation (magna cum laude!) from Georgetown School of Law. We got in a terrific, but too-brief visit.

I hope you'll send some $$ to help underwrite the Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show. We've got to fix this disgraceful health care system!

I had a BALL at the Pete Seeger 90th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden. We had little parties before and after the show and it was great to see Pat Humphries & Sandy O(http://emmasrevolution.com/), Colleen Kattau, George and Julius, Charlie and Marilyn Bernhardt, David and Katie Elsila, Phil Fenty and his lovely wife, Trudy Mason and her posse, Margie Rosenkranz, Wanda Fischer and a bunch of Eighth Step Folks, Eleanor Walden, Mary Cliff... oh, I know I'm forgetting some folks - but we sure had fun. And it was such a thrill to see my dear friends Larry Long, Tommy Sands and Pittsburgh's own Bruce Foley up there on the stage at Madison Square Garden with Pete, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Dar Williams, Ani di Franco, Emmy Lou Harris, Michael Franti and Kris Kristoffersson! What a night! I'm sure it will be a PBS special soon.

It looks like CDBaby is well stocked with all my CDs... Why not visit http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid and get a CD to pop in your car stereo as you head off for summer adventures? It'll make your time on the road (and mine) more pleasurable.

Happy Birthday to my cousin Terry Donovan!

Thanks so much for your interest in my music and my work.

Here's the upcoming schedule!

Love, solidarity and NATIONAL HEALTH CARE NOW!

Anne

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Wednesday, June 3rd- 6th, 2009 1:00 PM

Working Class Studies ConferenceWilliam Pitt Union -

University of PittsburghF

orbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-6506

http://www.workingclassstudies.pitt.edu/

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 8:00 PM

Working Class Studies Conference

William Pitt Union - University of Pittsburgh

Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-6506

http://www.workingclassstudies.pitt.edu/

8–10pm Cultural Event - A Hammer to Shape Reality,

drama from Out of This Furnace and Buried,

music by Anne Feeney and Friends,

produced by Marci Woodruff

Sunday, June 21st- Tuesday, June 23rd

Great Labor Arts Exchange

National Labor College10000

New Hampshire Ave NW

Silver Spring, MD

http://www.laborheritage.org/?p=388

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 6:00 PM

Ontario Federation of Labour Presents Anne Feeney

St Catherines, ON

bruce allen is the contact

SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW

with Anne Feeney, Citizens' Band, Jan Luby, Michael Lauren,

Ben Silver, Rebel Voices, Adam & Kris, Brian QTN, the Seattle

Labor Chorus and more*

JULY 4 - Santa Cruz

JULY 7 - Ashland, OR

JULY 8 - Bend, OR

JULY 9 - Florence OR

JULY 10-12 - Oregon Country Fair

JULY 13 - Corvallis

JULY 14 - Coos Bay

JULY 15 - Newport

JULY 16 - Yachats

JULY 17 - Eugene

JULY 18 - Salem

JULY 19 - Portland

JULY 20 - Astoria

JULY 21 - Vancouver, WA

JULY 22 - Chehalis, WA

JULY 23- Olympia, WA

JULY 24- Tacoma, WA

JULY 25 - Seattle, WA

JULY 26 - Everett, WA

JULY 27 - Bellingham, WA

*not all dates are confirmed. not all performers will be at all shows. details for these and all shows continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

MAY 2009 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME 5, #2

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS: (see details at the end of this newsletter and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)

Pittsburgh, PA
Haledon, NJ
Philadelphia, PA
N Cambria, PA
Winnipeg, MB
Chicago, IL
Oklahoma City, OK
Kerrville Folk Festival
Working Class Studies Conference - Pittsburgh, PA
People's Music Network Summer Gathering - upstate NY
Great Labor Arts Exchange Washington, DC
Sing Out for Single Payer! CA, OR & WA

April 29, 2009
Champaign, IL

I have to pack now and run for my flight back to Pittsburgh where I'll be doing a hometown show for the first time in a while... joined by many dear and talented friends...

I hope you'll take a minute to read about my adventures past and future...

I hope you'll tell your friends to come and see me.

I hope you'll forward this newsletter widely.

I hope you'll buy my cds at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid

I hope you'll drop me a line and tell me what you're up to.

I hope Arlen Specter becomes a better Senator.

Love and Solidarity


Anne

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WHY DO WE NEED THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT?

I wish the labor movement hadn't risked so much of its prestige and invested so much of its energy in this bill, which so few people understand. It reminds me of the ill-fated anti-scab legislation labor put so much effort into at the start of the Clinton years. While most people have no idea what EFCA means or will do, ALL Americans are struggling with this miserable so-called health care system we have. How I wish labor's first big battle in the Obama years had been for single payer health care...

Still... we desperately need a bill like the Employee Free Choice Act, and I hope you're all doing everything you can to educate your friends and neighbors about how important it is... here are some prime examples of why we MUST reform labor law in this country:


For twenty years I've admired my indefatigable friend and mentor Kay Tillow. Since 1989 she's been sticking by the Nurses' Professional Organization of Kentucky in their quest for union representation. Twice an overwhelming majority of the nurses have signed cards seeking union representation. Twice their arrogant employer has tried to bully them into believing that they don't know what they want. Coercion, lies, intimidation, lawlessness, illegal firings - Employers stop at nothing to keep unions out, and they do so with impunity. Every 23 minutes someone in the US is illegally fired for union activity. These nurses ought to be the poster children for labor law reform - yet they are but one of thousands of strong cases around the country for why we MUST have the Employee Free Choice Act. Their case got the attention of the New York Times:

April 21, 2009


One Struggle for a Nurses’ Union Awaits the Vote on a Labor Bill
Bid to Organize Nurses Faces Setback in Congress

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

The battle has ground on for 20 years. In 1989 and again in 1994, a clear majority of nurses at a Louisville, Ky., hospital signed cards saying they wanted a union. But each time a majority of the nurses later voted down the idea when it was put to a secret ballot.

Organized labor points to the fight at Norton Audubon Hospital as proof that America’s labor laws need to be overhauled: judges ruled that management had prevailed by illegally intimidating and firing nurses.

Nurses who want a union plan to try again, and they had expected a Democratic president and Congress to retool labor laws to make it easier to win. Instead, in Louisville and around the country, organized labor may be facing a major setback in the most contentious fight over labor laws since the 1940s.

Right now, unions seem to lack the 60 votes needed to block a Senate filibuster against the Employee Free Choice Act, the bill that would give workers the right to have their union recognized as soon as a majority signs cards calling for a union. The change would make it easy to bypass secret-ballot elections, which are traditionally harder for unions to win.

With Congress returning Tuesday from a two-week recess during which unions deluged the airwaves with advertisements supporting the bill, labor leaders voice confidence that Congress would still enact some far-reaching legislation this year to make it easier to unionize — and they are discussing making some modest changes in the bill to help firm up support. In recent months, corporate interests have lobbied vigorously against “card check,” as the bill is known, because it would most likely enable unions to add millions of members and increase labor’s clout in Washington and at bargaining tables nationwide

The battle is occurring after years in which organized labor has been on the defensive. Union membership has declined to 7.4 percent of private sector workers from 25 percent three decades ago. Labor leaders say the nation’s laws have unfairly handicapped them. They say management has many advantages, including an ability to campaign against unions the whole workday, while union organizers are barred from company property.

Card check would be fairer, they argue, because workers could organize without the expensive, prolonged campaigns that precede secret-ballot elections in which management often presses workers to vote against the union and sometimes illegally fire pro-union workers.

“The Employee Free Choice Act is critical to building an economy that works for everyone in this country again,” said George Miller, Democrat of California, the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and the bill’s chief sponsor in the House. “The time has come to no longer coerce and intimidate workers who seek to have a say at work.”

Management says the current process is fairer because workers are able to hear arguments from the union and management. Moreover, business leaders say, secret-ballot elections are more trustworthy than card check because union organizers can bully workers into signing pro-union cards.

“Given the deceitful tactics unions employ when trying to get nurses to sign these cards, this is dangerous legislation that should not be enacted,” Stephen A. Williams, president of the hospital’s parent, the nonprofit corporation Norton Healthcare, wrote to the nurses in March.

In the Louisville fight, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the nurses had changed their minds about the union in 1994 mainly because management conducted an often illegal campaign against unionization.

An N.L.R.B. judge concluded that management had committed so many serious violations of the law — firing and demoting nurses, threatening to close the hospital if the union prevailed — that it made the possibility of a “free choice by the employees slight to nonexistent.”

Ann Hurst, a pro-union nurse who the board said was illegally demoted, still remembers. “They came after us with a vengeance,” she said. “They created a lot of fear about what would happen if we had a union.”

Ms. Hurst complains that workers have to run a gantlet of threats, firings and bullying to obtain a union. She said that in 1989 such tactics caused the union to lose by 11 votes. After the 1994 effort, when Columbia/HCA owned the hospital, the N.L.R.B. found that management had violated the law in dozens of ways, including telling the nurses that if they unionized they would lose all their benefits and the hospital would be sold and their jobs would disappear.

The N.L.R.B.’s rulings described weeks of psychological warfare. Management put television sets in the nurses’ stations. “They would show these horrible old movies showing miners’ strikes and violence involving unions,” said Betty Schmitt, a nurse who has since retired.

She said management put up signs reading: “Be careful with whom you associate. You can be found guilty by association.” Many nurses were scared to be seen talking to union supporters, she said.

“It didn’t feel like America,” Ms. Schmitt said. “It felt like Nazi Germany.”

In 1994, the nurses voted 366 to 220 against unionizing — a sharp reversal considering that a majority of 348 nurses had originally signed pro-union cards. Management said the nurses in the majority did not want to pay union dues or have an outside party speak for them.

In a 1997 decision about that election, an N.L.R.B. judge ruled that management’s law-breaking was “so serious and substantial” that he ordered the hospital to recognize and bargain with the union, the Nurses Professional Organization, since a majority had initially signed pro-union cards.

read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/business/21labor.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all


OTHER LABOR NEWS

My friends in Elkhart were dealt a terrible blow. The NLRB has upheld the decertification election in which the scabs voted the UAW out. Now Vincent Bach has no reason to bargain with the UAW over the fate of the striking workers - and the UAW no longer has to pay strike benefits. An American tragedy.

My locked out sisters and brothers of AFSCME 3494 in Effingham, IL sponsored a lovely concert for me last night. http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/local/local_story_119130512.html - I presented them with the $1035 I collected for them at the UALE conference last weekend in Washington, DC. They were very touched.

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STOP BLACKWATER!


(photo courtesy of Laura Flynn Enders)




Approximately 100 people registered for the STOP BLACKWATER! conference organized by Clearwater http://www.noprivatearmies.org/ and the Catholic Workers http://www.catholicworker.org/ in Stockton, IL. The conference featured keynotes by the fabulous Kathy Kelly, Jeremy Scahill and Ann Wright. Blackwater's many crimes were considered, as well as the increasing danger to democracy posed by a privatized army. On Monday, April 27th, 22 of the conference participants were arrested in a non-violent direct action against Blackwater. While attempting to serve NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE for moral bankruptcy on Blackwater, the 22 Catholic workers and other peacemakers were taken into custody by state police and put in custody in Galena, IL.

It was a most inspiring four days of action. I had a heavy case of arrest fever, but restrained myself to make sure I didn't miss my concert for the locked out workers in Effingham. To learn more about Blackwater, read Jeremy Scahill's fabulous book: http://blackwaterbook.com/
BLACKWATER: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

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SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER!!

I'm putting together a cultural workers' ensemble - SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER! - to sing all over northern California and Oregon and Washington Sate July 4-28th. If you would like to welcome a talented group of musicians singing out for single payer health care into your community, contact me. If you are an artist, musician, juggler, magician or acrobat interested in single payer health care and you'd like to be part of this, contact me. If you'd like to help underwrite this tour, contact me. anne@annefeeney.com or 412-877-6480

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PETE SEEGER IS 90!

I'll be celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday along with a few thousand of his friends at Madison Square Garden on May 3 - see http://seeger90.com If you're going and want to get together somewhere ahead of time, call me at 412-877-6480 - If you can't go, but would like to honor Pete and his work, please consider a donation to Clearwater http://www.clearwater.org/


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MAY BIRTHDAYS

Jim Tremmel, May 2nd – Kathleen Feeney, Pete Seeger, Antonito Blanco, May 3rd - Bill Deegan and Paul Eric Grefenstette, May 10th - Tony Mumphrey and Kevin McCahill, May 15th – Terry Donovan, May 23rd



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Thursday, April 30th, 2009 8:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
416 W North Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-877-6480
Price: $15 suggested


Friday, May 1st, 2009 7:00 PM
Mayday!!!
Botto House American Labor Museum
83 Norwood St
Haledon, NJ 07508
http://www.geocities.com/labormuseum/
Price: FREE
refreshments are served at this Mayday gala featuring Chris Chandler with Danny Dolinger, Julius Margolin & George Mann, The NJ Solidarity Singers and more!


Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 7:30 PM
Temple's Student Center South
13th St. between Cecil B. Moore and Montgomery
Philadelphia, PA
215-763-2287
http://taup.org
Price: $5 at the door
Presented by: TAUP (Temple Association of University Professionals, AFT Local 4531), along with CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women, Philadelphia Chapter), Jobs with Justice, Temple AFSCME (District Council 47, Local 1723), Temple Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), and TUGSA (Temple University Graduate Students Association, AFT Local 6290).

The concert is made possible in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Labor Education Center, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, of the PA State System of Higher Education (http://www.iup.edu/laborcenter).



Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 8:00 PM
Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Party
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
http://seeger90.com
Price: $19.19-$1250
Ahhh, I would be thrilled to be performing at this show, but I'll be celebrating my sister Kathleen's mutual birthday with Pete from the upper balconies.... cheering on my companeros Larry Long, the NYC Labor Chorus and Tommy Sands as they join a legendary cast paying tribute to a great mentor and wonderful human being - Pete Seeger. All proceeds benefit Clearwater!



Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 7:00 PM
Labor Chautauqua Concert with Anne Feeney
Coal Country Hangout
1102 Maple Ave
N Cambria, PA 15714
724-397-2696
Price: FREE
Coal Country Hangout Youth Center is coordinating a workshop with Northern Cambria High School on the history of Labor
The concert is made possible in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Labor Education Center, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, of the PA State System of Higher Education (http://www.iup.edu/laborcenter).


Sunday, May 10th, 2009 7:30 PM
An Evening of Labour Songs: Joe Jencks and Anne Feeney in Concert
Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium
300 Memorial Blvd.
Winnipeg, MB
Canada
http://mayworks.org/?m=20090510&cat=4
Price: $20 advance
mitchpodolak(@)shaw.ca or drblack(@)mts.net have more info
Tickets $20 in advance at Organic Planet, Sled Dog Music, Sonus Musica, Folk Festival Music Store, Walnut Street Music - cash only


May 14th - May 17th, 2009
Regina Polk Conference
Pheasant Run Resort
St Charles, IL



Sunday, May 17th, 2009 2:00 PM
Dan's Graduation!
Georgetown University School of Law
Washington, DC


June 3rd - June 6th, 2009
Working Class Studies Conference
William Pitt Union - Univ of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.workingclassstudies.pitt.edu
412-624-6506
I will be doing a show on the evening of June 4


June 21st-June 23, 2009
Great Labor Arts Exchange/
Conference on Creative Organizing
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave NW
Silver Spring, MD
http://laborheritage.org/glaereg.html

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 - 7PM
Great Labor Arts Exchange Public Concert
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave NW
Silver Spring, MD
http://laborheritage.org
Price: free
not to be missed!

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER
Concert in Santa Cruz, CA
details tba

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 8:00 PM
Labor Fest (tentative)
ILWU (tentative)
San Francisco, CA
details as they become available


July 10th-July 12th, 2009
Oregon Country Fair
Veneta, OR
http://oregoncountryfair.org

Looking for work anywhere between Coos Bay and Seattle


Friday, July 24th, 2009 9:00 AM
Union Women's Summer School
Evergreen College
Olympia, WA
lasletts@evergreen.edu is the contact


Thanks for reading this! Now, please forward it to your friends!

APRIL 2009 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME 5, #1

Photo by Doug Calvin
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

Specific details for all these gigs appear below, and also at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html - Confirm with the venue, or call me at 412-877-6480...

March 28th & 29th - Cleveland Heights, OH
March 29th - Southfield, MI
March 30th - Westland, MI
March 31st - South Bend, IN
April 1st - Elkhart, IN

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Ontario with Joey Only!

April 3rd - Toronto, ON
April 4th - Peterborough, ON
April 5th - Guelph, ON
April 6th - Hamilton, ON
April 8th - Ottawa, ON
April 9th or 10th - ANY IDEAS? JOEY AND I ARE LOOKING TO FILL IN THESE DATES!!
April 11th - Belleville, ON

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April 16-18th - UALE CONFERENCE - Silver Spring, MD - http://uale.prometheuslabor.com/2009-conference - space still available at this exciting conference!

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April 24-27 Stop Blackwater Conference - Stockton, IL - http://www.noprivatearmies.org/take_action.html#Anchor-STOP-49575 VERY exciting conference!

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April 28th (tentative) - Effingham, IL concert for Heartland Human Services strikers of AFSCME Local 3494 out of Council 31

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April 30th - PITTSBURGH!

Details for these shows, as well as
May, June, July and beyond appear at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

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MUSIC ON THE RADIO, ON THE PLANES!

Woo hoo! I had a 'double-header' on Democracy Now! http://democracynow.org - the best journalism being done in America today - Amy Goodman featured "War on the Workers" after their feature on the Employee Free Choice Act - and the day before she played "National Health Care Now!" in their feature on HR 676 - John Conyers' bill for national health care. Both songs appear on UNION MAID -
You can buy Union Maid and all my CDs at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid - or call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD

"Hallelujah I'm a Bum/Business News," "How Much for the Life of a Miner?" and "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" are all playing on AirTran, Southwest, and JetBlue flights... cool beans!

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March 26
Pittsburgh, PA


Hi there Folks

This will be a really short Fellow Travelers' Advisory... I'm leaving on Saturday for the midwest on this mini-tour in support of the Conn Selmer Strikers of UAW 364 - making brass instruments for Vincent Bach until they were driven from their jobs by corporate greed on April 1, 2006. In 2005 the company made a $63 million dollar profit, but that apparently wasn't enough to satisfy the corporoid bean-counters. If you have friends or relatives in Cleveland, Detroit, South Bend or Elkhart, IN - please forward them these dates!

I had a fabulous tour of Florida. Many thanks to Ward and Rebecca, Jack Fiorito, Joe Courter and Jenny Brown, Ken and Cee Cee, Stan Swart,John Maycumber, Candice Carter, Shelley and Matthew Clay-Robison, Sandra Parks, Stetson Kennedy, Allen Marcil, Terry Buckenmeyer, Frank Schulman, Bob and Patty Bender, Vicki Ryder, Alexis, Dave Cambest, Michael Stock, Kathy Schmitz, Amy Carol Webb and Brooke Bell, Brad in Sarasota, Martha Shunn, Arlene Sweeting, Wendyl Jay and Bill Bailey, and Laura Griffin. My husband was able to join me for the last ten days and I've posted pictures from this best-ever tour of Florida at http://www.flickr.com/photos/annefeeney/sets/72157615960829064/show/

Lake Worth Raging Grannies - Photo by Leonard Bryant

I'm booking the summer right now - better late than never! I'm planning on doing another NW tour in July ... looking for places to play between SF and Vancouver ... drop me a line with your ideas!





In this issue:

Four Seats Left!
National Health Care Now!
Pete Seeger is 90!
Archie Green, Rest in Peace
Family News
Birthdays
The Tour

Thanks for your support, and for taking a look at this email every month!

Anne

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STILL FOUR SEATS LEFT!

We can still take four more people on the 2009 Ireland tour. If you'd like to join a very lively and exciting group of activists on a tour of Galway, Dublin and Clare from August 25-September 3rd, drop me a line and I'll send you more information.

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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE NOW!!

HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system by expanding a
greatly improved Medicare system to everyone residing in the U. S.

HR 676 would cover every person for all necessary medical care including
prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and
preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental health, home health,
physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision
care, hearing services including hearing aids, chiropractic, durable
medical equipment, palliative care, and long term care.

HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save hundreds of
billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the
private health insurance industry and HMOs.

In the current Congress, HR 676 has 72 co-sponsors in addition to Conyers.

HR 676 has been endorsed by 499 union organizations in 49 states including
123 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and 39 state
AFL-CIO's (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO, MN, ME, AR, MD-DC, TX, IA, AZ, TN, OR, GA, OK, KS, CO, IN, AL, CA, AK, MI, MT, NE, NY, NV & MA).

For further information, a list of union endorsers, or a sample
endorsement resolution, contact:

Kay Tillow
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 636 1551
Email: nursenpo@aol.com
http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org


We Want National Health Care Now! photo by Leonard Bryant



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PETE SEEGER IS 90!

Not yet, but on May 3rd. And what an extravaganza is planned! Check out the lineup for his Madison Square Garden birthday concert at http://seeger90.com

I was thrilled to see my friends Larry Long and Tommy Sands included on the bill with so many luminaries. The NYC Labor Chorus will perform too. Since Pete and my sister Kathleen have a mutual birthday, she and I are making the splurge and attending this gala along with my niece, Kim Sever and her handsome son (my Grand-in-every-sense-of-the-word-Nephew) Casey Horne.

Visit http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/ and sign the petition for Pete Seeger to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He certainly deserves it!


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Archie Green, Beloved Folklorist, Dies in California

One of the most pleasant mornings I've spent in years was at the San Francisco home of Archie Green when I interviewed him in conjunction with my review of "The Big Red Songbook." Archie and I had one of the liveliest and most spirited conversations of my lifetime. He was thoroughly charming, gracious and encyclopedic in his knowledge of folk music. Although we argued pretty extensively that morning, I found him a most convivial adversary and very much looked forward to another visit.

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ArchieGreen.html

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Family News

I'm heartbroken to report that my dear and last aunt, Claire O'Connor, died on March 8th - International Women's Day - in Aiken, SC just 3 months short of her 90th birthday. I'll miss her terribly.
http://www.legacy.com/postgazette/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=125012540

My son Dan's blog is terrific. His link to a "linguistically amusing description" of the cable car ride in Quito at http://www.in-quito.com/teleferico-quito-ecuador/teleferico.htm is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. Read all of Dan's posts and check out the pictures of the Ecuadoran delicacy - smoked guinea pig (cuy) at http://www.balancingtheegg.blogspot.com/

Birthdays – Friends

Bette Jacobson, Mar 26 - Martha Shunn, Mar 27 - Guy Zahller, Apr 9 - David Rovics, Apr 10 - Joyce Kornbluh, Apr 16 - Joey Only. Apr 17 - Rosanna Lane and Karen Newman, Apr 19

and Family -
Mary Weldon, Mar 29th and Kelly Grefenstette, Mar 31st

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THE TOUR

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
UU Society of Cleveland
2728 Lancashire Road
Cleveland Heights, OH
216.932.1898
http://uusocietyofcleveland.tripod.com/index.html
Price: $10 suggested


Sunday, March 29th, 2009 10:45 AM
Music for Sunday Service
UU Society of Cleveland
2728 Lancashire Road
Cleveland Heights, OH
216.932.1898
http://uusocietyofcleveland.tripod.com/index.html
Price: all welcome


Sunday, March 29th, 2009 4:00 PM
Conn Selmer Strike Benefit Concert
Al Cholger and Maureen Sheehan's House
20996 Inkster Rd
Southfield, MI
248.631.8432
Price: $20
RSVPs: acholger@comcast.net
masheahan@aol.com
Or call: Al @ 248.631.8432
Maureen @ 248.376.5701


Monday, March 30th, 2009 7:00 PM
Women's History Month Concert
Westland Public Library
6123 Central City Parkway
Westland, MI 48185
734-326-6123
http://www.westland.lib.mi.us
Price: FREE
cheryl.napsha<@>westland.lib.mi.us is the contact. (major directions: Ford Road exit of 275; take Ford Road east, left on Central City Parkway)


Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 7:00 PM
Benefit Concert for Conn Selmer Strikers - UAW 364
The New Gallery
805 & 807 Lincoln Way West
South Bend, IN 46616
574-807-2935
http://newgalleriesonlww.com/
Price: $10 suggested
your generous check payable to Food4Strikers will be most appreciated!


Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 5:00 PM
Third Anniversary Reunion of Locked Out Conn-Selmer Workers!
McNaughton Park Pavilion
701 Arcade Ave
Elkhart, IN 46516
574-264-1591
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3386674426389672298&/
Price: donations
Ronald Czarnecki ronczarnecki@msn.com is the contact - Bring checks payable to Food4Strikers, or cash, or food


Friday, April 3rd, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Joey Only's Big Ontario Tour
USWA Hall
25 Cecil Street
Toronto, ON
Canada
Price: $15 suggested
as always, no one is turned away!


Saturday, April 4th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Joey Only
private party
Peterborough, ON
Canada
http://joeyonly.com


Sunday, April 5th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney & Joey Only
UU Congregation of Guelph
122 Harris at York
Guelph, ON
Canada
http://www.guelph-unitarians.com/guelph_unitarians/how_to_find_us.shtml


Monday, April 6th, 2009 9:00 PM
Wax Mannequin presents Anne Feeney and Joey Only
38 King William St
Hamilton , ON
Canada
http://joeyonly.com


Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney & Joey Only
Presented by the Ottawa IWW
76 Murray St
Ottawa, ON
Canada
http://joeyonly.com


Saturday, April 11th, 2009 8:00 PM
THE TENANT ACTION GROUP, ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY, PCAP, KCAP and GUTS present Anne Feeney and Joey Only
Ontario Common Front Consulta at location tba
225 Front Street
Belleville, ON
Canada


Thursday, April 16th, 2009
UALE Conference
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20903
http://uale.prometheuslabor.com/2009-conference



Friday, April 17th, 2009
UALE Conference
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD
http://uale.prometheuslabor.com/2009-conference


Saturday, April 18th, 2009
UALE Conference
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20903
http://uale.prometheuslabor.com/2009-conference

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 - 8PM
Tentative show in New Brunswick, NJ
details from kcfesq@aol.com


Friday, April 24th - Monday, April 27th 2009 8:00 PM
Stop Blackwater Conference
Unitarian Universalist Church of Stockton
219 North Pearl Street
Stockton, IL 61085
http://www.noprivatearmies.org/take_action.html#Anchor-STOP-49575
Price: see web page
A Catholic Worker and Clearwater Conference - With Keynote by Jeremy Scahill, Author of the NY Times Bestseller "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." He is also a journalist with "The Nation" and with Democracy NOW!
We will also be joined by Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator or Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Diane Wilson, co-founder of CodePink and Texas Jail Project.org, along with Col. Ann Wright will be joining us for the conference on Saturday April 25th. more info:Dan@NoPrivateArmies.org or Mary@NoPrivateArmies.org


Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 8:00 PM
Concert for the Lock Out Heartland Human Services Workers
tba
Effingham, IL
I need some details on this event! Is this going to happen or not?

In the meantime, send checks to:
AFSCME Council 31 Solidarity Fund
615 S. Second St.
P.O. Box 2328
Springfield, IL 62705


Thursday, April 30th, 2009 8:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
416 W North Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.877-6480
Price: $10-20 sliding

The Union Makes Us Strong! - photo by Leonard Bryant

MARCH 2009 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME 4, #12

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
(details, time and locations appear at the end of this newsletter, and are continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)

FLORIDA!
Tallahassee
Gainesville
Jacksonville
St Augustine
Orange City
North Miami
Deerfield Beach
Lake Worth
Miami
Sunrise
Fort Myers
Sarasota
Cape Coral

then...

Pittsburgh - March 25th with Charlie King and Karen Brandow
Cleveland - March 29th
Detroit - March 30th?????
Somewhere else to host a benefit for UAW 364 - March 31st???
Elkhart, IN - April 1st

Then:
Big Ontario Tour with Joey Only!

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BUY CDS (please!): http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
Please forward this message to your friends!
(If you got this as a forward, you can subscribe at http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.html)
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Pittsburgh, PA
27 February 2009


Welcome to the March 2009 Edition of my monthly email news - THE FELLOW TRAVELERS' ADVISORY. It's the only way I can really stay in touch with all the folks I visit over the course of a year, and I sooooo appreciate you inviting me into your inbox once a month.

I'm packing now for three weeks touring in Florida, and then I'll head to the midwest, to Ontario, and Washington DC.

I still have space for nine more folks to come along on the fabulous tour of Ireland I've got planned for August 25th - September 3rd. I hope that all of you - particularly some of my Danish and Swedish friends are considering this trip - It's a great great way to see Ireland!

In this month's Fellow Travelers' Advisory there are some really important timely actions you can take, a fun report from my 2009 Oscars party, family news, news about Charlie King and Karen Brandow's upcoming show in Pittsburgh and more! Write back and let me know what you're up to.

In solidarity

Anne

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Alberta Tar Sands - Attention Canadians and US residents

http://www.tarsandswatch.org/message-canada-s-political-leaders-stop-ducking-obama-s-nafta-challenge - Here's a site that gives us all a chance to say what a TERRIBLE idea it is to try to squeeze the filthiest oil on the planet out of the Alberta Tar Sands. Click today!
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March 3rd special election for Tom Geoghegan

There's a special election to fill Rahm Emanuel's seat in Illinois and we have a chance to send a brilliant guy who REALLY understands labor, the environment, the economy and so much more to fill that seat. Tom Geoghegan is a fabulous person and a good friend. He'd be perfect for the seat, but he could use your help.

Call your friends in Illinois and tell them they've got a chance to pick a real winner! And if you've got an extra few bucks sitting around, send them Tom's way. I did.

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Charlie King and Karen Brandow in concert in Pittsburgh

Come see Charlie and Karen in an intimate house concert in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 25th. Charlie is one of my favorite songwriters, and I'm not alone in that opinion. Charlie's fans include Peggy Seeger, Tom Paxton and Billboard Magazine. Performing with his multi-talented wife, Karen Brandow, Charlie's show is now filled with complex rhythms and gorgeous harmonies. If you'd like to come, send me an email: anne@annefeeney.com and I'll save a seat for you.
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BENEFIT FOR STRIKING UAW 364

After the concert I'm leaving on a midwest mini-tour to raise money for the striking members of UAW364 in Elkhart, IN. You can bring a check payable to Food4Strikers to the Charlie King/Karen Brandow show, or mail one to me:

Food4Strikers
c/o Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218

and I'll deliver it to them in person on the THIRD anniversary of their strike against Vincent Bach/Conn-Selmer. If you ever played a brass instrument it was probably made by these striking workers.

I'm in Cleveland on March 28th and the morning of the 29th. I'm hoping to do a show in Detroit - Ann Arbor - really - anywhere that's sorta-kinda-maybe on the way to Elkhart, IN - If you'd be willing to host a house concert on March 29, 30 or 31st email me right away!

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Ireland tour - August 25-September 3rd - Galway, Dublin and Clare!

This will be one of my best tours ever. If you'd like to join me and a small group of exciting activists for a musical tour of Ireland, this is your chance! If you're interested, drop me an email and I'll send you the details. anne@annefeeney.com

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ONTARIO IN APRIL

My pal Joey Only and I have been talking about touring together for a long time. Well, it's finally happening this April in honor of Joey's 30th birthday. We still have some dates to fill on that tour. If you're in Ontario and you'd like to host us, please email me: anne@annefeeney.com or Joey info@joeyonly.com


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WHERE IS THE $$$ GOING? - LINK OF THE MONTH

This fantastic site will suck you in for longer than you meant to stay. Brilliantly conceived and executed - it gives us all a chance to be part of the budget, and to know where the money is going!

http://stimuluswatch.org/
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TRYING TO FIND A PICKET LINE?

This very cool site tells you who's on strike and why - all over the world!!
http://www.xpdnc.com/links/strikes.html

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FAMILY NEWS



My cousin Anabel Karen Bernadette Blanco was born on February 22nd at 11:48am, 6lb
15oz, 19in - Mother (Kristin Brown Blanco) and daughter are both doing fine!

My son and his wife - Dan and Monique - enjoyed Carneval in Ecuador. You can read Dan's latest post here

My annual Oscars party was great fun. There's a photo essay on the party just below this post if you're reading this on my blog. Otherwise you can click here to see the citrus sorbet pressed into the mold of Nixon's head (Frost/Nixon, get it?) and other gastronomic excesses of the evening.


Get well soon!
Janet Bates
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411

Janet is recovering from surgery, with lots of TLC from her wonderful husband Ken.

My friend, colleague and union brother, Derrick Finch - fabulous piano player and wonderful spirit, was killed in a car crash in LA at the age of 36. Gone too soon. Rest well, brother.

BIRTHDAYS!!

Shirley Shultz Myers - Mar 1st, Mary McCahill Madera - Mar 1st, Griffin Lane McCahill - Mar 13th, Rob Shepherd - Mar 14th, Ron Berlin is 65 on Mar 15th, Tom Weldon is 80 (!) Mar 17th, Suzy Edkins - Mar 17th, John Cunningham - Mar 20th, Bette Jacobson Godfrey - Mar 26th, Martha Shunn - Mar 27th, Mary Weldon - Mar 29th, Kelly Grefenstette - Mar 31st

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HERE'S THE TOUR SO FAR:

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 11:00 AM
UFF-FSU sponsored Rally to protest education cuts!
State Capitol
Tallahassee, FL
http://fateofthestate.ning.com


Thursday, March 5th, 2009 8:00 PM
Concert and Pot Luck!
Imaginary Fool's Juggling, Singing and Gourmet Supper Club
Tallahassee, FL
850-878-4149
Price: $10 suggested
call or email wbroderson(@)hotmail.com to make reservations and get directions.... I *love* this venue ... It's soooooooo much fun!

Friday, March 6th, 2009 8:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
The NEW Civic Media Center
433 S Main St
Gainesville, FL
Price: $10
gainesvilleiguana(@)cox.net


Saturday, March 7th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St Augustine
2487 A1A South and Florida Avenue
St Augustine, FL 32605
http://www.nrdp.net/uufsa/
Price: $10-20 suggested

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 10:30 AM
Music for Sunday Service
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St Augustine
2487 A1A South and Florida Avenue
St Augustine, FL 32605
http://www.nrdp.net/uufsa/
Price: all welcome


Sunday, March 8th, 2009 3:00 PM
Mosaic Unitarian Universalist Church
425 S Volusia Ave (17-92)
Orange City, FL 32774
http://mosaicuu.org/
jsdupree(@)hotmail.com


Sunday, March 8th, 2009 8:00 PM
Live on Progressive Roots Radio with Ken Connors and CeeCee Severin!
Live in the Studio and streaming on the internet at
Jacksonville, FL
http://radiofreejax.com
Price: free!
On Air: FM 105.7 (WHJX) in Jacksonville, FM 105. 5 (WSJF) in St. Augustine
Call-In # = 694-1057 (AC 904)


Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 12:00 PM
Artist in Residence
Flagler College
Kernan Bldg. #135
St Augustine, FL
Two classroom appearances: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM and 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Site: Flagler College,
Performances for two classes on "The '60s -- Revolution, Revelation, ..."
Local Contact: Allan Marcil, cell = 806-6178


Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney In Family Concert for Union Folks and Their Kids!
IBEW #177 Hall
966 North Liberty Street
Jacksonville
(904)-765-5004

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 3:00 PM
Anne Feeney Live on Brother Stan's Radio Show 105.7FM
Live in the Studio and streaming on the internet at
Jacksonville , FL
http://radiofreejax.com
On Air: FM 105.7 (WHJX) in Jacksonville, FM 105. 5 (WSJF) in St. Augustine
Call-In # 904-694-1057


Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 5:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert at CLC meeting
IBEW #177 Hall
966 North Liberty Street
Jacksonville, FL
Price: free
this brief appearance is for Jacksonville labor activists


Thursday, March 12th, 2009 5:30 PM
Campus Chapter of Amnesty International presents Anne Feeney in Concert
UNF Campus
UNF Art Gallery Auditorium
Jacksonville, FL
904-620-1654
http://www.unf.edu/dept/gallery/
ccarter(@)unf.edu - Candice Carter is the contact or Shelly Clay-Robison shellyclayrobison(@)hotmail.com
Price: donations welcome
Shelly Clay-Robison shellyclayrobison(@)hotmail.com


Friday, March 13th, 2009 8:00 PM
Countdown to St Patrick's Day Concert!
Luna Star Cafe
775 NE 125th St
North Miami, FL 33161
http://www.lunastarcafe.com
Price: $15
In addition to my regular repertoire, look for lots of wonderful Irish songs too!


Saturday, March 14th, 2009 10:00 AM
Deerfield Beach Progressive Forum - 10AM - 12 Noon
Century Village, Deerfield Beach Activities Center
Deerfield Beach, FL
bobbende(@)gmail.com is the contact


Saturday, March 14th, 2009 7:30 PM
Bailout the People! Anne Feeney in Concert
Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting House
823 North A St.
Lake Worth, FL
561-330-9016
Price: $10-20 sliding


Sunday, March 15th, 2009 11:00 AM
Music for Sunday Service
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami
7701 SW 76th Avenue
Miami, FL 33143
305-667-3697
http://uumia.org/
Price: all welcome


Sunday, March 15th, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Glades Edge House Concerts
Sunrise, FL
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=108478112
Price: $15
shadow83blk(@)comcast.net - There is a potluck at 6PM


Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 12:00 PM
St Patrick's Day After-Parade Celebration - Noon until 3:30PM
Channel Mark Outdoor Restaurant
19001 San Carlos Blvd
Ft Myers Beach, FL 33931
(239) 463-9127
laura griffin is the contact - swflagirl(@)aol.com



Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 6:00 PM
St Patrick's Day Celebration 6-9:30PM
French Connection Block Party
2282 First Street
Ft. Myers, FL 33901
(239) 332-4443
(Downtown Ft Myers after the Boston Red Sox Game) Laura Griffin Swflagirl(@)aol.com is the contact

Friday, March 20th, 2009 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Mother's Musical Bakery
6525 Superior Ave
Sarasota, FL
Price: $10-20 suggested
come early! I'll start at 7:30 sharp!


Saturday, March 21st, 2009 7:00 PM
SWFLA Labor Social
Moorings Patio Restaurant
1326 Se 16th Pl
Cape Coral, FL 33990
Price: $5 at the door
Laura Griffin is the contact - swflagirl(@)aol.com
Come early for:
**social 5-6:30
**EFCA discussion 6:30-7
**Anne Feeney Show 7-10


Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney presents Charlie King and Karen Brandow
Jim & Llouise's
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-877-6480
http://charlieking.org
Price: $15
email me at anne(@) annefeeney.com to receive an invitation to this wonderful concert, featuring two extremely talented friends long-overdue for a pittsburgh visit! Seating is limited. reserve a seat now! (Of course, I'll sing some, too!)


Saturday, March 28th, 2009 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
UU Society of Cleveland Heights
2728 Lancashire Road
Cleveland Heights, OH
216.932.1898
http://uusocietyofcleveland.tripod.com/index.html
Price: $10 suggested


Sunday, March 29th, 2009 10:45 AM
Music for Sunday Service
UU Society of Cleveland
2728 Lancashire Road
Cleveland Heights, OH
216.932.1898
http://uusocietyofcleveland.tripod.com/index.html
Price: all welcome

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 5:00 PM
Third Anniversary Reunion of Locked Out Conn-Selmer Workers!
McNaughton Park Pavilion
701 Arcade Ave
Elkhart, IN 46516
574-264-1591
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3386674426389672298&/
Price: donations
Ronald Czarnecki ronczarnecki@msn.com is the contact - Bring checks payable to Food4Strikers, or cash, or food

Oscars 2009!

The tables were set:






The 2009 tote-board in place:






The red carpet was rolled out, and we awaited our guests!




Our lovely paparrazza, Sophia Faller (on the right), and her friend Mia Davis, took the guests' coats on arrival, gave them their ballots, and collected their dollars!




First to arrive were Jim and Llouise Altes with the "Slum Dog Millionaire" appetizers!





Next came "Eric von Marchbein" - silent movie director - resplendent in his jodhpurs and riding boots




Father Bill Feeney




Jan Boyd and Bill Erickson



Barbara Lebeau, wearing a lovely bottle of Pinot Noir



Father Lou Vallone in his Steelers-wear:




"Slumdog" Hilary Chiz!



Barbara's husband, Tom Aspel



Jeanne Clark, with a car full of beer and champagne!



Tod Faller, parking valet, technical master, furniture mover, majordomo and factotum


The candles are lit and we start off with our "Slumdog Millionaire" appetizers - curried nut mix and pappadams with three sauces!




Robin Alexander (on left) and Polly Halfkenny (adjusting her "Revolutionary Road" hat in the mirror) arrive just in time with "The Reader" salad!



Perfect, Polly!



Following Polly's dramatic reading of the recipe, and Robin's artful tableside preparation, we were treated to "The Reader" salad - featuring poached pears, dried cranberries, gorgonzola cheese and toasted pine nuts! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



Time for the Benjamin Button entree - New Orleans Jambalaya!



The diners await Hilary Chiz's "Frost/Nixon" citrus sorbet -


artfully arranged by Julie Leonardsson in a custom-made mold of Nixon's head



"Was that the dessert?" wonders Jeanne Clark



No! Just the palate cleanser. Dessert is courtesy of "MILK" - Julie's lovely Creme Caramel -




CHAMPAGNE!



and now, on to the Oscars!



From the beginning, Tom is out front!



von Marchbein looks strangely confident!



Hilary says, "Has anyone noticed that Tom has gotten them ALL right so far!!!"


Tom ponders: "Should I invest my winnings in stocks, bonds, commodities?"




And the winner is - SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE!!



And the winner of the 2009 Oscars' Sweepstakes is Tom!His score - a whopping 18 out of 24 - 75% correct! amazing! (click on the image to enlarge... Tom's score is on the bottom row!