holding our first Pittsfield Festival of American Music and Arts at 7:30 pm - November 26th - 27 East Street. For nearly 28 years, however, my family and I have been doing these gigs wherever our ministry took us - NYC, NY/Saginaw, MI/Cleveland, OH/Tucson, AZ - after encountering Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving concerts while in seminary.We do kid's music, group singing, invite other local musicians and artist
s and poets to join in so that the whole gig is a little bit gospel fest, a little bit poetry reading, a little bit Prairie Home companion and a whole lotta fun. This year's celebration will be a hoot because Andy Kelly and his jazz buddies will be joining us along with Jessica Roemischer - piano improv artist extraordinaire - as well as some church folk and our little band: Between the Banks. (BTW - we just finished taping our first PCTV show for Norm Schaffer's "Acoustic Voices" and it worked out beautifully. It will start airing for a week beginning Saturday, November 30th.)So, my friends, if you are in town why not stop by for some Thanksgiving music, poetry, art, story telling and group singing joy? We've found it is a perfect way to enter that American Eucharist - Thanksgiving - with humility and hope.
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