Summer 2009

Hello Dear Ones,

The big exciting news is that my band, ONE LOVE Devotional Chant, is moving full speed ahead on our CD project, and we have the fourth weekend in July set for the live-in–the-studio recording marathon. We’ll be inviting some friends to sing with us as responders for the call-and-response chants, and we’ll be doing some pieces with just the four band members as well. In addition, the wonderfully talented Charlie Shew will be joining us on percussion and possibly some bass, as well as producing/ engineering the whole shebang. We hope to have the CD available sometime in the fall. I’m really looking forward to making this music available to all of you, since I’ve had so many requests over the years for a chanting CD. In the meantime, please visit our website at www.onelovechant.com

On another note, I’ve decided to take a break from leading the Second Sunday Celebration Circles for the summer. The Common Heart Interfaith Fellowship, which I started in 2005, is undergoing some re-envisioning and re-structuring at this time. We may start up again in the fall or create something totally new and different! I’ll be sure to keep you posted.

Another cool thing that is happening this summer is that I was invited to participate in the Second Annual Peace Pilgrim Celebration in Egg Harbor City, NJ (the birthplace of Peace Pilgrim). I will be the featured performer for the Friday night concert that will kick off the weekend-long festivities, and I’ll be leading a joint Unitarian/Quaker spiritual service on Sunday morning. Many of you know that I wrote a song about Peace Pilgrim, as she was one of my heroines. So I am honored and excited to be part of this celebration.

I wish you all peace and a fruitful, sun-filled summer, with much love and joy overflowing for you and your loved ones.

Many Blessings,
Jody