Trinity Newmarket Singers

Our regular Sing-along Café was incoporated into the Moose Hide Campaign Day event today.  From 2-3 we had a sing-along time. It wasn't easy to find songs that people could sing along with, songs that we might know. There is a lot of music being made, but we don't get to hear it much. I found a few things that we knew, and included a couple songs from my diversity/equality and resistance/revolution- themed playlists. I'll list them below with comments. The Moose Hide Campaign Day of Ceremony was an all-day remote-live-streamed and in-person event all across Canada. Many events like ours were held and included walking, fasting, demonstrating, and also just watching. This was the first time it was centred in Toronto. It started with a sunrise ceremony and ended with a sunset fast-breaking ceremony. Those were in Atlantic time, so, very early for us: 4 am for the start and 6/7:00 end in Eastern time.  Although I registered for the whole day, I only started my participation at ...

Please come and join me in the Fellowship Room on Thursday, May 14th from 11:30 to 5:30.  If you didn't get your moose hide pin on Sunday, I have lots left. I think we might do this again next year, so I'll save the leftovers.  The event goes from 4 am to 6:30 pm, but we're only doing part of it together. The rest is optional and up to you. Registration is free, and I recommend you register yourself so you can access the other parts from home. Here's a link to the MHC website.  There's a Register Now button on the home page. Agenda for May 14 th Moose Hide Campaign Day 11:30 Gather in Trinity’s Fellowship Room 12:00 Toronto Rally Live Stream 1:30-2:00 relax, debrief Conversation 2:00 Sing-along café: Indigenous Theme (Singing Includes  café  regulars) 2:55-3:55  Dialogue Workshop with handouts 4:00 Safe Spaces Workshop Livestream 5:30 end: Go home in time to end fast at 6:00 with national ceremony 

 

The Moose Hide Campaign is an Indigenous-led grassroots movement that invites all Canadians to take a stand against gender-based violence by honouring, protecting, and supporting women, children, and all those along the gender continuum. Rooted in ceremony, respect, and accountability, the Campaign centres the moose hide pin as a symbol of personal commitment and a catalyst for meaningful conversations. Join Renate and members of Trinity’s Affirming & Inclusivity Team on Thursday, May 14 th   from 12:00 noon to 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Room.     We will watch the Rally in Toronto from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.  At 2:00, there will be singing.  Renate is registered in a workshop called Cultivating Safe Spaces at 4:00 so that's what we'll be watching until 5:30.  Then we can go home to catch the breaking of the fast ceremony at 6:30. Some of us will be fasting, but light snacks will be available. Events happen throughout the day, starting at 4:00 am a...

We celebrated two birthdays and talked about age a little bit before we started our theme of Dreams and Wishes. Sometimes we feel like a big number is scary, shocking, or even embarrassing. The extra attention is uncomfortable. But, it’s such a good thing for your friends and family to celebrate you, your existence, your presence as you ‘level up’.  Last week we were talking about how people ‘our age’ are getting sick and dying. My wish for the birthday girls is that you continue to enjoy relatively good health and the loving attention of your family and friends for many years, looking forward to the next big milestone birthday celebration, and hopefully lots off little celebrations in-between. Just like our other themes, this one is represented in songs that focus on a moment with one person, a lover or spouse, and songs that include the world, and eternity. A dream for peace and a dream for the return of a lover can both be impassioned and moving. We were moved.  We nibbled...

Earth Day was yesterday but we had another special Earth Day today singing songs on my Earth and Peace playlist. We added a few new ones, as we often do, following our hearts and inspirations in the moment. I love how we are all generous and flexible and willing to step off a path like that.  I’m glad we all love John Denver’s music. So many of his songs are tributes to nature! Listening to Annie’s Song, one can’t miss the fact that he’s measuring romantic love against the wonder and beauty of nature. We discovered a couple of his songs we hadn’t heard before, and they’re so good that they quickly became singable (sing-alongable?). Ian missed last week, so we had to do Calypso again, and we were happy to oblige. I especially love those la-las (yodels?).  We didn't want to feel despair with our Earth and Peace theme. It's easy to fall into despair on this theme. I had hoped some protest songs might help us to feel powerful and hopeful. But, I couldn't introduce my Songs of R...