Setlist from Mar 8 Songs In Your Body On This Land @ Studio 240, NKB

Here are the songs we sang at the BIPOC+Mixed Race sing Songs In Our Bodies On This Land at Studio 240 (Rosy Simas Danse) in the Northrup-King Building on Friday night, March 8, 2024 with links to online recordings for your at-home remembering pleasure.

• Earth My Body (unknown) - Liz's adapted lyrics: Liberation / Solidarity / Justice coming / Ground in love!
• I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
• Carry This All (Ahlay Blakely)
• I decline (Ahlay Blakely)
• Sweet Surrender (text: Saint Symeon/music: Sophia)
• Comfort* (Heather Wilson)
• Honor the Dark (Lea Morris)
• Loosen, Loosen (Aly Halpert)
• One by One (Michael Stillwater)
• Let it go (Words: Michael Leunig/Music: Suzann Frisk)
• Go Lay Down (Naje)
• Not a Lone Wolf (Steph Drouin, Aimee Ringle)
• Don’t go putting the world on your shoulders (Will Lawrence, Erin Bridges) - from Sunrise Movement songbook
• The Way Knows the Way (Lyndsey Scott)
• Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone) 

* no online recording available.  If you discover one, please let us know in the comments!

Thank you to the crew who sang with us! The right people were there, tenderness, grit, and support were shared. Community was tended. This is part of the dream Liz and Conie are working towards!

Special thanks to Rosy Simas Danse for creating space for BIPOC artists. Deep gratitude to Rebekah, the studio manager.

Mar 3: Dances of Universal Peace/Sufi Dancing

Sufi Dancing
(AKA Dances of Universal Peace)

When:  Sunday March 3rd, 6:30 to 8:45 pm (fb event)
at the Twin Cities Friends Meeting House
1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul (map)
https://tcfm.org/
-Donations accepted, but not required-

Come and weave a circle of sacred presence and harmony with shared movement and song. All spiritual traditions of the world are honored in a circle of universal prayer.

No former experience is necessary (And... seasoned dancers and dance leaders are more than welcome to bring their wisdom, dances, and shared leadership:)

We'll take a break in the middle of this event for some meet and greet with snacks (bring something to share if you like)

All beings are welcome in this circle

Send Adam Wolter (AKA Saleem) a line if you have any questions about this event: (612)237-6690


For more info on the dances:

Setlist for Tending Your Fire, Tending Your Heart Retreat (Feb 23-25, 2024)

Dear Friends, 

If you're reading this, you might have attended the Tending Your Fire, Tending Your Heart retreat from Friday, February 23 through Sunday, February 25 at Episcopal House of Prayer near Collegeville.  

We invited folks who have been carrying a load for their community, in a season of deep service, organizing, and/or mutual aid work to lay it all down for a weekend and receive some spaciousness and care.  

Here is a list of the songs we sang over the weekend with links to online recordings.

• Armor (Ahlay Blakely)
• Breathe In, Breath Out Lullaby* (tune: Silent Night) - led by Katy
• Breath More Slowly* (Shireen Amini)
• Do You Feel? Do You Heal? (Lu Aya Nephew, The Peace Poets + Deirdre Shabaaz)
• Earth My Body (unknown) - Liz's adapted lyrics: Liberation / Solidarity / Justice coming / Ground in love!
• Endless Boundless Gratitude (Samara Jade)
• Gather / We Are Not Alone (Joanna Laws Landis)
• Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone)
• I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
• If it’s not a F*#$ yeah (Lyndsey Scott)
• O Bless the Food* (Okie Dokie Brothers?)
• One by One (Michael Stillwater)
• Open Sentences (Ahlay Blakely)
• Park Bench (Knots on a String, Nat's band) - live version
• Risk More for Love (words: Casper ter Kuile; music: Liz Digitale Anderson)
• Thank you earth (Mark + Sheri? Anderson)
• Traveler's Lullaby (Knots on a String)
• Wind in My Bones* (Malia Burkhart) - led by Malia

* no known recording online. Please share in the comments if you find one!

** the composer/catcher of this song is not known to us.  If you do know, please pass it on in the comments.  :)

Here's a list of Resources:

Mar 16: Grow Your Voice: A Workshop to Explore, Experiment, & Strengthen Your Singing Voice

Grow Your Voice: A Workshop to Explore, Experiment, & Strengthen Your Singing Voice

When: Saturday, March 16, 2024, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where:  New City Center for Healing Justice, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis
fb event link for sharing: https://fb.me/e/58TzIdfWL

Want to be a stronger, more confident singer?

The voice in your body is a seed of who you are. Depending on how it’s been tended over your life, your voice might feel strong and healthy – or it may feel more like it has a shallow root system, a weak stem, or fewer leaves or blossoms than desired. In voice work, your breath, posture, body tension, and fear of how you’re “supposed” to sound are all aspects that need tending to.

Join Conie and Liz for two hours of vocal tending and singing from your full breath and heart: give yourself and your voice loving, caring attention to grow strong, healthy, and beautiful. We want your voice to sing out and clearly communicate your care, pride, passion, hurt, and dreams to ourselves, our beloveds, our community, and our world.

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• Masks up please as an act of community care while Covid is surging. Thank you.
• Sliding scale payment: $15-$40.
• Please fill out the registration form here https://forms.gle/HqqDZ6LDADnvcrBx8 and Venmo/Paypal @ConieB to reserve your spot (confirm digits: 7530)
• Two solidarity spots available for volunteers; inquire at goodtrouble@pointsoflightmusic.net.

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Workshop leaders Conie Borchardt and Liz Digitale Anderson are GOOD TROUBLE, a queer mixed Asian songleading duo. They bring a wide variety of vocal experience and technique to share, including certification in the playful Five Elements Full Voice Method of Barbara McAfee (did you know your voice has fire and water in it?!), classical and musical theatre voice training, jazz improv, and a cappella beatboxing.