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1. Two Acts w/40+ Songs and Narrative
(2 hours w/intermission)
(Concert, Festival, Coffeehouse)
Faithful
to the Weavers’ original arrangements,
this rousing program employs their
timeless music and an edifying narrative
to recall their timely story.
Follows
their evolution from the earlier folk
revival of the 1930s, through the
Almanac Singers to the founding of The
Weavers late in 1948. Touches on the
blacklist and HUAC testimony, and their
triumphant 1955 Carnegie Hall reunion
concert which resurrected their music
and careers. Not only features favorite
familiar songs, but also a few that The
Weavers might be singing today.
2.
60-75 minute Concert (Concert, Festival)
A distillation of the above, with focus
on the music.
3.
45-50 minute Assembly/Convocation
(Schools)
A further distillation, designed for the
appropriate age-group, with accent on
audience participation.
4.
Two-Act Concert Program (#1 above) with Chorus
We provide the quartet and
newly-arranged charts for 8-10 accompaniments in the spirit of the
Weavers’ earliest hit songs and you provide the
chorus. Fee includes 1-2 rehearsals
together.
5.
Concert/Film Package (Film Festival,
Special Event)
Work o' the Weavers appears in
conjunction with the screening of Jim
Brown's documentary film of The Weavers'
1980 reunion concert, "Wasn't That
a Time!"
6.
Residency
In
conjunction with concert or school
appearance, it can include classroom
visits, lecture/demonstrations and
choral and instrumental
rehearsal/performance.
7.
Workshops
In conjunction with festival
appearances, the four quartet members
can draw upon more than a century of
collective experience to contribute to a
vast array of workshop subjects, i.e.,
instrumental and vocal performance,
varied song types such as lovesongs,
humorous songs, social commentary,
political songs, international songs,
lullabies and children’s songs, etc.
8.
‘Woody’s Children’ (Concert,
Festival)
This special event is an outgrowth of a
concert that took place in January of 2004 to fête 35 years of
Robert Sherman’s New York-based folk
radio program, ‘Woody’s Children.’
Program participants Tom Chapin,
Christine Lavin and Work o’ the
Weavers conspire to co-create a
gloriously unforgettable song- and
humor-filled evening, inviting audience
participation along the way. When
possible, Bob Sherman will even come
along to emcee and direct traffic.
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