Take M-37
to the traffic light in Middleville, Main Street. Turn east to Russell
Street (between Faro's Pizza and the Thornapple River bridge). Turn
right. Russell Street will end after three blocks and you will
curve
into Market Street. Go to dead end of Market Street to the river.
We
are the last house on the right.
Take the
Bradley exit of US 131, exit 61. Go east though Bradley for 6
miles to
the BP station and McDonalds. Alternately, from the east side of Grand
Rapids, take Broadmoor (East Beltline) south to Patterson (at
Steelcase). Turn south on Patterson and go 15.7 miles to the
aforementioned PB gas station.
Shady
Shores is 1.4 miles south of the station on the left. (Look for the
very large boats in front of Premier Motorsports on the right.) Park in
the lot in front of the Gun Lake Chapel. Walk east down Dogwood to
number 70.
If you
haven't sung at either of Jean and Cal's locations, it's time to take
the plunge!
The Second
Sunday Song Circle returns to its original location, 3242 Brook Trails
Drive SE, on September 14.
Grand River Folk
Arts Society presents outstanding
concert performers and lively dances with really fine bands but what’s
missing
from this picture? Grassroots music making, that’s what! If folk music
is what we’re all about, shouldn’t we folk be making some of it? Of
course! If you like to sing, or you play an instrument, but can’t
imagine yourself equipped with a stage and a microphone — at least not
yet! This is for you: community singing and jam sessions.
Community singing is just getting together to share old or new songs
informally, campfire style. We might do this from memory; we welcome
new songs you bring, on paper or in your head; and we have copies of
the book Rise Up Singing to borrow or buy. We generally meet on the
second Sunday of the month. We begin at 5:00 PM with a potluck supper,
then sing until 9;00 or so. Join the gathering for any portion or for
the entire time.
<>A popular variant is
“Shaped Note” singing. We sing from The Sacred Harp, a
recognized standard, sight-reading these shaped-notes. Shaped notes
were a New England notation style that was to aid non-music-readers
recognize and read music. It was developed in the 1800’s and still
enthralls people with its haunting sounds and enthusiastic energy
applied to church hymns. A group currently meets in Kalamazoo on the
third Sunday afternoon of the month. Let Mary know if you’d like to
carpool down and give it a try!
Newcomers are always welcome.
Call Mary Postellon, (616) 246-6468, or
email: sundaysings@grfolkarts.org
Postellons’ home, 3242 Brook Trails Drive SE in Grand Rapids.
Last update:
August
09, 2007
