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Group singing - Over the years, starting at Oberlin, I got to hear Pete Seeger many times.

When you went to one of his concerts he would start a song and the choir (us in the audience)

would join in. While working with Project Upward Bound in Milwaukee, my wife and I took one of the students to a Seeger concert and she was amazed at the audience singing along with such passion. Group singing is really important, no matter the setting Garrison, I'd go to one of your programs just to be able to sing with everyone.

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One of the great joys of my life was singing in the audience at Pete Seeger concerts in college and whenever he was within a hundred miles! That marvelously gifted man brought out such great harmony. To this day I have Seeger concert mix CDs (yeah, CDs, I’m the same age as Garrison) in the car and love to sing along with them. I’ve watched two of his concerts this year on the live stream and enjoy joining in. Like Garrison, I’m an Episcopalian, and we do love to raise our voices in hymns both old and new. Music sustains me!

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