Laura Sandage

Saturday Sept. 16 at 3:00-5:30 PM at University Retirement Community.

A FREE fun, social singing workshop with Doreen Conte and Laura Sandage that includes performance offerings to three sites at URC. Come honor our elders in song! Optional donations accepted to the Yolo Hospice "Music and Memory" program.

To register, email, text, or call Laura at lsandage@comcast.net or 530.848.4812

The Free Range Singers will meet again for a 6-week session called Singing Our Roots (Part 1) beginning Tuesday Sept. 19 at 7-8:30 PM at the UU Church of Davis, and continuing on Tuesday nights till October 24. This session will include a performance at the Davis Cemetery for Oct. 22 Day of the Dead festivities. Part 2 of Singing Our Roots will begin November 28 and culminate in the MLK Day Event in collaboration with Mariachi Puente. All voices welcome. Suggested donation $10-$15 per rehearsal or as you are able.

SACRED EARTH: Elemental Community in Word, Song, and Action was a rich experience for those performing and those in attendance. The event raised $650 toward a second water feature on the UU Church of Davis campus, where animal, bird, and insect life need water to get through the hot summers. Eighty people gathered, sang, and celebrated the four elements: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, finishing with crafting an outdoor mandala around the ginkgo tree on the patio. Thanks to Lynne Nittler, UUCD, and all who made this community ritual possible!

Singers from the Free Range Singers, the UU Sparks Choir, and the local community teamed up in January to celebrate MLK Day with a community singing event, Power of Healing on Jan. 15 & 16 at the UU Church of Davis, to benefit Empower Yolo. This inspiring event raised $2,000, thanks to support from the UU Church and singer and audience donations. The program included guest musician-healer Rene Jenkins and featured original songs like Heart Bird by Laura Sandage.