World music concert May 1st

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Hi everyone,   I live in Davis Square, and I am part of a world music non-profit group called The Halalisa Singers.  We are performing at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square next Sunday, May 1, at 3:00 pm.  The program includes songs in Spanish, Yiddish, Japanese, Sotho, Zulu, and Old English. The music is beautiful and fun, and appropriate for kids five and older.  Tickets can be purchased through our website; the concert description is below.  Please join us!   Wallking in the Cradle of Our Land Halalisa Singers Lexington and Cambridge April 30 & May 1   Join the Halalisa Singers on a moving and magical journey through land and sea in a concert of nature-inspired vocal music. The varied international repertoire explores themes including human connection with nature, the pull of homeland, and the majesty of Mother Nature. The concert’s title song, “Walking in the Cradle of Our Land,” is Malcolm Dalglish’s ode to the planet. Also included in the program is Eric Whitacre’s “Seal Lullaby,” Frank Tichelli’s “Earth Song”, Simon & Garfunkel’s “April, Come She Will,” the Japanese folk song “Furusato,” the 19th-century Yiddish song “O, Kum Shovn Stiler Ovnt,” an arrangement of “The Lake Isle of Innesfree,”  Brian Tate’s rousing “Home in D’Rock” in which the singers rock out in a gospel tour de force, and Folk singer-songwriter Patty Griffin’s moving, gospel-tinged tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., “Up to the Mountain."  Music will be interwoven with text from one of America’s most famous nature writers, Henry David Thoreau.   Come join the Halalisa Singers as they usher in the season of new beginnings with beauty, joy, celebration, and reverence.  A special collection will be taken for Japanese disaster relief efforts. Tickets: $15, $12 students & seniors Info: Tickets & Information at: www.halalisa.org, info@halalisa.org

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