"Songs and Stories of the Season" will highlight December 5 Song & Story Swap

[Jeff Lee]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

What: "Songs & Stories of the Season"
at the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Song & Story Swap
Where: The Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA
When: 7:00 PM, SATURDAY, December 5, 2009
Song & story theme for the month: "The Holiday Season"

For information contact Paul Kaplan, 413-687-5002, or Jeff Lee,
413-256-0433.

The Song & Story Swap is held on the first Saturday of each month and is
jointly sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society and the Nacul
Center (http://www.nacul.com). Visit the Folklore Society website at
http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

The December 5 Song & Story Swap will celebrate the season with a group
sing. The event will be led by veteran musicians and song leaders Roger
Conant, Elizabeth Farnsworth and Paul Kaplan. Roger Conant is well known
for the monthly "Rise Up Singing with Harmony" or "RUSH" sings that he
organizes throughout the Pioneer Valley. Elizabeth Farnsworth is half of
the folk duo Easy Wind, and is a former member of the Amandla Chorus. Paul
Kaplan has forty years of experience as a folksinger and song leader, and is
the regular host of the PVFS Song & Story Swap. Lyric sheets will be
available. Participants are invited to bring their own favorite holiday
songs, stories and lyric sheets. All members of the public are heartily
encouraged to come add their voices to this holiday songfest.

The Song & Story Swap is open to the public. Admission is free, with a
donation for the performers requested. People of all ages gather to share
stories and songs that are traditional, newly written, or of personal
experiences. You can tell, sing, or lead everyone in singing, or request a
song or story. Listeners are welcome.

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