Category: Fun

LUCC Hosts Florida Folk Concert!

LUCC Hosts Florida Folk Concert!
You will not want to miss this concert!  Grant Peeples is a well known performer in the Florida Folk music community.  He provides much needed social commentary that ranges from funny to soul stirring.  You can learn more about him at Grant Peeples.com
This is a wonderful opportunity for LUCC to welcome progressive people from the community to the church.  People need a community of support right now.  This concert could introduce people to LUCC who need just such a faith community.  Plan to come and bring some friends.  It will be a stellar evening.
Grant Peeples will perform at Lakewood UCC on Saturday night March 29 at 7:00 p.m.  Admission/suggested donation:  $20 at the door.  
Here are some comments about Grant:He’s the musician walking most closely in Woody Guthrie’s footsteps-Greg Johnson, The Blue DoorHis songs are the antithesis of hooks, ear candy, and popular music…Rick Davidson, MusicFest NewsNo performer holds a crowd like Grant Peeples —  Barry White- S. Florida Folk NetworkThe only songwriter I have ever called ‘ruthless’— John Conquest-3rd MagazineA man of deeply held conviction….and cajones —  D.C. Bloom    Lonestar MagazineComedic, acute, smart… —  Marc Stern   WMBR   Cambridge MA  

One City Chorus: The Music of the Beatles

One City Chorus presents Imagine: the Music of The Beatles

Sunday, February 16 at 4:00 PMThe Palladium Theater253 Fifth Avenue North, 

St. PetersburgTickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door   

https://palatspc.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/18156St. Petersburg’s famed community chorus, One City Chorus, will present their annual concert at The Palladium Theater on February 16th at 4 PM.  Known for singing songs with universal themes of social justice, peace, and equality, the 90-voice chorus will present a full-length program featuring songs like “Revolution”, “Gimme Some Truth”, “Give Peace a Chance”, Blackbird” and “Imagine” – as well as two classical pieces written by Paul McCartney after the breakup of The Beatles. The audience will also be invited to join in the fun, singing a couple of medleys with the chorus.The popular chorus was started in 2016 by conductor Jon Arterton and his husband, the chorus’ administrator James Mack. It began with the belief that singing in a group builds community and leads to better understanding among people – that in the process of singing together, people form friendships with people of differing races, cultures and creeds that they might not otherwise come to know, and that these friendships change the world.  Their performances have been described as “joyous, uplifting and beautifully sung” by Creative Loafing. Their audiences agree – their concerts are marked by standing ovations!              www.OneCityChorus.org A Change is Gonna Come. This season will be the last for the chorus’ co-founders, Jon Arterton and James Mack. They will be moving to western North Carolina in early May.  They will be greatly missed. The chorus will soon be announcing new leadership to carry the group forward into the future.