Charlottesville Women’s Choir celebrates three decades of activism
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Charlottesville Women’s Choir celebrates three decades of activism
Shea Gibbs
5/27/14
A recreational choir, started by amateur singers around a coffee shop piano, shouldn’t last 30 years. The demands of everyday life and the challenges of finding new members simply shouldn’t allow it.
But don’t tell that to the ladies of the Charlottesville Women’s Choir...
...The daytime homeless shelter in downtown Charlottesville is perhaps the ideal place for the Charlottesville Women’s Choir to celebrate three decades of harmonizing. The group’s goal is to sing uplifting music about women’s rights, peace, justice, and equality. Over the years, the members have lent their voices to HIV/AIDS walks, racial justice rallies, peace vigils, and sexual/domestic violence marches, among other events. Annually, they sing for their fellow females at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women...
...One of the correctional facility favorites is “Uh Huh,” a jaunty, defiant number about passing the buck for one’s woes. Most of the songs the women sing, though, have a more sober tone and message. For Phillips, the song that has resonated most over the years is “Gracias a la Vida.” MORE at link posted above.
