1. Two Acts w/40+ Songs and Narrative
(2 hours w/intermission)
(Concert, Festival, Coffeehouse) Faithful to the Weavers’ original arrangements, this rousing program employs their timeless music and an edifying narrative to recall their timely story. Follows their evolution from the earlier folk revival of the 1930s, through the Almanac Singers to the founding of The Weavers late in 1948. Touches on the blacklist and HUAC testimony, and their triumphant 1955 Carnegie Hall reunion concert which resurrected their music and careers. Not only features favorite familiar songs, but also a few that The Weavers might be singing today.
2. 60-75 minute Concert (Concert, Festival)
A distillation of the above, with focus on the music.
3. 45-50 minute Assembly/Convocation (Schools)
A further distillation, designed for the appropriate age-group, with accent on audience participation.
4. Two-Act Concert Program (#1 above) with Chorus
We provide the quartet and newly-arranged charts for 8-10 accompaniments in the spirit of the Weavers’ earliest hit songs and you provide the chorus. Fee includes 1-2 rehearsals together.
5. Concert/Film Package (Film Festival, Special Event)
Work o' the Weavers appears in conjunction with the screening of Jim Brown's documentary film of The Weavers' 1980 reunion concert, "Wasn't That a Time!"
6. Residency In conjunction with concert or school appearance, it can include classroom visits, lecture/demonstrations and choral and instrumental rehearsal/performance.
7. Workshops
In conjunction with festival appearances, the four quartet members can draw upon more than a century of collective experience to contribute to a vast array of workshop subjects, i.e., instrumental and vocal performance, varied song types such as lovesongs, humorous songs, social commentary, political songs, international songs, lullabies and children’s songs, etc.
8. ‘Woody’s Children’ (Concert, Festival)
This special event is an outgrowth of a concert that took place in January of 2004 to fête 35 years of Robert Sherman’s New York-based folk radio program, ‘Woody’s Children.’ Program participants Tom Chapin, Christine Lavin and Work o’ the Weavers conspire to co-create a gloriously unforgettable song- and humor-filled evening, inviting audience participation along the way. When possible, Bob Sherman will even come along to emcee and direct traffic.
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