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Welcome to the Web Site of Real People's Music
Posted on May 20, 2023
It started with drumming. Back on September 28, 2002, we opened our very first Common Ground Coffeehouse with a communal circle of bongos, congas, dumbeks, tambourines, and assorted other percussion instruments. Then came the singing, led by our featured artists for that inaugural evening, The Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, founded by Pete Seeger in 1984, and dedicated to promoting environmental awareness and social action through song.
For more than 20 years and over 300 concerts, Common Ground has nurtured the seeds of community – musical and otherwise – that we planted back in 2002. As a program of the First Unitarian Society of Westchtester’s social justice committee, we raised over $30,000 for progressive causes and other charities. In our early years, members of the Unitarian Society frequently took the stage for nights of opera, storytelling, jazz, and teen open mics. Audiences hit the dance floor with the First U Rock and Soul Revu
folknotes.org
Welcome to the Web Site of Real People's Music