Sing Me Home Fest In North Manchester Saturday
October 2, 2022 at 7:41 p.m.
Sing Me Home Fest In North Manchester Saturday
By Staff Report-
The free outdoor event, hosted on the grounds of the Manchester Church of the Brethren from 4 to 10 p.m., will feature educational workshops, intergenerational activities and games, a local artisans marketplace, original music, a community sing-along, local food trucks and more.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based musician and North Manchester native Chris Good is Sing Me Home’s founder and co-coordinator.
Good said, “We are thrilled with how the programming for this inaugural fall festival has come together. Part of Sing Me Home’s mission is to create a cultural celebration that serves to restore and inspire the heart, mind and soul. I have no doubt that the musicians, artists, educators and community members collaborating on this event will create an engaging and dynamic experience for the community that accomplishes just that.”
Four workshops will be offered during the Oct. 8 event, including “Embodied Singing” with award-winning singer-songwriter Sadie Gustafson-Zook; “Poetic Storytelling” with local pastor and poet Audri Svay; “Make your own Lagerphone” with local musician Brian Kruschwitz; and an interactive bilingual family concert/workshop with Fort Wayne-based Musical Conexion.
Manchester Church of the Brethren Associate Pastor of Youth & Congregational Life Seth Hendricks serves as Sing Me Home’s co-coordinator.
Hendricks said, “We want to create spaces where a gathered community can experience a deep, spiritual sense of home. Sometimes just being in a specific physical place can do that or in the company of certain people. Music, art and poetry can do that as well. Neighbors, friends, family, whether to reconnect or meet for the first time, I am excited to share in this together!”
The musical portion of the fall festival will feature some homegrown local talent including Derek Self and Brian Kruschwitz and LuAnne Harley as well as some well-respected regional acts such as Sadie Gustafson-Zook and KelsiCote. Good and Hendricks’ band Friends with the Weather will also be featured throughout the evening’s concert and community sing-along.
Sing Me Home is a collaboration between Manchester Church of the Brethren and Friends with the Weather. 2022 is Sing Me Home’s first year of in-person programming after initially launching with an online festival in spring 2020 after plans for a first festival in October 2020 were drastically adapted as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. The 2022 schedule has featured a spring concert with nationally touring singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, and the upcoming fall festival on Oct. 8 and winter benefit concert on Dec. 3.
Learn more about Saturday’s fall festival including the full schedule, musician bios and workshop descriptions at https://singmehome.org/fall-festival
The free outdoor event, hosted on the grounds of the Manchester Church of the Brethren from 4 to 10 p.m., will feature educational workshops, intergenerational activities and games, a local artisans marketplace, original music, a community sing-along, local food trucks and more.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based musician and North Manchester native Chris Good is Sing Me Home’s founder and co-coordinator.
Good said, “We are thrilled with how the programming for this inaugural fall festival has come together. Part of Sing Me Home’s mission is to create a cultural celebration that serves to restore and inspire the heart, mind and soul. I have no doubt that the musicians, artists, educators and community members collaborating on this event will create an engaging and dynamic experience for the community that accomplishes just that.”
Four workshops will be offered during the Oct. 8 event, including “Embodied Singing” with award-winning singer-songwriter Sadie Gustafson-Zook; “Poetic Storytelling” with local pastor and poet Audri Svay; “Make your own Lagerphone” with local musician Brian Kruschwitz; and an interactive bilingual family concert/workshop with Fort Wayne-based Musical Conexion.
Manchester Church of the Brethren Associate Pastor of Youth & Congregational Life Seth Hendricks serves as Sing Me Home’s co-coordinator.
Hendricks said, “We want to create spaces where a gathered community can experience a deep, spiritual sense of home. Sometimes just being in a specific physical place can do that or in the company of certain people. Music, art and poetry can do that as well. Neighbors, friends, family, whether to reconnect or meet for the first time, I am excited to share in this together!”
The musical portion of the fall festival will feature some homegrown local talent including Derek Self and Brian Kruschwitz and LuAnne Harley as well as some well-respected regional acts such as Sadie Gustafson-Zook and KelsiCote. Good and Hendricks’ band Friends with the Weather will also be featured throughout the evening’s concert and community sing-along.
Sing Me Home is a collaboration between Manchester Church of the Brethren and Friends with the Weather. 2022 is Sing Me Home’s first year of in-person programming after initially launching with an online festival in spring 2020 after plans for a first festival in October 2020 were drastically adapted as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. The 2022 schedule has featured a spring concert with nationally touring singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, and the upcoming fall festival on Oct. 8 and winter benefit concert on Dec. 3.
Learn more about Saturday’s fall festival including the full schedule, musician bios and workshop descriptions at https://singmehome.org/fall-festival
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