Last Sunday our church's Family Choir sang "1492," a great song by Nancy Schimmel about how Christopher Columbus thought he "discovered" America. I found the song in a resource I've used many times and I'd like to share here with whoever finds this blog:
The book/CD is called I Will Be Your Friend. It's put out by Tolerance.org, an arm of the Southern Poverty Law Center. One of the coolest things about this resource is that it's FREE to educational and religious organizations!! You just have to send for it on your school or church's lettehead. And they expressly state on the acknolwedgements page that copies of the songs are permissible for educational use. Free is good!
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/current/event.jsp?cid=414
Besides being a FREE resource, it also has awesome songs that can be used with a children's choir, family choir, or even with your congregation. In addition to "1492," I've used several other songs from this book. Our children's choir -- MUUsical Magicians -- have sung "Paz y liberdad" for Peace Sunday, a young soloist sang "Courage" for a service about bullying, and we put "What Can One Little Person Do?" on our CD Family ValUUes: Songs UU Families Can Share. http://cdbaby.com/cd/ocuuc
The CD is professionally produced with (usually) the songwriter as the performer, complete with the appropriate band backing them up. Good stuff!
I really can't say enough good things about this book & CD. If you're a teacher, Religious Education Director, Music Director, or Minister, pick one of these up!
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