Song: In the Spring

Music by: Yuri Woodstock

Notes: Yuri Woodstock describes himself as the "bossy pirate in the middle of the room" when songleading, and tells a supernatural story of his phone bringing him song advice. He also describes why he thinks his song gatherings have grown so large, why he's now living in a "housey-house" (and what he did before), how literally letting his hair down helped him "tease out the subtle mystery" of what makes him feel most like himself. Fortunately for us, that includes songleading and writing this joyous spring round. You'll learn it with me (and hopefully not mess it up with me when I go a bit wonkers at one point!) We talk about the importance of noticing when you're okay, not giving "the stank-eye" to people who miss notes, and how his brother, Jonah, helps kickstart his songs.

Songwriter Info: Yuri Woodstock is a community song leader based in Asheville, NC, who has run the now 180-member Hark! Community Choir for the past seven years. It is a non-performing, non-auditioned group that sings for joy and connection. He specializes in quick teaches of layer songs and SATB bangers that are easy to learn and fun to sing. Often Hark! feels like a singing dance party.

Sharing Info: Fully free, no donation requested

Song Learning Time Stamps:

Start time of teaching: 00:04:44

Start time of reprise: 01:02:21

Links:

Yuri's website: https://www.weringlikebells.com/

Yuri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weringlikebells/

Village Fire: http://www.villagefiresinging.org/

Jonah Woodstock: https://www.woodstockbookstock.com/

Community Choir Leadership Training – CCLT: https://www.communitychoirleadership.com/

Tebe Poem: https://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/tebepoem.htm

The Wild Ashville Community chorus with Susannah Park: https://www.wildashevillecommunitychorus.com/about-1

Laurence Cole: Let Things Ripen and Then Fall: https://www.laurencecole.com/album/let-things-ripen/

Shireen Amini: The Sun Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLa23Lfe5w

Bex Lipps: Take Your Medicine: https://music.apple.com/au/album/take-your-medicine-single/1729594936

Karly Loveling: I’ve Got a Fire: https://karlyloveling.bandcamp.com/track/ive-got-a-fire-2

Alexa Sunshine Rose: Pool of Love: https://alexasunshinerose.bandcamp.com/track/pool-of-love

Kira Seto: https://www.instagram.com/kira.is.singing/

Heather Houston: https://www.instagram.com/heatherhoustonmusic/

“We contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman: https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-51

“Shrinking”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15677150/

Laurence Cole: “Notice where you are” from "Attention is the Healer": https://www.laurencecole.com/album/attention-is-the-healer/

The Strokes: "Is This It": https://music.apple.com/us/album/is-this-it/266376953

Double syrinx birds – veery or hermit thrush: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hermit_Thrush/sounds

The Bowerbirds: “Tuck the Darkness In”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeFTPj8zljQ

Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, major, round

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