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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></font></div> <div align="center">Singing the Circle Whole<br> </div> <div align="center">VOICES FOR PEACE<br> </div> <div align="center">in Concert<br> </div> <div align="center">with guest performer Gina Holsopple<br> </div> <div align="center">on acoustic guitar and vocals<br> </div> <div align="center">March 27th<br> </div> <div align="center">7pm<br> </div> <div align="center">Brick Church, Union Street, Bangor<br> </div> <div align="center">Donation $10, children under 12 free<br> </div> <div align="center">To Benefit the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine</div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">PRESS RELEASE</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>Press Contacts:</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Marty Kelley,<i> Voices for Peace</i> Director: 478-2684, <a href="mailto:martylhk@yahoo.com">martylhk@yahoo.com</a></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Katie Greenman, Publicity Coordinator: 827-7014, <a href="mailto:kgreenman@gwi.net">kgreenman@gwi.net</a></font></div> <div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"><i><b>Voices for Peace</b></i><b> in Concert<br> "<i>Singing the Circle Whole</i>"<br> The Brick Church, Union St. Bangor, March 27, 2010<br> </b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> Over the centuries, change and the hope for change have been kept alive by music. <i><b>Voices for Peace</b></i> continues this legacy in their upcoming 3rd annual concert on<b> March 27th at 7pm at the Brick Church on Union Street in Bangor</b>. The concert title,<i> Singing the Circle Whole</i>, highlights the group's commitment to the motivational and healing powers of music.<br> <br> <i><b>Voices for Peace</b></i> is celebrating its 5th year of choral activism under the direction of Marty Kelley. Their dynamic program of music with instrumental accompaniment will include songs newly added to their repertoire: "Free To Be You and Me" popularized by Marlo Thomas ,"I Am Willing" by Holly Near and "Let Justice Roll Down" arranged by Anne Dodson of Camden, Maine. There will be opportunities for the audience to raise their voices in harmony.<br> <br> Special featured artist,<b> Gina Holsopple</b> from Oswego, New York, will round out the program with some of her original songs. Holsopple, a NYC performer, has released 6 albums and won the New Song Contest at the Walnut Valley Festival in Kansas in 2009. [For more info</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://www.ginaholsopple.com">http://www.ginaholsopple.com</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> ]<br> <br> The proceeds from this concert will benefit the<b> Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine</b>. For 20 years the Center has been providing educational programs and activities to create awareness and inspire action. Donations ($10 , children under 12 free) will help further the work of creating a more just and peaceful world. [</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://peacectr.org/wp/">http://peacectr.org/wp/</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">]<br> <br> Voices for Peace has performed with Women With Wings, Rob Shetterly and his portraits of<i> Americans Who Tell the Truth</i>, Gordon Bok in "Another Land Made of Water" and for numerous congregations and organizations</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#FF0000"><b>,</b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> including a recent benefit for The Open Door</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#FF0000"> Recovery Center</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> in Ellsworth. </font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#FF0000"> Voices for Peace</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> is an inclusive group of people who come together to sing the message of love, peace, hope and justice. Singers and musicians come from the Greater Bangor Area and as far away as Belfast, Bucksport and Mt. Desert. <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> [</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#548DD4"><u> <a href="http://mpjen.org/organizations/?id=378">http://mpjen.org/organizations/?id=378</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> ]</font></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre><br></pre></x-sigsep> <div><font color="#000000">The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine<br> 170 Park Street<br> Bangor ME 04401<br> (207) 942-9343<br> fax 992-2288<br> email: <a href="mailto:info@peacectr.org">info@peacectr.org</a><br> check our website: <<a href="http://www.peacectr.org/">http://www.peacectr.org/</a>><a href="http://www.peacectr.org">www.peacectr.org</a></font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>