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Saturday, 3rd December, Green Fair. We are the Oxford Sea Green Singers: only 3 verses
It's the same the whole world over Don, Green Song Bridget, Olive Tree Sue, Levellers Day Song Sue, La lega Mike
Siyahamba Liz, Time for change Jane, Bringing peace Becky, I ain't afraid Fenella, Freedom is coming Sarah L, We are all under the stars Sarah W
1pm - 1.40pm, meet at the top of the stairs in the Town Hall by 12.45pm. Please bring leaflets/cards to hand out to recruit people! The banner is stored with the waistcoats.
Friday 25th to Sunday 27th November 2011: Raise Your Banners street choir festival, Bradford staying in the Jury's Inn (Holiday Inn also an option).
Sunday, 20th Choir Cruse Workshop (similar to Wateraid event) in aid of Cruse Bereavement counselling charity - 3-hour workshop from 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
Sunday November 13th Palestinian Voices 4-5.30pm, Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford
Helen Griffith spent three months on the West Bank witnessing the daily struggle of Palestinians under occupation by the Israeli army. She went as an “Ecumenical accompanier” and will give her testimony of that experience.
The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) brings internationals to the West Bank to provide protective presence to vulnerable communities, monitor and report human rights abuses and support Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace.
For more information see www.eappi.org
Sing for peace and justice for Palestinians: The Sea Green Singers will perform songs of solidarity with Palestinians, celebrating their lives and resistance.
5th Feb 2011 Water Aid event Sat 5th February 2pm - 4pm, Friends Meeting House, St Giles, songs: Freedom is a song, Aint gonna study war no more
December 18th 2010 outside St Michaels, Northgate, 12:00 - 13:00pm, singing pro-Palestinian 'carols'.
Song sheets are provided. The event is organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.
11th December 2010, Saturday Green Fair, Town Hall: 14.00hrs until 14.40hrs. Meet to practise at 13.45 at latest.
Thina simunye, We are the Oxford SGS : verse one and 'We know that songs can change the world', Fight the cuts (to the tune of 'Rock my soul'), Siyahamba, Climate sceptic, Bringing peace, It's the same the whole world over, Singababahamba,
Rosa Parks, Green Song, Freedom, Internationale (if we have time)
27th November 2010 Saturday : Campsfield Anniversary demo at Main Gate and around fence
13th November 2010 Saturday 12 - 2pm: One World Fair. songs: 1. Thina, thina simunye, singabamdeni (We are together, we are family), 2. We are the Oxford Sea Green Singers (listed on website as 'Singing for our lives'), 3. Levellers Day song, 4 . Bringing peace/Salaam, 5 . Climate sceptic,
6 . Aint gonna study war no more, 7 . Siya hamba, 8 . Fair trade rant with coffee words (unison on verses), 9 . Rosa Parks, 10 . Blood and gold,
11. Singabahamba, 12. Deep blue sea, 13. Union miner, 14. Freedom is coming - Amandah Weih, 15. Internationale,
2nd October 2010, RAF Croughton, 12pm – 3pm

21st September: Unveiling of Peace Plaque in Bonn Square, 2.00 pm Aint gonna study war no more,Bringing Peace/Salaam, Siya Hamba - We are singing the name of peace.'To honour those who seek another path in place of violence and war'.
17th July Saturday: Demo outside Canada House, London to protest at oil-sands exploitation.
9th July - 11th July 2010 Sheffield Street Choir Festival: We did not perform on stage. Busking songs: Aint Gonna Study War No More; Blood and Gold,
Both Sides, Climate Sceptic, El Pueblo Unido, Dont fence the WTO in, Foolish Notion, Senzenina, Singaba Hamba, Soya Wela.
Official festival blog: here; music, mp3's and songs for the mass sing will be posted here.

15th May 2010 Levellers Day at Burford: We are singing in the church at 2.10pm which means meeting for a warm-up before 2pm.
Songs suggested to sing in the procession: Lively songs suitable for singing in the procession which have few words to remember:
Aint gonna study war no more, Bella Ciao (english version), Break em on down, Chains, Eh Malama, Freedom's coming - Amanda Weih, Freedoms coming around the corner, One song one dance, Singing for our lives, We shall not give up the fight,
Singabahamba, Siyahamba (since we will have revised them for the church performance).
Doug Hamilton, who sent us the 'climate sceptic' song will sing in the middle of our slot
Song-list for Levellers Day May 15th at Burford:
Blood and Gold, Somewhere on sea, We are all under the stars, Don't fence the WTO in, La lega, Wangari, What can you do with a climate sceptic,
African songs: Singabahamba, Siyahamba, Senzenina, Green song, 350
More CO2 in the air (words below; tune: Another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd): no'Internationale'
15th February 2010 Close Aldermaston Demo Sat
13th February 2010 10am Songs for change - Sat - Workshop - 10.15: Easy warm up songs: We wabt oeace, You aint got nothing to lose but your chains, Break em on down, Bandiera Rossa. 10.30: Climate change songs E Malaama, 350, Land of hope and hazard, More CO2 in the air. 11.30 break. 12pm Womens songs: No going back, La Lega. 1-2 lunch. 2pm Unions: William Brown. 3.15 Round-up sing learnt songs. This is my prayer for peace. 3.30 Depart.
General Meeting - Sunday, 17th January 2010 at Gil Williams house at 121 Southfield Road, Oxford OX4 1NY
12 December 2009 - Green Fair - Town Hall: 13:00 until 13:40 on Saturday,
Songs as for One World Fair i.e.: La Lega, Dont fence the WTO in, Wangari, More CO2 in the air - (tune: Another brick in the wail by Pink Floyd), 350, Land Rights, Green Song, Land of hope and hazard, Internationale, Siyahamba, Singabahamba, Bella Ciao. (Song sheet here)
28 November 2009 - Close Campsfield Anniversary - Perimeter fence at Campsfield mid-day. Songs Asylum is a Human Right, Break em on down, Bella Ciao, Freedom (is coming), Siyahamba, Singabahamba.
21 November 2009 - One World Fair - Town Hall.
Songs to be chosen from: La Lega, Dont fence the WTO in, Wangari, Climate songs e.g. 350 demo, Asikhatali, Deep blue sea, Land Rights, Green Song, Land of hope and hazard, Internationale, African songs, Bella Ciao.
October 24th 2009 - 350 demo - Bonn square, 13:00h: Greenpeace and a broad coalition of green groups international day of action
Programme: More CO2 in the air (Brick in the wall); Ed's got the whole world in his hand; Let coal be; When I needed a neighbour; Coal must have a cap on; No Coal (My girl); Songsheet with words of the songs. Go to the Performances page to hear the songs.
Whitby Street Choir Festival: July 10-12th.
On stage: Lesang Magwala A Cheche, I want a little bomb like you, Deep Blue Sea (if there is time: 7 mins available).
Busking: Harriet Tubman; Siya Hamba; Singaba Hamba; Aint Gonna Study War No More; Eh Malama; Deep Blue Sea; Fair Trade Rant (Coffee version); Land Rights, Hard Times. Also Bandierra Rossa; Bella Ciao. Stayed in YHA hostel Boggle Hole
Download a single sheet (both sides) Word file of the words of songs for Whitby here
May 16th 2009 - Levellers Day: Songs selected from:
Bringing in the Sheaves; Harriet Tubman; Siya Hamba; Singaba Hamba; Mevi Lyetu; Aint Gonna Study War No More; Eh Malama; We shall not give up the fight; Soya Wela; Bread and Roses; Deep Blue Sea; Fair Trade Rant (Coffee version); Land Rights.
December 5-7th 2008 - London Brockley - Entente Chorale - organized by Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir - Political choirs from London (Strawberry Thieves, Raised Voices, Red & Green) and Northern France (Les Joyeux Mutins - Lille, La Bande a Rosa - Amiens, Les Josettes Rouges - Le Havre, Choralternative -Rouen) learning new songs from one another and performing together plus singers Nottingham, Oldenburg, Bremen and Oxford. Public Concert 8pm Saturday 6th Dec. at Myatt Garden School, Rokeby Road, SE4; Open Air singing Sunday 7th Dec. South Bank, Tate Modern, Scoop - next to City Hall (phone 07940 539393 to find us)
15th November 2008: One World Fair, Town Hall - Aint gonna study war no more, At the Coop, Guantanamero, Hamba Kalale, Blowing in the wind - Recycling, E Malaama, They're building a wall, U Mandela, El Pueblo, Fair Trade Rant using Coffee words.
15th November 2008: All-day workshop with Kirsty Martin, leader of Hullabaloo, Brighton choir. St Columba’s Church Hall, 10am – 3.30pm - sound
July 28 to August 3rd 2008: Meeting of activist choirs, France in Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine, (Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme (63), between Clermont-Ferrand and Saint-Etienne); John Hamilton of Strawberry Fields has organized a UK contigent. At 1st May 2-3 people from SeaGreen Singers are going.
Programme of songs: La Plegaria a un Labrador, The World Turned Upside Down.
To hear songs and see pictures click here. Details of accomodation, B&B's, gites and higher class camping sites are listed here:
Diaries describing how previous years events went are here
July 11th to 13th Brighton Festival (for scores, mp3 files of parts for the Mass sing click here if site has not been dismantled)
On Stage: Singing for our lives (We Are The Brighton Seaweed Swingers), Ballad of Accountancy, U Mandela.
Busking: They're Building a Wall, Fair Trade Rant, Oh had I a Golden Thread, Bringing Peace/Salaam
(is on our shoulders), Freedoms Coming (around the corner), Singabahambayo Thina, E Malama, Harriet Tubman, Siya Hamba, El Pueblo Unido, Mevi Lyetu Afurica, William Brown
Mass Sing: I Swear, All Will Be Well, Guantanamera - score of all verses on one page hear the whole arrangement, Act of Revolution, Praise You, The Internationale.
June 29th, Sunday - Next General Meeting at Keya’s starting at 2.30 pm 3 Dark Lane, Sunningwell, OX13 6RE tel Ox 739989 followed at around 4:30pm by Social. Please bring food / drink to share
 
May 17th - The 34th Annual Levellers' Day. Saturday 17th May 2008. Burford, Oxfordshire. For pictures of this event follow 'Performances' linkTIME FOR A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION? - TONY BENN, ANTHONY BARNETT chaired by REV. GILES FRASER. SGS led the Internationale and taught the Woodcraft folk 'William Brown' in parts.
March 15th – Fair Trade Fare, Witney. Lunchtime at Langdale :
Songs list: Singing for Our Lives - We are the Oxford Sea Green Singers,
E Malaama, Siya Hamba, Singabahambayo Thina, Fair Trade Rant, Ballad of Joe Hill, Mevi Lyetu, Songs of Freedom, El Pueblo. Actually sang Land Rights, new words (on music page) on coffee to Fair Trade Rant tune added to music page, didnt sing Mevi Lyetu, Joe Hill and Singabahambayo Thina.

Sorry - poor quaulity still from aborted movie clip
8th December: Green Fair, Town Hall, songs: same as One World Fair except no Valley in Spain:
Celebration of Brian Hodgson's life evening on 23rd November 2007, 7.30pm, The Marlborough School, Woodstock. Songs: The Intertnationale, Bandiera Rossa, Bella Ciao, The Red Flag, 10-15 mins in 2 slots.
17th November 2007,One World Fair, Town Hall - video clip here. We are the Sea Green Singers (Singing for Our Lives), E Malaama, They're building a wall - Sid with guitar, Valley in Spain, Mevi Lyetu, Joe Hill, World turned upside down, Freedom, Internationale, Soyilwela, Singaba, Siyahamba
10th November: All-day workshop with Kirsty Martin, leader of Hullabaloo, Brighton choir. St Columba’s Church Hall, 10am – 3.30pm - sound clips here
19th October: OxJam event, Friends Meeting House, 7.30pm.( fund-raising event in aid of Oxfam)
13-15th July, 25th National Street Choir Festival, in Manchester, http://www.streetchoirfestival.org.uk/index.htm.
Songs: The Levellers Day Song; March/Sing on
16th June Saturday: official opening of Barracks Lane Community Garden. (Off Cowley Rd), 3.15 Jericho. Rolling Home, Walk On, Siya Hamba, Bread and Roses, Land Rights (see video clip here)

June 14th Thursday evening; Flowing Well at Sunningwell. Programme: Jericho, Rolling Home, Walk On, Siya Hamba, Bread and Roses, Land Rights (Right to Life)
June 10th, Sunday, sgs AGM - at Pete's, 17 Bedford St, OX41SU Time, normally around 2/3pm for a finish at 4/5pm bringing a dish to share for afterwards.
19th May, Levellers day, Saturday 12am, Warwick Hall Garden, Burford, Oxfordshire: Programme: Land Rights, Watch Out, River Runs, No Going Back, Factory, Take it Away, Foggy Dew, Internationale, War Machine, African
10th May 2007, Lord Mayors reception, Town Hall, African selection, March On, Rolling Home, Bandiera Rossa, Internationale, Walls of Jericho, War Machine, Both Sides, Deep blue Sea
19th April Thursday, Campsfield Refugee Camp, 8.0pm; Bandiera Rossa, Bella Ciao, Both Sides, Freedom is coming, Internationale, Senzenina, Soyilulwela, Siya Hamba, Singabahambayo Thina, Break em on down, Singing for our Lives, We shall not give up the fight, Ashikhatali, Campsfield House IRC, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1RE
18th April Captain Crow, written for BBC Oxford Slavery Progamme, broadcast BBC1 Oxford, 23rd April 2007

23rd March Friday, concert in support of Water Aid at the Friends Meeting House, Oxford
Sunday, 11th March, 8pm, Exeter Hall, Cowley Road, Oxfordshire, Faslane 365 gig

Womens Festival - Thursday March 8th 2007, Oxford Town Hall, 8pm:
Bread and Roses, Singing for our lives, No going back

'Can music change the world' Performances at debate at Ruskin College, Oxford, Feb 25th 2007, 7pm
We Are the Sea green Singers, No Going Back, Internationale
Levellers day concert at Holywell concert hall 18th February 2007:
Singing for our lives, Hard times, Deep blue sea, Factory, Land Rights, Senzenina, Unison in Harmony, Siya Hamba, I a'int afraid, Breaths
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Sea Green Singers contact telephone Mike Cox: +44 (0)7815 914776or e-mail mail@seagreensingers.com
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