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NB: The sound files shown on the 'Songs' page are recordings of rehearsals when we were first learning our parts and are not representative of our performances.
You can hear recordings of some performances by clicking here.
The clips below also capture the atmosphere of some performances we have given in the past.


Aldermaston Blockade - February 15th 2010, Main Gate

Movie of Dancing and Singing at Main Gate



Janet, Mike, Pierre, Sue and Sid freezing at the main gate

 SGS cheering up a security guard with Eh Malama with Sid radiating gently)
Green Fair - Town Hall - 12 December 2009 - Same songs as One World Fair

One World Fair - Town Hall - 21 November 2009 - Words to the songs in Word doc (2 pages)
Songs: Land of hope and hazard, Dont fence the WTO in, La Lega, More CO2 in the air, Siyahamba, Green Song, Bella Ciao, Wangari, Singabahamba yo Thina, 350, Right to life (Land Rights), Internationale. Meet at 2pm for quick run-through, perform at 2.15pm on steps. Hear the performances here under 'W'

Close Campsfield Campaign - 28th November 2009 - making a noise at the back of the camp where detainees can hopefully hear

On October 24th, we joined Greenpeace and a broad coalition of groups participated in an international day of action singing at Bonn square, Oxford. Click to hear sound clips of the songs we sung: 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);
Words of the songs here: Songsheet


Sids blue period


Whitby Street Choir Festival,
11th July 2009 - see clips at Youtube site of: I want to have a little bomb like you and Mangwala a Chechni . If you want a cd containing mp3 files of most of the final concert let me know.

'Amanda Weithu'

Green Fair, Town Hall, 13th December 2008 -
see clips at Youtube site of At the Coop, Hamba Kalale, E Malaama, They're building a wall, U Mandela, El Pueblo, Fair Trade Rant using Coffee words
 

One World, Town Hall, 17th November 2007: Weekend workshop given by Kirsty Martin: we learnt 'My Eyes Are Open'. Hear the Manchester Festival version with beatbox here; and the parts taught at the workshop here: bass, mid, high; and what we made of it here; and what we made of 'Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher'

One World Fair, Town Hall, 17th November 2007, The TEAM: 'Ginger and Fred' reincarnated (it was raining!) - click on the image to see the motion.

13-15th July, 25th National Street Choir Festival, in Manchester,
CD's and DVD's available from Mike.

DVD

1. SGS concert performance,
Sequences from: 2. rehearsal; 3. mass sing, 4. busking, 5. concert performances, 6. after the concert in the bar. 7. still shots in the yha and of the group.

CD
37 concert performances;
teaching workshop sessions for 3 songs (1 from Nigeria, 1 from Zimbabwe, one English); other music; singing in the bar after the concert. For a detailed list click here The recordings are marred by the sound of the hard drive firing up now and then but if you imagine your grandmother is sewing in the next room and it sounds fine!


Busking in one of the dedicated concert spaces in a busy Manchester mall

6th June 2007:
At the official opening of Barracks Lane Community Garden:
Siya Hamba - We are Dancing in the Name of Peace (click on image left for movie)


At the multi-choral event in aid of Water Aid at the Friends meeting house, St Giles, 23rd March 2007

short sampler sound clips (mp3) of :

Song
Clip
Full length
Ancient of Days (Oxford Gospel Choir)
Chains,
Freedom,
Continua,
Koyawehli,
Wade in the Water,
Propachim
Goodnight Sweetheart (Oxford Community Choir)

Performances (windows media player .wmv video) at debate 'Can music change the world' at Ruskin College, Oxford, Feb 25th 7pm, organized by 5 Arts Cities - Key Changes, a joint initiative betweeen Five and the Arts Council. You can see them from this site or on Youtube (the latter of poorer quality:

From this site
YouTube
We are the sea green singers
No Going Back
Internationale (Billy Bragg version)

Captain Crow, a multi-choir formal work about a slavery trader broadcast by the BBCOxford on April 20th 2007: click here to visit a link to the BBC website with the broadcast performance.

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Sea Green Singers contact telephone Mike Cox: (+44 (0)7815 914776;
or e-mail mail@seagreensingers.com

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