A Celtic-inspired melody emerged upon finishing a 500-pc jigsaw puzzle. I envision adding harmony and counterpoint. This could become a fiddle tune or a vocal with or without words.  But it's day 2 of Feb 2022 so I'm posting this as my first FAWM track.

After The Puzzle (melody) JKFriedman 02 - 01 - 22 (c)2022 JKFriedman

A song for walking and marching to unite women and all people who believe in the rights and well-being of women and children.  Share and sing on Saturday January 21st - let's sing this around the world!

Women Uniting
   
Forward together
Stronger together
Women uniting
Love in our hands
 
Raising our voices
Praising our choices
Women uniting 
Across the land
  
	for the children
	for our children		
	for all children
	for ALL children! 
	Women uniting across the land

Forward together
Stronger than ever
Women uniting
Women and girls 
   
Raising our voices
Praising our choices
Women uniting 
Around the world
   
	for our sisters
	and our mothers
	and our fathers
	and our brothers
	 
	for the elders 
	and the youngers
	for all dreamers
	and all lovers!
	We are uniting around the world

Forward together -  Stronger together
Women uniting -  Life in our hands
Raising our voices - Praising our choices
Women uniting - Across all lands!

	for the future of our planet
	for all creatures who live on it
	for the fresh air and the waters
	earth and fire - sons and daughters	
	We are uniting across all lands! 
	We are uniting - hand in hand! 	  

(c) 2017 Judith-Kate Friedman

Feel free to sing and share this song freely and royalty-free.  
If you do, please let me know.  Each voice lifts up others.  
And knowing you're singing this will lift me to write and sing more. :-) 
Comment on the page and/or contact me directly at:
judelsings at gmail dot com     Sing on!  -- jk

Words and Music by Judith-Kate Friedman 
Singers: 
Judith-Kate Friedman (vocals, frame drum)
Aimée Ringle
Oma Landstra
Laura Martin
Nichola M. Russell
Leslie Aickin
Caroline K. Wildflower
Pilar Grau
Matt Ready
Paul Ferriz

Recorded by George Rezendes @ ToolShed Soundlab, Port Townsend, WA

Many thanks to PT Songlines - a community-based choir with which 8 of the 10 singers on this recording(all but Friedman and Ringle) sing.  More info on PT Songlines choir here: https://sites.google.com/site/ptsonglines/home

Thanks to Kate Deciccio for her graphic "Embracing Each Other" and to the amplifierfoundation dot org for putting out the call for art to accompany the March.

WOMEN UNITING - for the Women's March 2017

Women Uniting (2017 March on Washington)

Judith-Kate Friedman is a songwriter, vocalist, improviser, producer, and community music-maker whose concerts of traditional and award- winning original folk, roots, jazz and blues have delighted audiences for thirty years. Equally passionate about melody, poetry, social justice and groove, she has performed at music halls, festivals, rallies, listening rooms and on the radio across the U.S., Canada, the UK and in Berlin, Germany. On stage and off, Judith-Kate creates contexts in which people of all ages find and raise their unique voices together. She is internationally recognized as a pioneer in music education and community building through song, having co-written more than 300 original songs in collaboration with 3,300 elders, youth, and families, ages 4 to 106.  Her approach to community songwriting, and the projects she creates as director of Songwriting Works Educational Foundation, connect people diverse in culture, cognition, physical and mental health, education, economic circumstances, and age, increasing their access to music and each other.  Contact Judith-Kate at judelsings at gmail dot com or visit songwritingworks dot org to hear more about community-based projects.

Judith-Kate Friedman

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