An Evening Of Song & Poetry with Laurence Cole & Eric Schneider

Name: An Evening Of Song & Poetry with Laurence Cole & Eric Schneider
Start: 2026-03-02T18:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-03-02T20:30:00-08:00
Location: Aptos Village Park

Schedule

Mon Mar 02 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Aptos Village Park | Aptos, CA

Join us for an evening of song, poetry and connection! Monday, March 2nd 6:30pm-8:30pm at Aptos Village Park Hall located on 100 Aptos Creek Road in Aptos. There is limited seating, so reserve your space ahead of time. Please bring a suggested donation of $20-$40 cash/Venmo/Paypal at the door. Plan to arrive around 6, so we can begin promptly at 6:30. We look forward to sharing in this special evening with you! There are 27 spaces in the lot, please try to carpool if possible! Additional parking can be found on Aptos Creek Road.
Please fill out this google form to reserve your space. We have limited seating and this could sell out. Register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkJqb5CAVWws3Pihkj68DZIMlcGW328h_5oJiUUI9Gqk6XjQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=110612596391016841804
We are so lucky to have the opportunity to sing with Laurence Cole who is based in Port Townsend, Washington. He is considered one of the leaders in the community singing movement in this country. He will be joined by Santa Cruz's own Eric Schneider for a two hour evening of poetry and song. Primarily poems by Hafiz and Rumi and songs that were inspired by these poets.
Laurence Cole has been leading song circles at various song gatherings and festivals for many years across North America. He is an advocate for the reclaiming of our natural right to sing together as a most basic and primal technology of belonging and connection. In a wounded culture of separation, we can regain the enlivening power of group singing using only what we came in with; our hearts, our souls, our voices, our love.
Check out his website here, it contains an amazing original song library with all the parts.
https://www.laurencecole.com/
Eric Schneider: Reciting for 35 years, Eric has memorized over 200 poems including Rumi, Hafiz and other mystics. He was the founding member of the Loose Cannon Theatre improv troupe, and co-editor of Adyashanti's "My Secret is Silence".
Here is an excerpt from Laurence's website about community singing:
Singing together to nourish the soul and re-enchant the world with song. Part of my mission is to re-acquaint people with their birthright and natural ability to make beautiful and meaningful sound together. Most of the songs I’ve written are short, easy to learn, chant-like songs with several layers that fit over and around each other in interesting and pleasurable rhythmic and harmonic challenges that make them fun to sing. Group singing is one of the most ancient and primal “technologies of belonging” that we humans have been using since our earliest times, possibly before speech itself. When we make joyous and passionate song together, it nourishes our souls and offers an enlivening gift back to the natural world that made us and gives us our sustenance and our very being. When such an exchange is genuinely made, and the song finds its natural ending, often there is a sweet, lively silence in which we simply stand and hold the “enchantment,” the sense of deep and genuine communion amongst each other and with the whole living world.