LOVE IS POWER :: a community song circle with Lyndsey Scott (MADISON)

"Anytime we do the work of love, we end the work of domination." ~bell hooks

Come sing songs of resilience, power, kindness, care, and tenderness with your community. Come just as you are and experience an evening of interactive singing led by experienced songleader Lyndsey Scott. After a simple vocal and body warm-up, we'll learn songs through call-and-echo repetition. Rounds and layers will add complexity for those who want it -- before you know it, we'll be making beauty! Singing will be interspersed with facilitated sharing, opportunities to move, and a spacious tea break time to meet and connect with community.

ALL VOICES WELCOME!

Whether you love to sing, only ever sing in the shower, or were told "you shouldn't sing" - you are welcome and valued here. This way of being together is an antidote to perfectionism; it's about remembering that we belong and that our voices have power. Science says our heartbeats sync up when we sing together -- You'll leave feeling more open and relaxed, with a pocket full of positive songs to keep singing through the week. ꩜

Gates of Heaven

James Madison Park

302 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53706

Doors open 6pm ~ arrive, settle in, say hi to folks ~ Bring a tea cup!

Song circle 6:30-8:30pm (with a tea break halfway through)

Thanks for finding the sweet spot that's both generous & affordable for you!

I use a wide sliding scale model to allow those with more resource to 'pay it forward' for those with less resource.

(( I f this range is not accessible, please reach out to me. No one turned away for lack of funds. ))

Our tithe for this gathering goes to GREAT PLAINS ACTION SOCIETY.

✅ This event is indoors. Please come without contagious symptoms. You are welcome to mask and distance to your own comfort level.

✅ The bathroom is located down one flight of stairs.

✅ This event is designed for adult singers - children who enjoy singing and participating in circle or who can play quietly at the edges are welcome to come and do not need a ticket.

✅ Wear comfy clothes. Chairs will be available for those who prefer them. Standing and moving will be invited.

Lyndsey Scott is an artist, songleader, and ritualist committed to exploring community singing as a strategy for collective liberation. She composes and records sacred music with a beat to empower earth-based spiritual consciousness. As the 2024-25 Grant Wood Fellow of Interdisciplinary Performance at UIOWA she taught Community Singing as Collective Power and created SONG*LINES, a series of eight interactive song circles in eight local village-building sites – and she liked Iowa City so much she stayed!!

Current projects include priestessing at Earthkeeper Wisdom School’s A Year in Ceremony, catalyzing village through song via the weekly IC group SOUL ROOT, hosting online Songversation gatherings for both private clients and organizational enrichment, and recording a new EP, “Kin!” With nimble facilitation that glides easily between the sacred - silly - sexy - serious : your inner child, exiled banshee, and wise elder are all very invited to this circle.

Find out more and listen at <www.lyndseyscott.earth>

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