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a grassroots collaboration of professional performing artists presenting public service arts for the community. 

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Special Events

None at this time

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Organic Arts COVID(eo) Project
As seen in the Shepherd Express:
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/local-music/organic-arts-announces-a-pair-of-video-series-with-david-hb-/?fbclid=IwAR0dgEEsxRoQ0QQgCPeQj3KAMBp-LoOlY6gPb_uRxtXtbZViJlAbLl1jNpo

Covid(eo) Sing-Alongs on You Tube for Stay-at-Home Folks

Organic Arts is proud to announce the launch of a series of sing-along videos for children and parents, wstate history for teachers, and a series of classic 60's songs for elders available to all on YouTube by award-winning Milwaukee folksinger David HB Drake.

Visit YouTube and search “David HB Drake videos”,
then go to “Playlists” for each complete program.
(David HB Drake is the channel with the round photo)

The direct link is:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9bJ1aQF0x54VNOa5O0uqCQ
 
The programs have been split into individual songs so viewers
can select favorite songs, or to see an entire program in sequence,
go to “Playlists” and click on "Play All".

Video Concerts

"The Illustrated Song" program is a sing-along concert that has been performed by David in libraries and schools for many years, enhanced with PowerPoint slides showing pages from children’s books created from the lyrics of fifteen favorite folk songs. “This Land is Your Land”, “Puff, The Magic Dragon”, “This Little Light of Mine” and more have lyrics provided on screen so parents and kids can sing together and teachers can use the videos as a reading and music resource for students. David performs on banjo, dulcimer, concertina, and guitar.

“Blowing in the Wind” is a sing-along for over-60-folks who remember the classic folk songs of the 1960s. David has presented this PowerPoint sing-along program in senior facilities and libraries for many years to audiences who remember when “the times were a ‘changing”. Ten songs captured at a live library performance invite home-viewers to sing (and play) along.

“Father’s Day” is a concert  presenting a variety of songs about Dads performed on guitar, banjo, and dulcimer. Some of the songs are funny and some are sad, some are about kids, and some were written by David himself for his father. Everything from songs about trains and sailors to whittling, work, goofing off and lullabies are touched.

"Wiscon-Sing" is now available on YouTube in its entirety for use by teachers
and parents to teach Wisconsin history through music. This video is the complete DVD shot in 2012 in a live performance. For YouTube, this program is broken into
"Chapters" to be played in sequence (“Play All").
WISCON-SING is a multimedia program which presents songs that introduce Wisconsin’s vibrant history to audiences of all ages in a music and visual performance enhanced with over 100 historic and scenic slides of our state.  Wiscon-sing was performed over 300 times in every county in Wisconsin in 1998, the most performances of any event for the Sesquicentennial year. It has been performed over 2000 times in the past 35 years statewide.
  Songs on "WISCON-SING" are available on CD and DVD and companion book!
For information and ordering go to: http://www.davidhbdrake.com/wisconsing.htm
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The "Wiscon-Sing", “The Illustrated Song" "Father's Day" and “Blowing in the Wind” video series are a project of Organic Arts to create opportunities for the community to participate in music during these restricted times and for future enjoyment.
Future additions to the YouTube site will include “Wiscon-Sing” and “Heartland”. “The Singing Santa” is already available for Christmas in July!

Support for the Organic Arts mission of bringing educational performing arts to the community has been provided by the
Milwaukee County CAMPAC program and private donations.

To learn more and help continue this service, click the "Donate" button at: http://www.performingartsmilwaukee.com/

For an index of all of David HB Drake’s videos, visit: http://www.davidhbdrake.com/video.htm
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Simply Folk on Wisconsin Public Radio

We are encouraging all fans of
Simply Folk on Wisconsin Public Radio to check your favorite
Wisconsin folksinger's website and Facebook page
for updates and live-streaming performances
whose gigs have been cancelled and support them
with CD purchases or in any way you can. 

These folks have lived the "gig-economy" for decades
before the term existed and many are hurting.

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Some artists offering online events on Facebook Live to replace lost gigs:
(if you hear of others, please let us know)

L'il Rev
https://www.facebook.com/lilrevfans/
Ken Lonnquist
https://www.facebook.com/ken.lonnquist
Dave Stokes
https://www.facebook.com/david.stokes.9022
The Coffee House (Various Artists) https://www.facebook.com/TheCoffeeHouseMilwaukee/

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