{"id":3595,"date":"2019-03-25T17:02:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitariancongregation.org\/saltspring\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=3595"},"modified":"2019-03-25T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T00:02:54","slug":"april-7th-tony-turner-the-power-of-song","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/unitariancongregation.org\/saltspring\/services\/april-7th-tony-turner-the-power-of-song\/","title":{"rendered":"April 7th Tony Turner &#8220;The Power of Song&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Experts tell us music is as old as humanity itself and found in every culture on earth. \u00a0Somehow music is hardwired into the core of our being and essential to our existence.\u00a0 We instinctively know how music and song lyrics make us feel, but how does music and particularly song make a difference as we put our UU principles into practice?\u00a0 Using historical and recent examples we will explore how the power of song can unite minds and spirits to help influence and inspire hope in our quest for justice and societal change.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tony&#8217;s website is here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyturner.ca\">http:\/\/www.tonyturner.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tony Turner has\nbeen a member of First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo since 2017 but for many\nyears has contributed to the life of First Ottawa and other Unitarian\ncongregations through his music and other activities. He has recorded three CDs\nof original songs and performed at clubs, festivals and Unitarian churches\nacross Canada, where his <em>Circle of Song<\/em> has become a favourite. &nbsp;A\nsinger with a social conscious Tony has penned songs that address political,\nsocial and environmental issues of our times, including the song <em>Harperman<\/em>\nin 2015, for which Tony was given an international Spirit of Folk award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T Experts tell us music is as old as humanity itself and found in every culture on earth. \u00a0Somehow music is hardwired into the core of our being and essential to our existence.\u00a0 We instinctively know how music and song lyrics make us feel, but how does music and particularly song make a difference as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unitariancongregation.org\/saltspring\/services\/april-7th-tony-turner-the-power-of-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">April 7th Tony Turner &#8220;The Power of Song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"uu_service_speaker":[],"uu_service_topics":[],"class_list":["post-3595","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>April 7th Tony Turner &quot;The Power of Song&quot; 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