Un Grand Changement

Uh, how do I say this: I had a chance to move to Paris so I took it.

I’m not sure when and where but I’d like to resurrect the Guerrilla Choir  soon in Paris. It will take a bit of networking but I’m starting on it. I’ll let you know as soon as something is ready to happen.

Ciao

Time off

Hi everybody.

I’m on a little writing sabbatical in the US for a few months. Check back in June for more adventures of the Guerrilla Choir.

Don’t forget to view the videos on the video tab above….

David

Christmas strike?

Any crazy ideas for a Christmas Guerrilla Choir strike? There’s some in the works. Stay tuned.

Peace Day w/ Jean-Paul Samputu

Guerrilla Choir is going to join forces w/ Rwandan singer, Jean-Paul Samputu to celebrate the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, Sunday, Sept 21, at Mont Royal Park where the Tam-Tams play.

Jean-Paul is a genocide survivor and learned to forgive those that killed his family. Besides being an incredible performer, he spends a lot of his time as an international ambassador for peace and reconciliation.
http://www.samputu.com/biography.html

After he speaks at the city sponsored festivities, he will join us in singing around the park. He is writing a couple of special, easy-to-learn songs for us and for the occasion of the International Day of Peace.

To prepare, Jean-Paul will rehearse with us on Monday night Sept 15 at my house (???? rue Victor Hugo – Lucien L’Allier metro) – Remember, no special vocal abilities needed – just a desire to inject goodness and peace into our city.

We’ll have another rehearsal (w/out Jean-Paul) on Friday night Sept 19 at the Friendship house (120 Duluth East.) Try to make it to a rehearsal; but if it’s not possible, just come to the TamTams on Sunday, Sept 21 around noon.

And spread the word – this collaboration will be an exciting new twist for the choir and a chance to raise our voices for peace.

Next Strike – International Day of Peace, Sept 21

The next strike of Guerrilla Choir will be on the International Day of Peace – September 21…sometime in the afternoon.

We’ll have 3 rehearsals to prepare
Saturday September 6 10am – 12pm
Saturday September 13 11am – 1pm
Friday September 19 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Please come to as many rehearsals as possible…

All of these will be at the Friendship House – 120 Duluth, just east of St. Laurent

We’ll sing “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens and I’m still looking for a good song in French about PEACE – any ideas?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7iLPnDCQ1g&feature=related

Please feel free to pass this on to your friends.

Peace out,

David Brazzeal

info @ guerrillachoir.com

Un Très Grand Merci…

à tous qui nous aider dans le parc Lafontaine, samedi passé. It was great. Check out the videos on the video page.

I you would like to be a part of our next strike, join our facebook group or write us an email to info @ guerrillachoir . com.

Si tu aimerais participer dans notre prochain coup, rejoindre notre groupe facebook ou envois un courriel à info   @   guerrillachoir.com

“We Live in a Beautiful World”

Parc Lafontaine - Montréal

The Guerrilla Choir will strike again – Saturday June 5 in Lafontaine Park (the SW corner nearest to the Sherbrooke metro) at high noon. We’ll sit in the grass and rehearse the Coldplay song – “Don’t Panic”

When we feel good about it, we’ll stroll through the park looking of groups of people who would like to sing it with us. We’ll have little word sheets for them and us. We’ll have lots of laughs with it,at the same time declaring among the green grass and trees that… “We Live in a Beautiful World!”

There’s a high probability (UPDATE: CBC WILL be there) that someone from CBC radio will follow us around with a microphone so we need as many voices as we can get.

At the end, I’m suggesting a Poutine Party, for those who want, at LaBanquise (corner of Rachel and Parc Lafontaine – they specialize in poutine, in case you’ve never been there.) This seems less complicated than the original picnic idea. (Carrying picnic stuff around while we sing, doesn’t sound fun.)

Here’s the Youtube of the song “Don’t Panic”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4w7an00vGI

Here are the words and chords:
http://www.e-chords.com/cifra/idmusica/6576.htm

Here’s the exact Google Map location:
http://www.google.com/maps?source=uds&q=Cherrier+and+Parc+Lafontaine

Directions by Metro: When exiting the Sherbrooke metro, follow the signs to Bus 24 EST, then walk out the door, take a right then another right. This will put you on Cherrier. Keep walking until you come to the park. Cross Cherrier and rue Parc Lafontaine then you should see us between the street and the lake. Look for some guitars…

Scheming to declare beauty with others,
David Brazzeal

Third Strike – something completely different

Our next strike will be in a park on Saturday afternoon,  June 28. We are perfecting the song “Don’t Panic” by Cold Play. (You may think of it titled “We Live in Beautiful World”. Anyway we’ll go to a park and look for a rather large group of people who would want to sing the song with us. We’ll provide the lyric sheets, instrumentalist, etc. Afterwards we’ll have a picnic ourselves. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4w7an00vGI – Don’t Panic by Cold Play

Second Strike Fun

On Monday, June 16, we made another strike on the Montreal metro. We started singing on a random train at the Place des Arts heading west. We sang and got off at Atwater. Then we headed back east singing two more time until we reached Berri-UQAM, then back to the Place des Arts where we started.

It is amazing the different reactions we get – from the whole car ignoring us to people really getting into it, singing with us a bit and clapping at the end. This would be a great doctoral thesis in group dynamics.

You can see one of the videos at the top of our video page. You can see other videos on our YouTube channel – http://www.youtube.com/user/guerrillachoir

Strike Two – Again the Montreal Metro

The Second Strike of the GUERRILLA CHOIR will be Monday June 16. We will meet again in the 5th floor stair well of the Belgo Building (west side) at 1pm/13h. We’ll sing “All You Need Is Love” again.  So come join us. The Belgo Building is at 372 Ste-Catherine west, between metro Places des Arts and McGill.

We may begin rehearsing our next song which will be “Feeling Groovy” by Simon and Garfunkel. Take a look at the original version on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoWF2YalYvI