[Dialogue] SINGING

[David & Lin Zahrt]

I did not realize that singing was such an important a part of our 
life together, for me, until we no longer had life together. Then I 
discovered that I must have music to keep myself whole.

I played in a group that calls itself Monona Country (after the 
county in which we live--Monona County, and because they claim to be 
singing Country Gospel). Well I labeled myself as a 'prostitute' 
because the message they are proclaiming is theological pablum and 
they are aiding and abetting the attempt to keep people from growing 
up spiritually.

I migrated from there to a local men's quartet whose message wasn't 
any better. It folded when the Bass developed congestive heart 
failure and I migrated to Sioux City (45 miles away) to the 
Barbershop Chorus. I loved the music. It is still a little bit 
reductionistic in its message.

Since Iowa is a Land Between Two Rivers we live on the West Coast-of 
Iowa. Over the past two to three years we have been bombarded with 
presentations about the Lewis & Clark Expedition. There was usually 
some mention of the fact that they had music on the Expedition-a 
fiddle and song. They did not name to tunes which were sung.

I finally decided that the Expedition had to have song in order to 
make it. The idea would not let me rest until I had a narrative of 
the journey to which I could attach appropriate songs. I looked for 
the songs of the period-1775-1800 that the Corps would 'have in their 
ear', wrote a narrative of the journey, and attached the songs to 
events that fit the song. I have published a song sheet so that those 
who come to participate in the Lewis & Clark Journey of Re-Discovery 
will be able to join in the journey by singing their way through the 
Expedition. It will be a cappella as we used to sing when we 
gathered. Now the narrative is done. The next step is marketing and 
it looks as if I needed to have the narrative done last year so that 
the marketing could have begun a year ago. Whether or not I get it 
marketed I share it with you.

I conferred with TIm and his recommendation is that the info be posted
Narrative is part 1 and part 2
Song sheet (2 files like church bulletin) is Songs-out, Songs-in


http://twegner.dyndns.org/dialogue/Zahrt.part1.html
http://twegner.dyndns.org/dialogue/Zahrt.part2.html

http://twegner.dyndns.org/dialogue/Zahrt.Songs-in.doc
http://twegner.dyndns.org/dialogue/Zahrt.Songs-out.doch


Song sheet listing is songsheet
http://twegner.dyndns.org/dialogue/Zahrt.songsheet.html


david

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