WEB LINKS Choir World -- This is an extensive web site that links to choirs across the nation and around the world. www.choirworld.com Gospel Choirs -- A place to post and research your local gospel choir, including links to school choirs, community choirs, and church choirs. www.gospelchoirs.com Piedmont Choirs -- Children's Community Choir that strives to spread 'themes of hope, love, and peace. 401-A Highland Ave Piedmont, CA 94611 www.piedmontchoirs.org CHOIR ADDRESSES Gettin' Higher Choir 111 Superior St. Victoria, BC V8V 1T2 Canada Contact: Shivon Robinsong www.shivon.com Eugene Peace Chorus 1225 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1225 Contact: Robert Kyr, Program Director Seattle Labor Chorus 2620 3rd Ave Seattle, WA 98121-3218 Contact: Sue Gibbs Syracuse Community Choir 104 Avondale Pl. Syracuse, NY 13210-9386 Contact: Karen Mihalyi, Director Labor Heritage Rockin' Solidarity Chorus P. O. Box 401072 San Francisco, CA 94140 Contact: Pat Wynne, Director

'Hey, why don’t you come sing in our choir!' the choir director says to a likely-looking young man. 'I’d love to,' he answers sadly, 'but I can’t sing a note.' Or maybe he says, 'I’m completely tone deaf.' Or 'I can’t carry a tune in a bucket!'

That exchange, in all its variations, is all too familiar to Shivon Robinsong, Val Rogers, and Karen Mihalyi, pioneers of the budding community choir movement. People everywhere want to sing—would dearly love to sing—but they’re convinced they can’t.