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Part
I |
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Introduction |
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Narrator:
Hello and Welcome...
Song: Round and Round /
Processional / Sing-along
Narrator: Grounding
Song: Keep the Fire |
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A
Circle is Cast |
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Narrator:
To rededicate this space...
Reading: “Black Elk Speaks”
Song: We Are a Circle /
Sing-along |
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Invocation |
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Reading:
“Hear our Great Mother”
Song: Benedicta Es |
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Into
the Darkness |
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Narrator:
Imagine, if you will...
Song: Solstice Chant (unison)
Narrator: This is the time...
Song: Solstice Chant (2
parts)
Narrator: Perhaps you have heard...
Song: Solstice Chant (3
parts)
Narrator: In our culture...
Song: Though My Soul
Reading: “What is this night?”
Song: Wings
Silent Meditation |
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The
Light Returns |
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Narrator:
To lure the Sun back... / Light altar candles
Song: Deep in the Dark
Narrator: In the Under World...
Song: Kore Evohe
Reading: “It was the longest night” |
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Spreading
the Light |
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Narrator:
And just as Kore... / Light candles
Reading: “Our deepest fear”
Narrator: What is your light?
Silent Meditation
Narrator: What are your fears about shining?
Silent Meditation
Narrator: We whose spirituality...
Song: This Little Light of Mine
/ Sing-along
Song: Imani / Sing-along
Song: We’ve Got the Power
/ Sing-along |
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Benediction/Closing |
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Narrator:
We have taken a journey...
Song: Carry It Home
Narrator: Close your eyes, please...
Silent Meditation
Reading: “I think over again”
Song: Let the Spirit Come to
You
Reading: “By the Earth that is Her body”
Song: When We Are Gone /
Recessional |
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Part
II |
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Notes
for Singers and Music Director
Ritual Considerations
Production and Performance Suggestions
Notes on Readings
Sample Program
Sample Venue Sheet |
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Part
III |
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Credits
Publisher’s Notes
A Herstory of A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual
Biographies
Acknowledgements
Musical and Spiritual Resources
SheWho
CD Information
Notes
CD Song List |
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