{"id":1204,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/clearwater\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:05","slug":"clearwater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/clearwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkabout Clearwater singers to perform at WestConn on Oct. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 The Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, a group of volunteer  singers and musicians from New York\u2019s Hudson River Valley  whose performances over more than two decades have carried on the musical and  activist legacy of folk legend Pete Seeger, will perform at Western Connecticut   State University  at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in a concert to benefit scholarship programs at  WestConn.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The Walkabout Clearwater group will present selections from  a wide-ranging repertory of folk songs, including traditional works and original  songs written or adapted by members of the chorus. The performance will be in  Alumni Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Admission fees at the door will be  $10 for adults, and free for students and children.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The self-described \u201cPeople\u2019s Chorus\u201d will be drawn from a  larger organization of more than 100 non-professional singers brought together  by their love of folk music and their commitment to environmental conservation,  peace, racial harmony and social justice. Founded in 1984 with help and  inspiration from Seeger, a native of the Hudson  Valley region, members of the chorus have  toured New York, Connecticut,  New Jersey and Pennsylvania  to stage benefit concerts, as well as performing monthly since 1987 at a folk  music coffeehouse in White Plains,   N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The Walkabout Clearwater concert will benefit the School of Arts and Sciences Student International  Study Scholarship program at WestConn. Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Linda Vaden-Goad explained the  scholarship fund demonstrates the university\u2019s commitment to provide the  opportunity for every WestConn student to study abroad, regardless of family  financial circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Vaden-Goad noted the afternoon concert is especially geared  for families and students of all ages. Press information provided by the chorus  described the group\u2019s concert program as a medley of selections ranging from  \u201cboisterous sing-alongs with audience participation to carefully crafted,  harmonious messages designed to make the listener think twice about the state  of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The chorus is part of Walkabout Clearwater Sloop, Inc., a  chartered sloop club that supports the environmental efforts of the  Poughkeepsie-based Hudson River sloop Clearwater.  \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, call the Office of University  Relations at (203) 837-8486.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u2014<br \/><span class=\"style1\">Western Connecticut   State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality  academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an  enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique  cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n    \u00a0Our vision: To be an affordable public  university with the characteristics<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n    \u00a0of New England\u2019s  best small private universities.<\/span><span class=\"style1\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 The Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, a group of volunteer singers and musicians from New York\u2019s Hudson River Valley whose performances over more than two decades have carried on the musical and activist legacy of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1204","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}