Hello friends! Happy Spring!
I hope you are well!
Here is a very brief update on the goings-on of Deb!

First up, an invitation to hear Monette perform next week, Friday May 3rd at Pangea!
Monette is the brainchild of Monica Passin. We are a vocal trio consisting of Monica, Sherryl Marshall and me, singing Mo’s original songs in various backing vocal styles including that distinctive doo-wop sound.

Monette has one recorded CD available on Bandcamp.com, (then type in Monica Passin). For those in the know, Lesley Miller is from another trio, Dusty, which included Sherryl Marshall and me! Lesley helped create much of Monette’s fine backing vocal parts and is featured on the CD along with Monica and Hank Bones. It’s all in the family!

So, if you haven’t seen Monette already or if you just can’t get enough, come on down, you will be in for a treat! Pangea is an intimate-sized venue with open seating, full bar and delicious dinner menu. As it is a cozy supper club, I suggest you book now and come early!

Monette
Friday, May 3, 2024
7pm
Pangea
178 Second Avenue (between 11th and 12th Streets), New York, NY 10003

https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/83207

May 3rd holds another musical delight in my world—the Singin’ Seniors have their Spring Concert on Friday, May 3rd at the Lenox Hill Senior Center at St. Peter’s Church.
The Singin’ Seniors classes are made possible by the support of Feel the Music!, a non- profit organization under the direction of Valerie Ghent that was first created after the events of 9/11. Many New Yorkers were processing grief and trauma during that time and needed an artistic outlet. Thank you, Valerie, for holding the reins and offering this service to the people of New York!

Friday, May 3, 2024
1:30 pm
Lenox Hill Senior Center @ Saint Peter’s Church, Downstairs
619 Lexington Ave, x East 54th St, New York, NY 10022
Free admission

The Singin’ Seniors will be singing eight classic gems from the 1930s through the 1980s, including a song by an accomplished NYC songwriter and friend, Julie Gold! The Singin’ Seniors will be accompanied by Clare Cooper on piano, Michael Visceglia on bass, Kenny Soule on drums and on guitar, Paul Pimsler and led by yours truly.

In memoriam, in 2023 our Singin’ Seniors group lost two of our friends. Vincent Gonnaud and Alvin Zwicker were long-time class members who showed up through thick and thin! During the pandemic we offered Singin’ Seniors classes on Zoom once a week. Vincent would call in on the phone. Alvin continued to come and sing with us right up until he lost his brave battle with cancer. Both friends enriched our group immeasurably. We miss their presence in our close-knit music class.

This Sunday I will be singing in the Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir at the Freedom Rising Conference in NYC.
Beginning today (Friday, April 26), the 14th annual "Freedom Rising: You. Move. The World." Conference is being held at Marble Collegiate Church. Freedom Rising is a 3-day conference that offers tools and tactics, talks, lectures and workshops, music and art events designed to help us become more involved as a community of like-minded peacemakers and activists.
Learn to make good trouble!
www.freedomrisingconference.com

One more piece of personal news, Mike and I are apartment owners in NYC again!
This time a studio apartment on East 15th Street!
Please keep us in your thoughts as we sort and pack and downsize and process change!

Sending love with harmony,
xxx,
Deborah