SOVOSO christmas Concert at Yoshi's

Finally, SoVoSo had their annual Yoshi’s Christmas concert which includes many of the alumni, several local choirs and many guests. It is a great happiness to be together in song.
Joey, David and I added some improvisation to the evening and Ella, David’s darling daughter was the heart of the night.
Wishing you great and tender holidays with all our prayers in a mighty chorus for peace, and blessings on all those whose bodies and souls need healing.

WEBE 3 In California!

WeBe3 toured California in late November beginning with The Vic in Santa Monica, adding guest Otmaro Ruiz on piano in Ray Slayton’s wonderful club which has such a great holy energy.
We got our first big and very positive review from Don Heckman of the LA Times. Harrah!
You can find it on the Singing Rhi’s Praises page of this website.
We taught and performed at The Bolinas Cultural Center, The Berkeley Jazz School and Ernie Shelton’s home concert hall in Sebastopol. These were completely improvised concerts as we continue to find our way into the heart of our work. It thrills the three of us to sing together in this way, not knowing anything but our trust in the music and our love of each other as we walk on stage. We had special guests at each venue, like Rebecca Maleon, Rick Gordon and Gary Muszynski and many of the students who worked with us those precious days. Hope we can bring this music to all of you. Let us know if you are interested to bring WeBe3 to a venue or music school near you.

Hale Kai, Hawaii 11/07

In November I returned to Hale Kai on the Kona side of the Big Island. These small gatherings of advanced singers are miraculous, tender, full of Hawaiian culture, endless singing and daily circles of our music work with each singer opening like a Hibiscus flower, generosity, friendships evolving between singers arriving from New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, the UK and all over the US, wholesome delicious food, laughing, more singing, swimming in the calm and benevolent bay, watching stupendous sunsets, more laughing, beautiful kumuhula Raylene, the hula dancers; Taipe, Monju and Savana, Kalani and Julie in the kitchen, feeding us and teaching us daily lessons in Hawaiian language, healing and cosmology, extraordinay dinner with Mayumi Oda and her kupuna from Cambodia and Tahiti, the promise of dolphins, all of it.
To all the 12 singers who were there. You were a splendid group. I treasure all that happened there and forever hold you in that circle of E ho mai on the lava with the tide coming to our feet. Ahhhh!
This is a place of o’hana, family, so I am always happy when Suzanne, my manager, gets to be there and Janne Watson, my partner, as well. Janne’s photos tell more about this gathering than any of my words can say. If you want to see more of her eye on Hawaii, she will soon post more photos and a video. Stay tuned.

Hollyhock, Canada 8/07

Alarming how time speeds by, so here I am sending on photos and words starting with these two photos from Hollyhock in August. It was one of the best gatherings in my 11 years there. The retreat center is wonderful and small enough to hold the intimacy of our group. Great food, fantastic swimming and woods that have spirits. The students were so enthusiastic and skilled. More men than usual which helps our blend and gives us much more musical possibility. Here are the guys and then a group photo of us where I appear to be getting heavenly transmissions and everyone else looks soooo happy and full of music.