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Autumn Fires

Fall 1995 Concert
Our first full-length concert

Margi P., Artistic Director
Choreographer: Lee M.

(Program Notes follow the list of tunes)

• Ancient Mother
  • Traditional, Native American
  • This song reminds us of a time when the Mother Goddess was worshipped in Her many forms throughout various cultures, symbolizing the divine feminine and the source of all life.
  • The large carved drum that provides the heartbeat for this piece is from the Senufo culture of West Africa, and is used in ritual by the women of that tribe.
  • Drummer: Susan S.
• Autumn Fires
  • Robert Louis Stevenson; Marian McLaughlin
• Rise Up O Flame
  • Source Unknown
• Autumn Time
  • Source Anonymous; Words adapted by Laura Derr, of Libana
  • Demeter sadly walks the land, the dying grasses in her hand
  • Drummer: Susan S.
• Fly, Fly, Fly
  • Peter Erdely; Lajos Boross
• With You
  • Steven Schwartz; Arr. by John Leavitt
  • From the Broadway Musical "Pippin"
  • Trio: Jennifer D., Lee M., Kate W.
  • American Sign Language Interpreter: Susan L.
• Fire Within
  • Marytha Paffrath
  • Evoking the spirits of earth, air, fire and water
• The Cold Wind
  • Gerhard P. Shroth
• Sowing
  • C.W.V.
  • A glad or grievous fruitage waits us at the harvest day
• Mowtay
  • Traditionalitional, Native American
  • The spirit and I are one forever and ever and ever
  • Drummer: Susan S.
• Autumn Song
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley; Eugene Butler
  • O Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,
    Thou from whose unseen presence, the leaves dead are driven,
    Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing
  • American Sign Language Interpreter: Susan L.
• Recollection
  • Anne Hunter; Joseph Haydn; Arr. by Robert S. Hines
  • Are you indeed forever past?
• Harriet Tubman
  • Walter Robinson; Arr. by John Coates, Jr.
  • We honor a true cultural hero and formidable leader
  • Echo: Cathy N., Susan S., Janie W.
    Descant: Donna B., Giesala C., Wendi W.
• Rock-a My Soul
  • Traditional, African American Spiritual Arr. by Barthelson
  • Remembering those who sang, despite their chains
• The Ash Grove
  • John Oxenford
  • Welsh Folk Song; Arr. by Julie Knowles
  • The friends of my childhood again are before me,
    Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam
  • Recorder: Jan D.
• Music in My Mother's House
  • Stuart Stott Arr. by J. David Moore
  • Written for MUSE, Cincinnati Women’s Choir
  • Catherine Roma, Director
  • Piano: Janie W.
• Full Moonlight Dance
  • Karen Beth
  • We dance, joining souls, rejoice!
• Moon Magic
  • Medley arranged by Carl Strommen
  • And when I looked the moon had turned to gold!
• Transylvania Two-Step
  • Joyce Eilers Bacak
  • Apparitions fill the air
  • Dancers: Donna B. and Giesala C.
  • Choreographer: Lee M.
• The Addams Family
  • Vic Muzzy Arr. by Mark A. Brymer
  • Mysterious and spooky
  • Rap Trio: Giesala C., Jennifer D., Yvonne W.
• Autumn Vesper
  • Emily Bronte; Audrey Snyder
  • The harvest moon casts a magical glow, enchanting all below
    

Artistic Director's Message

As autumn falls upon us, we cannot help but take time to notice the beauty that mother earth bestows. The colors that blaze against a clear blue sky, brushed by crisp air, remind us of autumn fires: bonfires shared in wide open fields, or intimate fires keeping home and heart warm. Like each small leaf, each pumpkin and gourd that echo the beauty of color and change, we too bring our own beauty and color to this bountiful season.

Tonight we celebrate in song, the fire within, the beauty of autumn, the reflection of spirits, and those who have gone before. This concert celebrates uniqueness, the growth and confidence of many beautiful women building a community of love and spirit.

I invite you, our audience, to share this love and spirit, and to find the fire within yourselves to take with you, after the magic of the evening dissipates like the trailing smoke of... autumn fires.

Margi P.