Singers sought for Seeger Songfest

Jim Scott, the acclaimed singer and songwriter who collaborated with activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger, will lead a celebration of the songs of activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 18.

Scott describes it this way: "We’ll honor Pete Seeger, singing many of his well-loved songs such as If I Had a Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn, Where Have All the Flowers Gone and many others. All interested singers welcome, no experience necessary."

Seeger died at age 94 in 2014. "We have lost an icon, but not his legacy of poetry and song to guide and inspire us," said Scott, a guitarist with the Paul Winter Consort and co-composer of their celebrated "Missa Gaia / Earth Mass,"

Scott is a a prolific composer, having visited more than 600 UU churches over three decades of travels. His much loved "Gather the Spirit" and other songs are in the UU hymnbooks. He has also become a student of the movement for peace and justice in song, compiling and arranging the "Earth and Spirit Songbook," a collection of over 100 songs of earth and peace by many contemporary composers.

For more information, contact the congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton. A donation of $15 is suggested with $10 for seniors and students.