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IN PROCESS...

Looking for that special program to enhance your celebration?        In Process…, an African American women's quintet from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area, has just what you need. Yes, what In Process... offers you is the power of a cappella song messages tailored to your special event.        Using rhythms and harmonies born of slavery and adapted and nurtured throughout the sojourn of African people in America, In Process… has voiced song commentaries on issues affecting all people and communities: love, self-respect, women, family, the environment, substance abuse, AIDS, freedom and justice, equality and peace.        In Process… stands firmly in the African American oral tradition: the song is both crea-tive and functional; it helps one move from one point in life to the next. The song is both transforming and healing. The unaccompanied voices give force to the social, cultural, spiritual, political, historical and personal issues delivered in song. Experience the harmonies and sounds of that oral tradition as expressed in spirituals, gospel, blues, R&B, work songs, songs of praise, love and protest.                               In September 1980, 30 women joined a circle in a song workshop presented by Sweet Honey In The Rock., a world renowned a cappella group. Over the months, the circle narrowed, and in June 1981, participants (signifying a quest for continual growth and development) chose the name In Process… and emerged in concert with nine members. During her twenty years, more than fifty women have been in the In Process… circle.        Striving continuously for harmony, these women blend their styles and songs in ways that allow what is powerful and true to be heard. Her repertoire, from traditional songs to original contemporary song written by members, articulates the concerns of people around the world.         The women of In Process… look to the oral tradition and spiritual roots to garner strength in carving out a future in a world continually in process.               Sampler Repertoire Anyhow, Welcome Table, My Name Is Written On David's Line, Last Mile Of The Way, Ole Tar River, In The Mississippi River, I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom, Love Is All Around Me, You Light Up The Sky, A Woman, Women Who Fly, Why Do I Love You?. Boarder Babies, Patchwork Quilt, Mission Love, Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King, Nkosi Sekeleli Africa, Seven Principles, Looking for a Resting Place, Welcome Home Again, Wasteland, Turn Trouble Around, Troubled In Mind, Looking For A Resting Place, Healing Time, I Want A Little Bit of Justice, Keep On Movin' It On.

[suncoils take you to top of page] Partial Listing of Venues Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA; University of Maryland, Baltimore & College Park; Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA; Hood College, Frederick, MD; Trinity College, Hartford, CT; Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT; Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA; Howard University, Washington, DC; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY; Georgetown University, Washington, DC; National Women's Law Center Roundtable, Women in America, Legacies of Race & Ethnicity (keynote speaker Angela Davis); SISTERFIRE (outdoor celebration of women's culture); Anniversary of Nicaraguan Independence; Casa del Pueblo; La Pena; Mobilization for Justice and Peace in Central America & Southern Africa; Centro de Arte; Official D.C. Welcome to Nelson & Winnie Mandela, Convention Center; Washington, D.C.; 74th, 76th, 80th Anniversary Celebrations of the African National Congress; My Sister's Place, International Women's History Month Celebrations; National Organization for Women; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.; American Family Celebration; Black Family Reunion; Smithsonian Institution National Museums of American History & Natural History, Washington, D.C.; African American History Month Celebrations; New Jersey Names Project Tour, Somerset, Newark, & Red Bank, NJ; Whitman Walker Clinic's AIDS Candlelight Vigil at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.; Evening Exchange, WHMM-TV; Studio 9, WTOP-TV; Our Voices, BET Cable; The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fine Arts & Education Program Phoenix, AZ In Process… is available for concert, festival and conference performances and song workshops: Outdoor Festivals A Cappella Song Fests Family Celebrations Civil Rights Programs Kwanzaa Celebrations Women's History Month Women's Studies Programs African American History Month Religious, Social, Cultural Events

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