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For the July gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group, we’ll explore the role of voice as a medium for the expression of deeply felt emotions. We’ll reflect on vulnerability, the critical element in finding relief from our distress and in expressing ourselves authentically.
The Houston area faces many challenges in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, but there is joy in knowing that we can count on one another for compassion, strength, and encouragement. For the September gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group, we’ll come together to share mutual support and to remind ourselves that we are never alone. We’ll raise our voices in a spirit of healing and recovery.
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, October 20, 2017, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken our title and inspiration for the event from these lyrics:
No complaints and no regrets
I still believe in chasing dreams and placing bets
And I have learned that all you give is all you get
So give it all you've got
(from “Here’s to Life” by Phyllis Jean Molinary and Arthur Butler)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, November 17, 2017, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken our title and inspiration for the event from these lyrics:
What we know can be,
And everyday, we hope for,
What we still can't see,
It's up to us, to be the change,
And even though we all can still do more,
There's so much to be thankful for.
(from “Thankful” by David W. Foster, Richard James Page, and Carole Bayer Sager, as popularized by Josh Groban)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, January 12, 2018, at A Healing Collective. The theme of this month’s event is adventure, and we’ve taken our title and inspiration from the poem “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver:
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, February 9, 2018, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken our title and inspiration for the event from these lyrics:
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose.
(from “The Rose” by Amanda McBroom, as popularized by Bette Midler)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, March 9, 2018, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken the title and inspiration for the event from this uplifting favorite:
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right
(excerpt from “Here Come the Sun” by The Beatles, written by George Harrison)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, May 11, 2018, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken the title and inspiration for the event from a classic tune:
Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a ?
(from “Swinging on a Star” by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, as popularized by Bing Crosby)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, June 8, 2018, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken the title and inspiration for the event from a 1966 Billboard #1 hit:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity?
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half-dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
(from “Summer in the City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful)
The next gathering of the Exploring the Power of Voice Meetup Group will be on Friday, July 13, 2018, at A Healing Collective. We’ve taken the title and inspiration for the event from a 1964 Chad & Jeremy hit:
Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin’ off their silver leaves
As we walked by
Soft kisses on a summer’s day
Laughing all our cares away
Just you and I
(from “A Summer Song” by Chad Stuart, Clive Metcalfe, and Keith Noble)
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