Past Event
I'll Be There: Songs & Stories of Solidarity
16th Nov 2012 - 17th Nov 2012
Presenter: Victorian Trade Union Choir
Website: http://georgemannmusic.com/
Event Duration: 75 minutes
The Choir has sung for 22 years at rallies, protests, strikes, marches and commemorations. The show presents a diverse repertoire of music includingtrade union favourites such as Solidarity, Billy Bragg’s Power in a Union, South African freedom song We shall not give up the fight, Kev Carmody’s Freedom and celebrates union achievements such as the Eight Hour Day. It tells stories of the power of song in unlikely places:
• At the bottom of a swimming pool
• On the back of a truck escaping Contra gunfire in Nicaragua
• On a picket line in a wedding dress – between the ceremony and the reception.