Comments on: Siyahamba – Cape Town Installment 3

By: Peter Link

Peter Link — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:24:26 +0000

Janifa,

Thanks for writing in. My wife, Julia Wade, found the song during one of her many searches for music to sing each weekend. She explores a lot of International music on the web and fell in love with the spirit and message of the song. I do know this. It comes from South Africa and I believe was originally written in Zulu. As to the arrangement used, it us my own subtracted from several versions that I had heard over the past year.

There’s probably a lot about the song if you Google it on the web. Let me know what else you find out.

Thanks,

Peter

By: janifa kestis

janifa kestis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:02:35 +0000

dear Pete!
wonderful song/ project.
am interested in how/where you found the song?
also which arrangement you used (for the first part at least?)
it is gorgeous.
do you know anything about the history of the song…where it comes from…
would love to know more.

many thanks

janifa kestis

By: Peter Link

Peter Link — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:44:45 +0000

Hi Bob,
Great to see both you and Nancy on Sunday. Thanks for reading. Also you might check out Installment #4 which tries to clarify the visionary work that Norm Bleichman did on the project.

By: Bob Whittlesey

Bob Whittlesey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:11:05 +0000

Pete, I just viewed your most amazing annual meeting video again for the 3rd time, after fininshing up the 3rd installation of your blog posting. What an effort! What extraordinary results! And what a blessing!! Music is indeed the universal healing language that unites us all in divine expression. Nancy and I are so grateful to you and to TMC Executive Board for this beautiful gift to us all.

Also, it was lovely to get reacquainted with you briefly today. And to see lovely Julia as well. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

By: Siyahamba-1st Installment | Sparks from the Fire

Siyahamba-1st Installment | Sparks from the Fire — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:33:06 +0000

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By: Peter Link

Peter Link — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:19:04 +0000

Sharon,

Thanks for writing in. There have been lots of hankies out mopping up over the last week. Shows ya’ what a little unity can do. Blessings!

By: Sharon Knowles

Sharon Knowles — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:45:36 +0000

The performance brought tears to my eyes when I saw it as part of the annual meeting broadcast. The account of the making of it did it again. Thankyou for this beautiful work.

By: Peter Link

Peter Link — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:20:44 +0000

Absolutely!