GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Veterans for Peace will host its 27th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 8 P.M. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 N.W. 34th St. The event will feature music from Cherokee Peace Chant, Drums of Peace, A Choir of Heavenly Semi-Angels, John Chambers, Lauren Robinson and Marissa Vario, Quartermoon, Other Voices, The Erasables, and The Relics. Bill Hutchinson will be the MC for the event.
If you’ve never been part of a community of 400 people, holding hands and singing John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, come experience the possibility of peace and love.
If sold out, standing room will be available outside where the concert can also be heard through large speakers.
Tickets can be purchased in advance from Mcintyre Stained Glass Studio & Art Gallery, Thornebrook Village, 2441 NW 43rd St., #11, for a suggested donation of $10 to $30. The doors open at 6:30 P.M. and the concert begins at 8:00 P.M. Advance tickets guarantee seating until 7:30 P.M.
Outside the event, organizations and groups from the Gainesville area will set up informational booths and tables. Attendees are encouraged to bring clothing, food and personal items to be collected and distributed by Helping Hands Clinic. Refreshments will also be available.
Parking is available at the event but is limited (carpooling recommended!), and parking attendants will be present to assist drivers.
Veterans for Peace advocates the abolition of war as an instrument of government policy.
Download the 2013 Solstice Celebration flyer (PDF).
All proceeds from the celebration are used by VFP to support programs that Veterans for Peace organizes year round, including: the Memorial Mile on 8th Ave. and the Peace Poetry Contest, held for K-12 students in Alachua County. Starting in 2014 VFP will be awarding 2 scholarships to graduating seniors from Alachua County who work for peace and justice. We also contribute funds to many other organizations who work for peace and justice.
For more information about the Winter Solstice Celebration and our other projects, visit our website.
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