The Mighty Worksong Community Chorus 2023:
Saturday 11/25, 10a: Molly & Lao’s place in the afternoon
Saturday 12/2, 9a: Downeast Wood Bank at the woodlot by the Meadowbrook Forest trailhead off Jill’s Lane in Surry
Please note:
If you want to know exactly when/where the Mighty Worksong Community Chorus will be meeting, and what we’re up to, click here to sign up for that list. I will only be sending out regular “here is what the chorus is doing next” emails to that list.
PAST EVENTS
2022
5/11: Organic Roots Farm, Hampton, CT - Workshop and Concert
5/12: Glynwood, Cold Spring, NY - Workshop and Concert
5/21: Darthia Farm, Gouldsboro, ME - Workshop and Concert
5/27-31: Schooner J&E Riggin, Coast of Maine - Workshops, Concerts
2021
June 18-20 @ All Days: Bennett teaches worksongs @ Virtual Maine Fiddle Camp (online)
June 23 @ 5:30: Challenge (online)
June 23 @ 7p: Chorus - Handwork - ALL SING
June 25 @ 7p: Chorus - Rowing
June 28 @ 7p: Chorus - Farming
June 30 @ 7p: Chorus - Rowing
JULY
July 3 @ 7p: Chorus - Evening BBQ w/Special Guest Jerron Blind Boy Paxton
July 5 @ 6p: Concert @ Tinderhearth, Brooksville, ME w/Bennett and Jerron Blind Boy Paxton
6 @ 4p: Chorus Row & Sing, Belfast, ME
6 @ 7p: Concert and Workshop w/Jerron Paxton in Belfast, ME
7 @ 7a: Chorus Row & Sing, Belfast, ME
8, All Day: Special Workshop for Roots Rising in Western Mass
9, The Worksong Project Trio performs at Great Schooner Race Kickoff
11-24: Special Worksong Training w/Atlantic Challenge
24 @ 3p: Garlic Harvest @ Duckback Farm, 50 Tufts Road, Belfast, ME
25 @ 9a: Garlic Harvest @ Duckback Farm, 50 Tufts Road, Belfast, ME
26 @ 7p: Chorus - Handwork ALL SING
28 @ 7p: Chorus - Rowing - Meet at Front Street dock at base of pierce street
AUGUST
2 @ 7p: Chorus - Farming - Wood Stacking
4 @ 7a: Chorus - ***Morning Row***
5-10 w/crew @ Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, NY
12 @ 7p: Chorus - Rowing
16 @ 7p: Chorus - Wood Stacking @ 181 Back Belmont Road, Belfast
17 @ 7p: Chorus - Rowing @ Pierce Street Docks, Belfast, ME
24 @ 3p: Sea Shanty Workshop @ Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine
25 @ 12:45p: The Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center will feature me and the Mighty Worksong Community Chorus in a 40 minute film by Dylan Ladds. Share with your friends! (Preceded at 12p by a film about Shaker music) Click Here to watch.
25 @ 7a: Rowing @ Pierce Street Docks, Belfast, ME
26 - Saturday August 28 - J&E Riggin Sail w/Bennett & Gawler Family, Rockland, ME
Bagaduce Worksong Week Sponsored By Bagaduce Music
6 @ TBA: Fiber Arts Worksong Event w/Bennett & Friends, on top of Blue Hill
7 @ 10a: Picnic Lunch Worksong Row in Brooklin, ME w/Bagaduce Music
8 @10a: Picnic Lunch Worksong Row in Brooklin, ME w/Bagaduce Music
9 @ 6am: Dawn Worksong Row in Brooklin Maine w/Bagaduce Music
10 @ 6a: Dawn Worksong Row in Brooklin Maine w/Bagaduce Music
11 @ 10a: Picnic Lunch Worksong Row in Brooklin, ME w/Bagaduce Music
SEPTEMBER
14 @ 5:30p: Chorus - Rowing
16 @ 5:30p: Chorus - Rowing
21 @ 7:30p: Challenge Meeting To Discuss Fall/Winter Plans (online)
27 @ 5:30: Chorus - Wood Stacking @ The Clementson’s 97 Kaler Rd in Belfast
29 @ 5:00: Chorus - Rowing - Meet @ Docks at base of Pierce Street
OCTOBER
Fri 10/8 - 5p Garlic Shuck&Sing&Grill @ Belfast Marina Firepit
Sat 10/9 - 9a - Plant&Sing - 9a @ 45 Tufts Road, Belfast
Sat 10/9 - 4p - Row&Sing - @ Pierce St. Docks, Belfast
Mon 10/11, 9a. - Stack&Sing - 197 Bishop Road in Troy, Maine
Sat 10/16 - 9a - Plant&Sing round 2 - 9a @ 45 Tufts Road, Belfast
Sat 10/23 - 9a - Plant&Sing at the Manor, 21 Manwaring Rd, Shelter Island, NY
Thu 10/28 - 2p - Plant Daffodils w/Elisabeth Wolfe, City Park Pavillion, Belfast
This site also holds a collection of songs people have used, are using, or could use to aid labor. You can use it to learn songs for use out in your fields, for academic research, or maybe just because you want to listen.
It's maintained by me, Bennett Konesni, a farmer-musician from Maine.
All in all, this site is a work in progress. Thanks for bearing with me!
Check out my favorites. Or, jump right to the master list of songs.
Here's a little bit about me and why I'm doing this. If you're trying to learn but having trouble, start with this, which is a pep-talk of sorts...
Anyway, have fun with it, and sing out!
-Bennett