PFS Virtual Song Circle No. CCC 

Yes, it's the CCC VSC, or as we say in English, the three-hundredth Virtual Song Circle. We started when Covid started. We had to cancel an in-person song circle and held it on Zoom instead. It was rough, but people liked it and wanted to do it again. Can we do it every month, someone asked? Why not every week, asked someone else, and here we are five years later. Come and celebrate!

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Every Saturday Night, a group of folks meets on Zoom for the Virtual Song Circle, or VSC. The virtual doors open at 6:00 PM Pacific Time for schmoozing and tuning, and singing starts at 6:30. There's a group of regulars, and frequent newbies drop in, and sometimes people who have dropped out drop back in. It doesn't make any difference: all people, all songs, are welcome. You can stay for five minutes or five hours. Very relaxed.

Some folks don't like to sing on Zoom, and we understand that. If that's you, you MIGHT want to try again. The technology has gotten better, and we've gotten better at moderating the events. Anyway, although we all miss the hugs, handshakes and harmony of in person events, we also appreciate the ease of getting together with people from all over the place. Give a try, or a second try...

If you know all you need to know about the VSCs, just click here to join.  Want to know more? There's tons more information at portlandfolkmusic.org/virtual.

BTW - we have a game we play of singing the song from the numbered ballads collected by Francis James Child whose number corresponds to the number of the VSC. This coming week at least a one of us will sing the 300th Child ballad with the unlikely name, Blanchefleur and Jollyflorice. Partial plot summary: Blanchefleur, a particularly attractive young woman, finds a new job with a queen, who has only one command: Stay away from my son Jollyflorice. The two young people get together, and then.....  Well, come to the VSC to learn how it turns out!