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“OUR POST OFFICE IT SHALL NOT BE MOVED”

RALLY, with Singing for a Video Shoot for You Tube

SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2014

12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Berkeley’s Main Post Office
2000 Allston Way @ Milvia Street

Rain or Shine

On Saturday, December 6th at Noon come to a brief community rally at the Berkeley Main Post Office, 2000 Allston at Milvia. It will be followed by a video shoot with all who attend, singing “Our Post Office, It Shall Not Be Moved” (to the tune of We Shall Not Be Moved). 

Please feel free to wear anything you’d like, your chorus attire if you are in one,
or costumes.

We hope to get people across the country to do the same at their post offices and post their videos. If we get a few groups to participate, we can post the videos together. If we get enough, we can turn it into a video montage. We will encourage each group to add verses that reflect their struggle.

Please be at the rally on December 6th by 12:20 at the latest as we will have to organize into a visually effective group and do a couple of practice runs.

We will sing in the key of D and ask other groups to do the same so we will be able to combine the videos successfully. The words will go as follows (of course if someone comes up with a terrific line we can add it or substitute): 

Our Post Office, it shall not be moved
Our Post Office, it shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
It shall not be moved
Built in 1914…
The artwork is amazing…
No to union busting…
No privatization…
Our post office… 

You do not have to be a strong singer – your enthusiasm is the most important thing. Please join us and feel free to pass this on to friends and other organizations whose members might want to join in.

I have already done this effectively on the 100th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birthday in 2012, when 33 groups around the country (and in several other countries) participated on Earth Day. You can go to the following You Tube link where you can see the video montage and see what we have in mind:
Sing Out for Earth Day
and here is the video of the San Francisco shoot: SF Earth Day Sing Out