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It is the 27th Annual Burning Bright Winter Solstice Concert! It’s gonna be a good one.

Burning Bright is a concert with two performances, 4pm & 7pm, at the United Methodist Church. It features a choir, a unique bunch of local instrumentalists, a children’s choir for a one-of-a-kind concert to celebrate the solstice – full of choir and small-group performances of obscure carols and fine folk songs. As well as the incredible Wall of Fiddles!

All proceeds from this year’s concert will benefit these groups;

• The Farmers Land Investment Cooperative (FLIC) holds a vision for
  a community that invests in farmland so that it produces good food,
  builds ecological diversity and resilience, and welcomes new farmers
  into stable livelihoods. This new cooperative is accepting member-
  investors and raising money for its first farmland purchase!
• The Decorah Food Pantry’s “Local Food Fund”.
  The Pantry uses the money to buy food directly from local farmers for
  our clients and to give them coupons to use at the Farmer’s Market.
  So it’s a great thing to support if you care about addressing hunger,
  helping neighbors, supporting local agriculture, and strengthening the
  local economy!
• Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Decorah. The UCC (United Church
  of Christ) in Decorah administers this program which distributes
  starter food packages to new immigrants in the area.  With bulk
  packages of rice, beans, and MaSeCa  (a tortilla mix), a family has
  enough to get started as they learn to navigate the grocery and food
  sources available to them. After these initial gifts of food, most
  families are on their way to becoming more self- sufficient, having
  found housing, jobs, and other basic needs

Ashley Homstad, ukulele

Feel free to ask for additional information, or give me a call at 208.515.6513