I have been asked several times, "What
exactly do you do?" Below is a sample program, which has been
given at several schools and colleges. It's an enjoyable experience -
more than entertainment, as the press release says. Schools and
colleges like the recital of classical poetry set to mussic. Senior
citizen groups love the general theme and the mixed music. Church
groups enjoy the self-actualization and international justice
conferences that are based on the encyclicals.
This lasts
between one and three hours, and is tailored to the community.
Sing-alongs or oldies can be put in also, depending on the group.
Proceeds from admissions are divided between the sponsor and Dr.
Wagner. People are searching for meaningful encounters, so it is not
difficult to fill an auditorium. The profits from any CD's sold will also be split.
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Simple Gifts |
- by the Shaker community, 1848 |
A few words about the Institute of Voluntary Simplicity in today's world |
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Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening |
- by Robert Frost |
Thoughts on solitude and communion with the environment |
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The Road Not Taken |
- by Robert Frost |
Thoughts on the decision-making process |
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Riddle Song |
- 14th c. England |
The mystery of communication, a lost art in our society |
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If |
- by Rudyard Kipling |
Adversity and self-confidence |
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Water My Flowers |
- by R.S. Wagner |
Love over distance |
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Trees |
- by Joyce Kilmer |
Discussion of the mystery of a tree; prophetic ideas of Kilmer and the need to preserve and share the environment |
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This Land Is Your Land |
(unknown) |
Discussion of how the world belongs to the living |
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A Red Red Rose |
- by Robert Burns |
On Robert Burns, his life, and his intensity of self-actualization |
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Luget von Bergen und Tal |
- German folk song |
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Yo No Tengo Soledad |
- by Gabriel Mistral |
Solidarity with women and their lonliness in union with the symbol of nature |
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Mir Senne Hei's Lustig |
- Swiss folk song |
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Hymn to the Sun |
- ancient Zuni Indian sunrise song |
Talk on the mystery of the sun in life |
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The Ballad of Moll Magee |
- by William B. Yeats |
Tragedy caused by social injustice |
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La Filadora |
- Catalan folk song |
"Going to Spain but not necessarily Spanish;" talk of cultural diversity |
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House on the Hill |
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson |
Struggle with the destruction of community and communication, along with the price that people pay |
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Seguidilla |
- la Mancha, Spain |
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A la Claire Fontaine |
- French |
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The Gift |
- by Sara Teasdale |
Discussion of her short life and the struggle between self-actualization and self-destruction |
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O Captain My Captain |
- by Walt Whitman |
Tragedy of Aberaham Lincoln |
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Steal Away |
- Negro spiritual |
Tribute to all who died a useless death |
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My Lord What a Morning |
- made famous by Marian Anderson |
A few ideas of her and her life; the spirit of forgiveness |
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Blue Roses |
- by Rudyard Kipling |
Warning against looking for will o' the wisps |
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Happy Plowman |
- Swedish folk song |
Life of family and communication |
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Mending Wall |
- by Robert Frost |
Thoughts of walls versus communities; why we keep people away with masks and walls |
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Mister Banjo |
- Creole song |
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Shenandoah |
(unknown) |
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Just Be Yourself |
- by R.S. Wagner |
Mystery of self-actualization and being self as the greatest tribute to the creative power of the spirit |
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Lawyers Know Too Much |
- by Carl Sandburg |
Comments on lawyers (not humorous) |
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Naranja Dulce |
- Spanish |
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Ya Se Van los Pastores |
- Spanish |
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Silver Threads among the Gold |
(unknown) |
Signs of aging and the mystery of how we accept it |
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The Highwayman |
- by Alfred Noyes |
Greater love than this no man or woman has than to give life |
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Bells |
- by Edgar Allen Poe |
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Prayer of St. Francis |
(unknown) |
Ideas of simplicity |
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Magnificat |
- by Mary |
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