The first part of this song: "Then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone." is a quote from George Fox, one of the Quaker founders. I saw it in the Durham, NC Friends Meetinghouse years ago on a beautiful plaque over the water fountain, and loved it at first glance. Back then, maybe 15 years ago now, I started to make up a melody for the quote, thinking I'd create a Dances of Universal Peace dance for it. But I never did totally land on the melody, I never sang it or mentioned it to anyone, and then I forgot about it for all these many years.
Still, that rough sketch of a song was in my sheet music program, not in a hurry to be heard, just sitting there for years like an openhearted, very grounded meditator.
Then in May this year, I was working on a theme for my chorus inspired by a beautiful quote from the Qu'ran: "Everywhere you turn, there is the face of God."
Searching my sheet music files for dances which might fit that theme, I couldn't find a particular dance I was seeking. Instead, what appeared was that long-ago-lost beginning of a song to George Fox's words!
You'll hear in the sound file what happened next...George Fox's words that came to him out of the silence and the words that Mohammad wrote down as he heard them from God seemed very naturally to belong together, and so the song was born. From there came a brand new Dances of Universal Peace dance, which I brought to our Durham DUP community this week for the first time. It is quite a joyful song, and I fell in love with the looks on people's faces as they spin and then return to face the circle, throwing out their arms, and singing, like a little child seeing her mom, or dad or grandparent or best friend arriving: "There is God's face!"
Some of the dancers asked me if I had a sound file of the song and I said yes, and that I'd post it here. Eventually I will make sheet music and dance instructions and post them here as well.
Still, that rough sketch of a song was in my sheet music program, not in a hurry to be heard, just sitting there for years like an openhearted, very grounded meditator.
Then in May this year, I was working on a theme for my chorus inspired by a beautiful quote from the Qu'ran: "Everywhere you turn, there is the face of God."
Searching my sheet music files for dances which might fit that theme, I couldn't find a particular dance I was seeking. Instead, what appeared was that long-ago-lost beginning of a song to George Fox's words!
You'll hear in the sound file what happened next...George Fox's words that came to him out of the silence and the words that Mohammad wrote down as he heard them from God seemed very naturally to belong together, and so the song was born. From there came a brand new Dances of Universal Peace dance, which I brought to our Durham DUP community this week for the first time. It is quite a joyful song, and I fell in love with the looks on people's faces as they spin and then return to face the circle, throwing out their arms, and singing, like a little child seeing her mom, or dad or grandparent or best friend arriving: "There is God's face!"
Some of the dancers asked me if I had a sound file of the song and I said yes, and that I'd post it here. Eventually I will make sheet music and dance instructions and post them here as well.
Everywhere You Turn
music & dance © 2024 K Hannan
lyrics George Fox and the Qu'ran
Then you will come to walk
Cheerfully over the world
Answering that of God
In everyone
Then you will come to walk
Cheerfully over the world
Answering that of God
In everyone
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
There is God's face!
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
There is God's face!
music & dance © 2024 K Hannan
lyrics George Fox and the Qu'ran
Then you will come to walk
Cheerfully over the world
Answering that of God
In everyone
Then you will come to walk
Cheerfully over the world
Answering that of God
In everyone
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
There is God's face!
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
Everywhere you turn
There is God's face!
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