from Glen:

Folk Singer Tom Rawson Performs Saturday February 6 to Benefit Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation

Tom Rawson – a banjo-playing, crowd-delighting folksinger – performs songs of peace, social justice and just plain fun on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. at Traditions Café at the corner of 5th and Water SW in downtown Olympia.

Rawson has charmed and invigorated audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest with his infectious wit, energy and songs that you just can’t resist singing along with.

As Steve Durfee wrote in the Victory Review, “Tom Rawson – Pete Seeger. These two run together in my mind. We gladly follow his lead and sing with the chorus from the very first song… First timer or old fan, old song or new, it always seems we are singing our favorites with an old friend.”

Admission to Rawson’s performance, a benefit for the Olympia chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), is based on a self-determined sliding scale donation of $10 to $25.

We encourage buying tickets in advance either from Traditions Fair Trade, 5th & Water SW, Olympia, or from the Olympia FOR. To buy tickets by mail, please send checks to Olympia FOR to 5015 15th Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98503-2723 and specify how many tickets you want for your donation. Checks should be payable to “FOR-USA” and earmarked “Olympia FOR - Tickets.”

The Olympia FOR (www.olyfor.org) has been active since 1976. It is the local chapter of a 95-year-old nationwide (www.forusa.org) and international (www.ifor.org) interfaith pacifist organization that has opposed every war since World War I. While working for peace in foreign relations, the FOR has simultaneously worked for profound nonviolence and social justice throughout society.

view flyer full size: 2010 Oly FOR Tom Rawson Flyer

For more information contact Glen Anderson at (360) 491-9093 or glen@olywa.net