The Pete Seeger Birthday Celebration: May 3 (Tuesday): Maui, HI

Photo credit: Joel Landy, Songs of Freedom, www.singfreedom.org . Photo came from the People's Music Network website www.peoplesmusic.org . PMN is an organization that Pete has been a member of for many years.

For a chronological list of events, see "Celebration Cities" in the left panel below.

An appreciation of Pete Seeger's music and work on his 86th birthday, May 3, 2005.

Events are planned throughout the country on or around May 3 to honor Pete's music and all Pete has done and is doing in so many ways to help make this a better world.

If you'd like to be a part of this nationwide outpouring of appreciation and affection, this is the place to find out what is happening near you, or for you to let everyone know about an event that you would like to coordinate.

We encourage events to be free and open to the public where possible.

It was a great celebration -- this site is now closed until next year!

Read: Pete Seeger is 86 by Studs Terkel, in The Nation

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

May 3 (Tuesday): Maui, HI

Pete Seeger music throughout the day and a special noon-hour tribute

Mana'o Radio, a non-profit (501c3), all-volunteer, commercial-free FM radio station on the island of Maui, happily joins the Seegerfest on Tuesday, May 3 with Pete Seeger tunes and anecdotes sprinkled throughout the day's broadcast. Midday host Bill Best is planning a special tribute to the birthday boy during the noon hour (HST). Mana'o Radio may be heard at 91.5 FM on Maui and online at manaoradio.com . The Hawaiian word "mana'o" means thought, idea, opinion. The local term "sharing mana'o" describes a way of life for early Hawaiians, who had no written language and passed their knowledge to future generations through spoken word and chant. How appropriate it is that on May 3, 2005, Mana'o Radio will share Pete Seeger's mana'o with a worldwide audience!