Who is Jon Watts and Why is He a Judge in the Brooklyn Film Festival?:
One of the Web’s top Religion/Spirituality Bloggers comment on “Dance Party Erupts”
Mike Morrell, ie “Zoecarnate” found the Friend Speaks My Mind music video on Martin Kelley’s Quakerquaker.org. See what Mike had to say about the video:
http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/church-history-in-four-minutes-quaker-dance-party/
Haverford College comments on the “Dance Party Erupts” music video
Haverford College just released a blog entry about Quakers’ historical relationship with music in which Jon Watts is featured! See the full article:
FGC’s Quaker Information Center responds to a question about “Dance Party Erupts” video
QQQQandA is a great resource: a blog made up of answers to questions sent to FGC’s Quaker Information Center. Recently they received a question inspired by my music video, “Dance Party Erupts During Quaker Meeting for Worship”:
Please explain — what is the deal about Quakers and music? Is it true that music is considered sinful? Why? If music is bad, how do you explain the video “Dance Party Erupts at Quaker Meeting for Worship”?
I recommend that you check out Joan Broadfield’s response.
Interview at Pendle Hill
I stopped by Pendle Hill in early September to help them set up their social networking system and interviewed with Shirley Dodson for their September newsletter. The interview came out quite well.
Shirley was a patient and deep listener, asking questions like How did your musical ministry develop and What do you see Quakerism offering to the world? Take a look: