Voices from the Heart is a 200-voiced women’s alternative chorus located in Portsmouth, NH. The chorus sings a rich mix of soulful music from many cultural and musical traditions. Women of all ages and all walks of life attend weekly rehearsals at South Church in downtown Portsmouth. Women come from New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts to sing and to share the joy that comes from making music together.

Please be our guest to view and celebrate the screening of "Many Voices, One Song," the documentary about our 2007 trip to Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia.

Date/Time: Saturday, March 8, 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Frank Jones Center, 400 Route 1 By-Pass, Portsmouth, NH 03801
RSVP: info@voicesfromtheheart.org by Monday, March 2.

With your help, Voices from the Heart raised $140,000, with matching funds from the International Trust Fund, to adopt a minefield and have it cleared. This could not have happened without your support. Directed by Seacoast filmmaker Nancy Pollock, the 25-minute documentary premiered at the New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) in November 2013.

Here is a description of the film from the NHFF:
"One hundred thirty women in the Portsmouth, NH-based women’s chorus “Voices from the Heart” make a life-changing connection with Croatian villagers who live surrounded by landmines left from the Balkan war of the 1990’s. Through the universal language of music, this community of American women raised funds to clear the mines in their adopted Croatian village and are invited to make a concert tour of Croatia.

In an emotional meeting the women of Voices sing for the villagers in the area encircled by minefields. Several villagers who were victims of the war, including landmines, share their experiences of loss with some of the Voices members. The few remaining village residents, who are elderly, desperately hope that younger families, including those who fled and some who were severely injured by the landmines, will return to their long-abandoned homes and help revitalize the severely depressed region once the mines are removed."

We hope you will join us on March 8. Please RSVP by Monday, March 3, to info@voicesfromtheheart.org – and thank you again for your tremendous support.

Yours in Song,
Voices from the Heart

FEATURING VOICES FROM THE HEART
Producer and Director
Nancy Pollock

SPECIAL BONUS FEATURES:
• THANK YOU!
• VOICES FROM THE HEART in IRELAND

One hundred thirty women in the Portsmouth, NH-based women’s chorus “Voices from the Heart” make a life-changing connection with Croatian villagers who live surrounded by landmines left from the Balkan war of the 1990’s. Through the universal language of music this community of American women raised funds to clear the mines in their adopted Croatian village and sang their way across Croatia.

In an emotional meeting the women of Voices sing for the villagers in the area encircled by minefields. Several villagers who were victims of the war, including landmine injuries, share their experiences of loss with some of the Voices members. The few remaining village residents, who are elderly, desperately hope that younger families, including those who fled and some who were severely injured by the landmines, will return to their long-abandoned homes and help revitalize the severely depressed region once the mines are removed. Four years later, a revisit to the village reveals life and growth where there was once danger.

Special Thanks To:

Randy Armstrong
Nenad Bach
Matt Ruskin
Christine Pelham
William C. Rogers
Peter Vandermark
Marc Dole
Karlina Lyons
Thomas Robertson, former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia
Kirsten Brooks Selinger, U.S. Embassy, Croatia
Adopt-a-Minefield, UNAUSA
International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims’ Assistance
Goran Gacnik, Director, ITF
Marija Plesac-Pongrac, ITF coordinator, Croatia
Miljenko Vahtaric, Croatian Mine Action Center
Damir Stojkovic (CROMAC)
Klapa Lindo, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Klapa Sinj, Split, Croatia
Davorin Kresic
Dragan Hecimovic, Deputy Mayor
Kajca Hecimovic
Ana Stimac
Ivan Hecimovic
The Villagers of Bukovac-Perusic
Zlatko Maglica
Urban Kristan
Polona Gresak
Sidney and Libby Topol
Joanne Connolly
Ann Bliss
Becky May
All of the Wonderful Women of Voices From the Heart

Music:

PLOVI BARKO
Croatian Traditional Song

AKIWOWO (Chant to the Trainman)
BabatundeOlatunji

WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH MY MIND ON FREEDOM
Lyrics by Rev. Osby and Robert Zellner
Sanga Music, Inc. (BMI)

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton

FANGA ALAFIA/PEACE AND WELCOME
West African Traditional Song

WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
Scottish Folk Song

NO NAY NEVER (The Wild Rover)
Celtic Traditional

AMAZING GRACE
John Newton

LARGO
Music by Antonin Dvorak, Arr. by Norah Chambers and Margaret Dryburgh
BMG Songs, OBO FrisiaCantat

MALA MOYA
Croatian Traditional Song

CROATIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM (Our Beautiful Homeland)
Lyrics by Anton Mihanovic
Music by Josip Runianin

AND EVERYONE ‘NEATH THEIR VINE AND FIG TREE
Traditional Lyrics, Arr. Mary Miche

FINLANDIA
Music by Jean Sibelius
Words by Lloyd Stone

Formatted for CROWN by   Marko Puljic
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