Munit and Z Lovebugs are a family music group that performs songs to learn, dance and have fun for all ages.
The Lovebugs feature Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, who developed and edited “Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook,” published by Sing Out Publications in 1988. Their sequel second songbook “Rise Again” was published by Hal Leonard in 2015. They have led hundreds of singalong concerts and workshops across North America, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Patterson is an accomplished folk performer, recording artist and jazz vocalist. She was the art director of Rise Up Singing and was producer and primary vocalist for the Rise Up Singing Teaching Discs. Patterson is a member of the swing band Girls from Mars and performs regularly with The O-Tones and at folk venues in the U.S. and abroad.
Blood was publications director of Sing Out (the nonprofit that publishes “Sing Out! Magazine”) from 1988-1993. He edited Pete Seeger’s autobiography, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singalong Memoir.” Seeger was actively involved in working both on Rise Up Singing and Rise Again.
For more information on Annie and Peter and their work, go here.
Parking in Olde Towne is free. Limited parking is available at City Hall, the upper parking lot by Wells/Robertson House and at the Community Museum across the train tracks. Limited parking also is available in the parking garage located across Summit Avenue at 112 Olde Towne Avenue. A list of additional short-term parking locations in Olde Towne can be found here
The City Hall Concert Pavilion is located at 31 South Summit Ave. in Gaithersburg.
The remaining events in the Wednesday morning series will include:
- July 17: Munit and Z Lovebugs (Family Songs)
- July 24: Rocknoceros (Tot Rock)
The Children's Summer Concert Series is funded in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). To discover more about MSAC grants and how they impact Maryland's arts sector, visit www.msac.org.
