Welcome To My Project

The Seeger Project is my main classroom project for the Winter Semester of the Interactive Digital Media Program I'm enrolled in at Centennial College in Toronto. It's purpose is to reflect and showcase much of what I'm learning about interactive media in this one-year post-graduate course at Centennial.

I'm passionate about folk music and a great admirer of Pete Seeger, so this topic is a natural one. I've followed his career for decades, own many of his albums, and have seen him perform many times, most recently last November in a church in New York City, on the occasion of a memorial celebration of the life of another great folk singer, someone whom Pete influenced greatly - Mary Travers, of the popular group, Peter, Paul and Mary.

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Pete would probably not want a web page devoted to himself. He has no use for celebrity. It's almost ironic that he's in "show business" at all, since the very notion runs contrary to everything he stands for.

To respect Pete's unspoken wishes, this site will not be a normal "fan" site. Yes, it will celebrate Pete, his history and his accomplishments. But it will also have other components: it will reflect the history of Pete's time - the late 30's to present day in the United States; it will serve to promote the causes and concerns Pete has worked and sung for; and it will serve to showcase "The Power of One", the idea that one person can be a significant force for change in the world.

One last thing about my subject before I go on to outline the website development process: Pete is a singer, but he does not acknowledge having a singing career, an entertainment concept he abhors. He considers songs to be tools - tools in service of social change, a way to bring people together in common cause, and in the process, enhance the dignity of everyday women, children and men.