UN Sponsored PEACE DAY Event: Open House & Concert at Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens on 9/21/18

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Participate in the UN sponsored worldwide moment of silence at noon on September 21, anywhere. In Los Angeles, come together for this moment at an Open House and Concert featuring musical peace activist Merrill Collins at the Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens at 3500 West Adams Blvd. Labyrinth walks and tours begin at 11:30 a.m., to be followed by refreshments. The Minute of Silence is observed at noon in all time zones to result in a Peace Wave experienced around the World. The concert begins at 2:00p.m. in the Grand Entrance Hall of the Historic Giusti Villa.

The concert features music by Merrill Collins, former Composer in Residence at Pathways to Peace. Her interactive, multi-lingual musical activities engage communities in song, movement, chanting, recital and reading of global peace agreements. Merrill Collins will play the grand piano, accompanied by cellist Maksim Velichkin plus vocalists Elizabeth Matson and Harrison Crenshaw. Crenshaw performed vocals on the track Every Man, Woman and Child, which won the a cappella award in 2016 Global Peace Song Contest. The song is the title track of a powerful community reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UDHR celebrates its 70th Anniversary this year, and the theme of Peace Day this year is "The Right to Peace."

The Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Garden, featured in a recent New York Times article about places of quiet contemplation in the endless sprawl of highways, features a travertine Labyrinth, a Peace Tree and a Peace Pole where visitors can place their peace blessings.

See the schedule and register for the event at https://www.msia.org/event/worldpeaceday2018
Tell your friends you are going on Social Media! (Hashtags: #PeaceDay #PeaceLabyrinth)

Learn more about the Culture of Peace at https://internationaldayofpeace.org/culture-of-peace/.

Free downloads for teaching children of all ages how to participate in the Minute of Silence are available at https://www.spiralingmusic.com.

For musicians and educators interested in teaching about the UDHR, the project manual for Every Man, Woman, and Child, is available at http://spiralingmusic.com/curricula/emwc.htm.

SOURCE Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Garden