"'Let Us Dance' holds deep personal meaning for us as a couple, and it's one of our most favorite songs to perform together. It's a gentle reminder that life invites us to embody joy through movement, no matter the circumstances, no matter how difficult the path. The song, they added, is "raw and honest-much the way we live our lives now.""
"The second single, "Children's Anthem," is one of the pair's first collaborations, written in 2007 for an anti-bullying conference and revived, with a fresh arrangement, for the new version, which they dedicate to their granddaughter. "We hope it will serve as a rally cry to support and protect all the children of the world," the couple said. "At a time when violence has become endemic, this song and its message is more critical than ever.""
"The title came to Elizabeth one day when Glenn played her a song from a series of instrumentals he was working on called Songs With No Words, meant for listeners to write their own lyrics. The phrase "laughter in summer, how I remember" struck her. "It was a very painful time," she said in press materials, "because I was so aware of just how much of my sweetheart I was losing.""
Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland will release Laughter in Summer on February 6, 2026, via Transgressive. The album follows 2023's The Ones Ahead and was produced by Elizabeth Copeland as a collaboration between the couple. Two new songs, "Children's Anthem" and "Let Us Dance (Movement One)," accompany the announcement. "Let Us Dance" is described as personally meaningful and a reminder to embody joy through movement. "Children's Anthem" was written in 2007 for an anti-bullying conference, revived and dedicated to their granddaughter. The album is described as a love letter created since Beverly's dementia diagnosis; the title phrase came from instrumentals called Songs With No Words.
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