American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

August 28 - September 4, 2010

Program Director

Lisa Greenleaf has been treating dancers across the country to her high spirited, witty calling for many years, and is known for precise walk-throughs of zesty and flowing dances. Whether she is presenting cool contras, hot squares, or focused callers' workshops, Lisa engages the crowd with her humor and community spirit.

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Staff

Stefan Amidon

Stefan Amidon grew up singing with his family and picked up many instruments along the way. Primarily a drummer, Stefan has played with many folk bands such as Popcorn Behavior/Assembly, Lissa Schneckenberger, Matt and Shannon Heaton, and Wild Asparagus. Currently he is most active as a drummer with country/honky-tonk band The Sweetback Sisters and Irish-rooted contra dance band, Magic Foot. Stefan also has much experience leading shape note singing at festivals and camps, and at Oberlin College. He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a degree in Jazz Performance, which he is not really sure what to do with beyond hanging it on the wall.

Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods

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Kathy Anderson

Kathy Anderson is known for her exciting squares, quirky contras, and swift, clear teaching, and has long been a favorite caller across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Kathy’s smooth delivery and intriguing repertoire make for a fun and engaging dance experience. She also enjoys initiating new callers into the joys of calling.

Family Week at Pinewoods

Rachel Aucoin

Rachel Aucoin, after a frankly classical training, connected with her Acadian musical roots first by playing with the great Québec trio known as Domino. Rachel meets her greatest interest and passion through teaching. She leads a piano group workshop program on creative musicianship at the University of Montreal, building a bridge between her folk experience and her classical music education.

http://www.rachelaucoin.com/

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Éric Favreau

Éric Favreau comes from a family of traditional musicians and has garnered a profound understanding and vast knowledge of Québécois traditional music. As an individual, and in various groups including Entourloupe, Éric has enjoyed playing in the Canadian, American and European music scenes. He is a consummate entertainer/educator who leads an introduction to traditional music workshop in the public schools and teaches traditional fiddle and the history of traditional music in college.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Gaye Fifer

Gaye Fifer has been calling at dance weekends for several years. Her pleasant style and graceful teaching put dancers at ease and set the stage for a great dance experience. She has also taught numerous waltz workshops at virtually every dance weekend in the East. She now lives in Pittsburgh, PA. and travels whenever she gets the opportunity.

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Sabra Guzman

Sabra Guzman grew up in California where she first heard and fell in love with recordings of the Carter Family and early country music singers. Inspired, she took up guitar herself, charming audiences with her singing, performing with The Mercury Dimes, The Crooked Jades and The Flat Iron String Band. She lives and teaches guitar in a home on the banks of the New River, in Giles County, Virginia.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Ethan Hazzard-Watkins

Ethan Hazzard-Watkins performs traditional and original music with infectious energy, passion and grace. His fiery, lyrical fiddling fuses elements of Irish, French Canadian and New England styles, along with influences from swing, blues and classical music. Based in Brattleboro, VT, Ethan tours extensively with bands such as Elixir, The Figments, Green Street and others. From April 2008 to April 2009 Ethan was Youth Projects Intern for the Country Dance and Song Society, where he worked to encourage young people to get involved in traditional dance and music.

http://www.ethanhw.com

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Sabin Jacques

Sabin Jacques began playing the accordion at age 14 and sought his originality in his unusual technique which gives him, as a left-handed player, a recognizable signature. He has played and toured worldwide with traditional dance troops and has explored commercial and popular music. Despite these various musical adventures, including prime time television appearances, Sabin remains profoundly attached to his traditional roots and regularly takes part in dance camps around the country. His teaching is practical, uplifting and always inspiring.

http://www.tidalwavemusic.com/band/sabinbio.html

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Alice Kenney

Alice Kenney is a longtime dancer and dance organizer. She is also the founder/owner of New England Wellness Works in Brattleboro, VT, where she is the primary physical therapist.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Stuart Kenney

Stuart Kenney is one of the most popular upright bass and five-string banjo players on the U.S. contra dance circuit. His regional musical interests sweep from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia and back to New England. He is a founding member of many great bands including Airdance, Greenfield Dance Band, The Sevens and Tidal Wave, and spent 14 years touring with the legendary contra dance band Wild Asparagus. Although Stuart's music has brought him coast to coast and beyond, his musical home is at the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA, where he plays for and hosts the TopHill Music and Dance Series.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Annie Fain Liden

Annie Fain Liden grew up three miles from the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. She's been making art, playing traditional music and dancing from her earliest years and is now making her living doing all three. She dances with the Green Grass Cloggers, plays banjo for the all-woman Appalachian string band Blue Eyed Girl and runs her business A. Fain Books specializing in handmade books for all occasions.

http://afainbooks.com/

CDSS at Timber Ridge

Owen Marshall

Owen Marshall is a highly sought-after accompanist in many genres, including Irish, French Canadian, Swedish and New England dance music. A multi-instrumentalist, he is proficient on the guitar, bouzouki, banjo and other stringed instruments. Owen appears regularly in folk venues and dance halls throughout New England in addition to touring internationally. In demand as a respected teacher, Owen is active teaching workshops and private lessons throughout the Northeast.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Chance McCoy

Chance McCoy, a West Virginia native, has steeped himself in the songs and tunes of the mountains he grew up in, emerging from the youngest generation of old time players as a masterful steward of the tradition. His fiddling and banjo playing has won him blue ribbons at contests throughout the southern mountains, including the West Virginia State Fiddle and Banjo contest and the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop).

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Anna Patton

Anna Patton plays dance tunes on the clarinet with great verve, clarity and harmonic whim. Besides English and contra dance tunes, her repertoire includes Balkan dance tunes, Brazilian choros and early jazz. Based in Brattleboro, VT she has spent much of her young life on tour around the U.S. and abroad, singing and playing for dancers, concert goers and pedestrians. She also enjoys teaching music to kids and adults and writing arrangements.

http://www.annapatton.com/

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American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Anna Roberts-Gevalt

Anna Roberts-Gevalt originally a Vermonter, followed the sounds of banjos and sawing fiddles during college, and steeped herself in the musical communities and rhythms of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, learning from some of the living masters of the tradition. Now living in Virginia, she is a prize-winning fiddler and banjo player, and in the midst of a research project about female fiddlers and banjo players.

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

* Advisor, plus

Janine Smith

American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods

Daily Schedule

7:45-8:15	Hot Breakfast served cafeteria style
8:15-8:45	Cold Breakfast/Coffee/Tea available
8:35-8:50	Morning Movement: Alice Kenney Morning Movement: Alice Kenney This is a great opportunity to wake up your body and prepare it for playing music and dancing. Alice will lead you through gentle movements to loosen joints, extend muscles, and welcome the day. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
9:00-10:00	Stylish Contras: Lisa Greenleaf Stylish Contras: Lisa Greenleaf Music by: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Anna Patton, Owen Marshall, Stefan Amidon, Stuart Kenney Start your day with delightful contras set to inspiring music. Tune up your dance skills as we enjoy a wide repertoire of fun contras. Become a better dancer and attain dance Nirvana! American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Piano: Rachel Aucoin Piano: Rachel Aucoin Come play and fine-tune your riffs, chord substitutions, voicings, bass lines or fun Québecois chromatics. Prerequisites: Ideally you should know some chords and basically know your way around the keyboard. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Banjo For Anyone: Annie Fain Liden Banjo For Anyone: Annie Fain Liden Have a banjo lying around that you’ve always wanted to learn to play or do you already play and want some new tunes to add to your tune list? Get started from the beginning, from how to hold and tune the instrument to chord positions. Approach learning tunes by ear and get and introductions to playing in different keys. Return home with some great tunes under your belt and the tools to expand your repertoire on your own. BYOB—that’s Bring Your Own Banjo! (materials needed: 5 string banjo, tuner, banjo capo, recording device, extra batteries) American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
10:15-11:15	Wonderful Waltz: Gaye Fifer / Tidal Wave Wonderful Waltz: Gaye Fifer / Tidal Wave Music by: Sabin Jacques, Eric Favreau, Rachel Aucoin, Stuart Kenney Join Gaye for an hour of unintimidating American folk waltz instruction. She believes that waltzing is not only about fancy moves and twirls, but first and foremost, about connecting with the music and with your partner. Her teaching focuses on the skills and nuances of effective leading and following. We will use waltz moves as a vehicle for practicing the communication (signals and response) that make a waltz magical. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Shape Note Singing: Stefan Amidon Shape Note Singing: Stefan Amidon Experience the untamed beauty of a shape note sing. For those who are newcomers, we will be going through the shapes and then singing through old favorites from the The Sacred Harp as well as more recent compositions written in the shape note tradition. Everyone is invited to call a song, stand up to lead, and sing to your heart's content. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Appalachian Clogging: Annie Fain Liden Appalachian Clogging: Annie Fain Liden Music by: Chance McCoy, Anna Roberts-Gevalt Listening to lively old-time music can make you want to jump out of your seat and dance! It only takes knowing a few steps to dance to your heart’s content and that’s exactly what you’ll be doing during this week of Appalachian style, percussive dance. Join a North Carolina native, who has been dancing her entire life, for a good time learning a variety of basic steps and short routines to live music. For all levels. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	The Joys and Delights of Music Theory: Anna Patton The Joys and Delights of Music Theory: Anna Patton A class for singers and instrumentalists who want to get a better feel for what chords and chord progressions are all about. Working with well known songs and dance tunes, we'll make up bass lines, harmonize and improvise. A safe and fun place to ask questions and conduct harmonic experiments. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
11:15-12:15	Swimming, Bookstore staffed, spaces available
12:15	Lunch
1:45-2:45	Squar'Em Up: Kathy Anderson / Old Sledge Squar'Em Up: Kathy Anderson / Old Sledge Music by: Chance McCoy, Sabra Guzman, Anna Roberts-Gevalt Shake a leg and put your mind on auto-pilot as you navigate traditional and contemporary dances from the southern, western and New England traditions, all danced to great old-time music guaranteed to keep your feet in motion. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Quebecois Repertoire: Sabin Jacques, Eric Favreau Quebecois Repertoire: Sabin Jacques, Eric Favreau Who can resist this happy and rhythmic music? Our class is your chance to learn tunes and proper styling with two leading masters. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Book Making: Annie Fain Liden Book Making: Annie Fain Liden Come rest your feet awhile and make a collection of amazingly varied, mixed-media book structures that can be used as small gifts, personalized journals, simple photo-albums or even songbooks. No previous experience needed. $5 Materials Fee payable at the first class. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
3:00-4:00	Smooth and Flowing Contras: Gaye Fifer / Tidal Wave Smooth and Flowing Contras: Gaye Fifer / Tidal Wave Music by: Sabin Jacques, Eric Favreau, Rachel Aucoin, Stuart Kenney, Stefan Amidon Gaye calls her favorite melt-away contras to the uplifting music of Tidal Wave. Enjoy some old favorites and some with new smooth figures. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Old-time Harmony Singing: Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sabra Guzman Old-time Harmony Singing: Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sabra Guzman Singing is a lovely way to enjoy the middle of the afternoon. Partake in beautiful songs and learn some accessible harmonies to make the rafters ring. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
	Dance Ensemble: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Anna Patton Dance Ensemble: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Anna Patton This class will allow musicians to explore the dynamics of playing dance music together in small ensembles. We will form bands to work with throughout the week and examine topics such as how to learn tunes from each other, how to rehearse, how to develop arrangements, both ahead of time and on the fly, how to create medleys, how to match music to dances, and how to create exciting and enjoyable dance music. Some proficiency on your instrument is required. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
4:00-4:45	Tea, Swimming and Bookstore staffed
4:45-5:30	Rendezvous: Lisa Greenleaf Rendezvous: Lisa Greenleaf Gather together with our MC, Lisa Greenleaf, for entertainment and laughs (featuring real-life tales of campers), singing and staff presentations. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
5:40-6:00	Afternoon Movement: Alice Kenney Afternoon Movement: Alice Kenney This is a great opportunity to check in with your body after a busy day. Open your joints and lengthen muscles with gentle guidance from Alice. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
5:40-6:20	Bookstore staffed
	Open Jam: Owen Marshall Open Jam: Owen Marshall A relaxed, open jam with revolving styles. Learn new tunes, join in on old favorites. American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
6:30	Dinner
8:00	Couple Dances
8:15-11:00	Evening Dance Party
11:00	After-dance Activities

August 28 - September 4, 2010

Up-to-date availability

2010 Camp Space Availability Update

No space at your favorite week? Explore another!

American Dance & Music (Pinewoods) Aug 28-Sep 4 All done, see you next year

Campers' (Pinewoods)
Aug 21-28 All done, see you next year

CDSS at Timber Ridge
Aug 15-22 All done, see you next year

Early Music (Pinewoods)
Aug 14-21 All done, see you next year

English & American Dance (Pinewoods)
Aug 7-14 All done, see you next year

English Dance (Pinewoods)
Jul 31-Aug 7 All done, see you next year

English Dance Leaders (Pinewoods)
Aug 7-14 All done, see you next year

English Dance Musicians (Pinewoods)
Aug 14-21 All done, see you next year

Family (Ogontz)
Jul 31-Aug 7 All done, see you next year

Family (Pinewoods) Jul 17-24 All done, see you next year

Folk Music (Pinewoods)
Jul 24-31 All done, see you next year

Morris Intensive at Folk Music
Jul 24-31 All done, see you next year

Square Dance Callers (Pinewoods)
Aug 28-Sep 4 All done, see you next year

Teachers Training (Ogontz)
Jul 31-Aug 7 All done, see you next year

Viol Intensive at Early Music Aug 14-21
All done, see you next year

To register Costs

Program Description

American Dance & Music Week is a great way to have fun with old and new friends in one of the most beautiful of camp settings. The week is geared towards dancers and players alike, with an accomplished and engaging staff leading the way. Our featured dance classes range from contras and squares to waltzing and clogging, set to the music of fabulous northern and old time bands. Musicians can hone their craft with skillful teachers while enjoying various opportunities to learn new repertoire, or they can enjoy playing informally in various jam sessions. Top this off with singing, laughing and socializing, and you have yourself a satisfying camp experience.

The end of summer weather is perfect for dancing. To start your day off on the right foot, Program Director Lisa Greenleaf leads an invigorating contra style class. Follow that up with the welcoming Gaye Fifer, who enlightens all with flowing and accessible patterns of the waltz. Kathy Anderson brings wonderful squares you can only find at a rich week like this, and Annie Fain Liden instructs you in the rhythmic fun of Appalachian clogging. As always, the evening dances showcase the talents of all the staff, providing a magical experience in C#, our heavenly open-sided wooden-floored pavilion.

Dancers will be excited by the energy of the stellar musical staff. Tidal Wave, or Raz-de-Marée as they are known in Québec, brings the lively traditional music of French Canada. Band members Sabin Jacques, Eric Favreau, Rachel Aucoin and Stuart Kenney are all accomplished music teachers as well as fun-to-be-around members of camp. Representing the sounds of New England are Ethan Hazard-Watkins, Anna Patton, Owen Marshall and Stefan Amidon, who play together in a youthful style that reaches from the roots of contra music to contemporary compositions. New to Pinewoods this year is Old Sledge, an old time band from West Virginia, featuring champion fiddle player Chance McCoy along with multi-instrumentalists Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Sabra Guzman.

For musicians, there is plenty of opportunity to partake and learn in individual instrument classes as well as in the ensemble class, in which campers form small bands for focused learning. All musicians can appreciate the clear style of Anna Patton as she patiently reveals the mysteries of music theory. At the end of the day, musicians of all levels are invited to hang out at Owen Marshall’s easy open jam, which covers any and all musical styles. By popular demand we have two singing classes: Sacred Harp with Stefan Amidon and old time harmony singing with Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Sabra Guzman.

Making new friends who come from all over the country makes camp even more fun, for not only does the week feature great dancing and music, but there is also an emphasis on community and connection. At meal times as well as at informal social gatherings and jams, folks have many opportunities to chat in a relaxed setting. Tying all of this together is Rendezvous, our all-camp gathering featuring staff concerts, stories, jokes and laughs. American Week is a chance for individual talents to shine and be celebrated, and for all of us to come together for a rewarding experience -- please join us!

-- Lisa Greenleaf, Program Director

Kathy Anderson will lead her Square Dance Callers Course during this week (pre-registration required).

American Dance & Music (Pinewoods)	Aug 28-Sep 4	All done, see you next year
Campers' (Pinewoods)	Aug 21-28	All done, see you next year
CDSS at Timber Ridge	Aug 15-22	All done, see you next year
Early Music (Pinewoods)	Aug 14-21	All done, see you next year
English & American Dance (Pinewoods)	Aug 7-14	All done, see you next year
English Dance (Pinewoods)	Jul 31-Aug 7	All done, see you next year
English Dance Leaders (Pinewoods)	Aug 7-14	All done, see you next year
English Dance Musicians (Pinewoods)	Aug 14-21	All done, see you next year
Family (Ogontz)	Jul 31-Aug 7	All done, see you next year
Family (Pinewoods)	Jul 17-24	All done, see you next year
Folk Music (Pinewoods)	Jul 24-31	All done, see you next year
Morris Intensive at Folk Music	Jul 24-31	All done, see you next year
Square Dance Callers (Pinewoods)	Aug 28-Sep 4	All done, see you next year
Teachers Training (Ogontz)	Jul 31-Aug 7	All done, see you next year
Viol Intensive at Early Music	Aug 14-21	All done, see you next year