Family Week at Pinewoods

July 17 - 24, 2010

Program Directors

Keith Murphy has been immersed in music and dance since his childhood days in Newfoundland. His distinctive rhythmic sound on guitar, mandolin, piano and foot percussion has helped drive several great contra dance bands including Nightingale, Wild Asparagus and Assembly. Having performed at many dance events throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as overseas, he brings a wealth of experience and sophistication to his playing.

www.blackislemusic.com

Family Week at Pinewoods

Family Week at Ogontz

American Dance Musicians Course

Becky Tracy

Becky Tracy grew up dancing to her father's calling and scratchy 78s of Don Messer's fiddle playing. She has fiddled with the bands Nightingale and Wild Asparagus for the last 15 years and has played in many, many lovely places including Hawaii and France. Becky has a distinctive clarity of tone, a rhythmic attack owing much to French-Canadian playing and the melodic quality of Irish music. Her unmistakable sound has made her a defining presence among dance musicians.

http://www.blackislemusic.com/

Family Week at Pinewoods

Family Week at Ogontz

American Dance Musicians Course

Staff

Mary Alice Amidon

Mary Alice Amidon is a warm and engaging music educator who is passionate and dedicated to song, dance and storytelling with young children. She is a multi-instrumentalist, an accomplished singer of traditional song, and a composer of new songs. As a performer she is gifted in forging a bridge between story, music and listener. As a song leader she inspires open-hearted, full throttle participation.

http://www.amidonmusic.com/

Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods

Peter Amidon

Peter Amidon fell into the world of traditional music in 1975 and has never turned back. He is thrilled to now be able to make a living as a freelance musician/educator/publisher: telling stories to all age groups, leading harmony singing with adults and teaching and leading dance with children, teachers and families.

http://www.amidonmusic.com/

Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods

Family Week at Pinewoods

Sam Bartlett

Sam Bartlett is an irrepressible mandolin, banjo and guitar player, known to dancers across the country for his fine musicianship and philosophy of stuntology. His original music has been profiled by NPR's All Things Considered and Sing Out! magazine declared him a member of “the rhythm players hall of fame.” The inventor and most distinguished practitioner of stuntology, Sam will amaze and delight us with his latest discoveries. Sam's community art projects bring the whole camp into the creative process. Mr. Bartlett has made large scale paper sculptures and puppets for more than 30 years, from the hills of West Virginia to the public school in Gustavus, Alaska.

http://www.sambartlett.com/

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Claudio Buchwald

Claudio Buchwald was born into a musical family and raised in Peru until age ten, and delighted in and adopted some of the new music forms he met here in the U.S. He plays old-time music with The Monks and plays also for contras and squares, English country dancing, morris and salsa. During the school year, he teaches first and second grade at the Harmony School in Bloomington, Indiana.

Family Week at Pinewoods

Kevin Carr

Kevin Carr played in rock bands throughout adolescence, quitting when he discovered the open-tuned 12 string guitar and the freedom of long Fahey-esque improvisation. In 1974 he was introduced to Irish traditional music and later on began playing at the California Renaissance Faires. In addition to performing with his musical brethren in the venerable yet still vital dance band, Hillbillies From Mars, he performs with the Celtic/Grateful Dead band, Wake the Dead, and the Galician big band, Charanga, and with a couple of fine ensembles that feature the music of Québec. Kevin has told stories to audiences from Spain to South Carolina, at schools, storytelling festivals, dance weeks and weekends, and been a favorite at West Coast family camps.

Family Week at Pinewoods

Laurie Cumming

Laurie Cumming is a founding member and former teacher of Toronto Women's Sword and an accomplished step-dancer, having taught dance at numerous camps, schools and festivals. During the school year, she delights in teaching 5th and 6th grade students as much dance and drama as she can squeeze into the regular classroom studies.

Family Week at Pinewoods

Robin Davis

Robin Davis has been participating in community folk music and dance activities much of her life, including healthy doses of Cotswold and Northwest clog morris. A retired professional baker, Robin now teaches preschool. She enjoys gathering children and adults together to DO ART, such as modular origami, Ukranian egg dying, bookbinding, printing and paper collage. She sings with the River Singers, a large multi-cultural choir, and a hospice singing group called Hallowell. She has led children's classes at Pinewoods, Ogontz and Lady of the Lake family weeks.

Campers' Week at Pinewoods

Brad Foster

Brad Foster, from Amherst, MA, has been dancing and teaching English country, contras and squares, and morris and sword for over 40 years. He is well known for sharing the joy found in dance, and has taught throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, including at Berea, Pinewoods, Mendocino, John C. Campbell Folk School and Augusta. He is Executive and Artistic Director Emeritus of the Country Dance and Song Society, after 28 years as Director. He is also a founder of the Bay Area Country Dance Society as well as co-founder of their Mendocino English and American dance weeks. Photo by Marty Stock

English Dance Week at Pinewoods

Susan Kevra is unable to join us.

Abby Ladin

Abby Ladin grew up immersed in the traditional folk music revival of the ‘70s on the East coast. She was clogging by the age of six, performing with her sister Evie by age 10 and touring nationally at 18 with the renowned dance and music company Rhythm in Shoes. 20 years later she continues to teach the fundamentals and possibilities of clogging to all who crave rhythm in their feet.

Family Week at Pinewoods

John Mayberry

John Mayberry, from Toronto, Ontario, went to his first dance at two weeks old, carried in a basket. His love of dance, music, performance and craft has led to a career including carpentry, performance, writing, teaching, directing and almost everything else. He is the Fool of the Toronto Morris Men, an accomplished traditional singer, an experienced street theater and mumming performer and a professor of theatre production in the Department of Theatre, York University, Toronto. In 2006 John danced as the fool with the Toronto Morris Men in the Carnival Parade in Santiago de Cuba.

http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/faculty/profs/mayberry.htm

Family Week at Pinewoods

Will Mentor

Erica Morse

Erica Morse grew up playing music, singing and dancing at Pinewoods. She currently co-teaches weekly practices with Marlboro Morris and Sword, where her dynamic teaching and her energetic dancing drive the set. Erica also sings and plays bass as a member of Housetop -- a swingin’ string band quartet. An expert singer, she renders jazzy harmonies with her rich, clear tone. Drawing on a musical background of intensive study of the viola de gamba and cello, these days she can often be seen thumping out a lovely big fat tone on the upright bass. A resident of Brattleboro, VT, Erica moonlights as a third- and fourth-grade teacher.

Family Week at Pinewoods

Naomi Morse

Naomi Morse grew up surrounded by music and dance in the folk communities of New England. She is known for her energetic and driving fiddle playing for both contra and English dancing in many bands, including Night Watch, Housetop and the mega-fiddle-band Childsplay. She has toured extensively with the world music ensemble Northern Harmony and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she sings professionally.

http://www.myspace.com/naomimorse

Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods

Family Week at Ogontz

English & American Dance Week at Pinewoods

* Advisors, plus

Steve Howe

Family Week at Pinewoods

Daily Schedule

7:45-8:15	Hot Breakfast served cafeteria style
8:15-8:45	Cold Breakfast Coffee/Tea available
9:00-9:55	kids can be dropped off at their class at 8:55 Childrens' Morning Classes 9:00 Age 2-3 Playtime: Robin Davis -- Come for singing games, finger plays, stories, songs and instruments on the Grenoside porch. Bring your favorite teddy bear (or any other furry or feathered friend). Age 4-5 Make, Sing and Dance : Erica Morse -- Age 6-7 Story, Song and Dance: Mary Alice Amidon -- Have a great time beginning your day sharing songs, stories and dances as a group. We'll create some of our own but also enjoy the richness of traditional dance and song. Age 8-9 The Imaginarium: Kevin Carr -- We will listen to stories, make up stories, tell jokes and make up songs. Age 10-12 Contra, English and Stuntology Dancing: Peter Amidon, Sam Bartlett -- Peter and Sam will join forces with the 10-12s to do some hot contra dancing, elegant English dancing, and indescribable Stuntology dancing (as soon as we figure out what that is). Family Week at Pinewoods
	English Dance (13 & up): Brad Foster English Dance (age 13 & up): Brad Foster Music by: Claudio Buchwald, Naomi Morse Family Week at Pinewoods
	Morris Dance (13 & up): John Mayberry Morris Dance (age 13 & up): John Mayberry Music by: Becky Tracy Family Week at Pinewoods
10:00	Refreshments
10:15-11:00	Morning Gathering (songs, dances, show & tell for all): Keith Murphy
11:00-12:00	Swimming, Bookstore staffed
12:15	Lunch
1:35-2:30	All non-program activities for campers under 13 must have adult supervision
	Advanced Napping for as Many as Will (All ages)
	Cozy-time Stories and Songs (8 & up, under 8 w/parent): Mary Alice Amidon Cozy-time Stories and Songs (8 & up, under 8 w/parent): Mary Alice Amidon Come gather in close for some picture books with music, great stories and simple songs to settle in together after lunch. Mary Alice will share her favorites and welcome you into story land. Family Week at Pinewoods
	Art Potpourri (8 & up, 6-7 w/parent): Robin Davis Art Potpourri (8 & up, 6-7 w/parent): Robin Davis Discover the many rewarding aspects of engaging in art with others in a community. We will be making useful things like books, cards and picture frames using a variety of art mediums. And while we are doing so, we will have great conversations and discover that we are all capable of DOING ART. Family Week at Pinewoods
	Giant Puppet/Cranky Theater (10 & up, 8-9 w/parent): Sam Bartlett Giant Puppet/Cranky Theater (10 & up, 8-9 w/parent): Sam Bartlett Campers will construct a 10 foot parade-able cardboard and paper mache puppet. In addition, we will make a hand drawn, hand-cranked, completely non-digital paper movie. Family Week at Pinewoods
	Mummer's Play (10 & up, 8-9 w/parent): John Mayberry
	Family Band (10 & up, 9 if passionate): Keith Murphy Family Band (10 & up, 9 if passionate): Keith Murphy A fun chance for enthusiastic instrumentalists to experience the excitement of playing for dancing. Keith will teach some of the standards of the community dance repertoire plus a couple of other wonderful dance tunes. Music will be learned by ear and the class will get a chance to play for dancing daily. Family Week at Pinewoods
	Appalachian Clogging (age 10 & up, 9 if passionate): Abby Ladin Appalachian Clogging (age 10 & up, 9 if passionate): Abby Ladin Music by: Claudio Buchwald BASICS BASICS BASICS! Explore the power of feet hoofing in unison and shuffle step step step your way to a solid and fun percussive experience. If you already clog, Abby will challenge you with syncopation and playing with the beat. Family Week at Pinewoods
2:45-3:40	kids can be dropped off at their class at 2:40 Childrens' Afternoon Classes 2:45 Age 2-3 Playtime: Robin Davis -- Age 4-5 Dances and Songs: Claudio Buchwald -- Age 6-7 Sixez & Sevenz: Abby Ladin -- Moving bodies, singing songs, rhythms and patterns, leading, following, general silliness and an occasional game of telephone. Age 8-9 Longsword Dance: Laurie Cumming / Music by: Erica Morse -- Age 10-12 Border Morris: John Mayberry / Music by: Naomi Morse -- Family Week at Pinewoods
	Contra Dance (13 & up): Will Mentor Contra Dance (age 13 & up): Will Mentor Music by: Becky Tracy, Keith Murphy, Sam Bartlett Family Week at Pinewoods
	Harmony Singing (13 & up): Peter and Mary Alice Amidon Harmony Singing (13 & up): Peter and Mary Alice Amidon Peter and Mary Alice will lead campers in rafter shaking harmony singing including traditional Anglo-American and African-American folk songs, spirituals and songs written by folks steeped in traditional music. Participants will be working from written music as well as learning songs and harmonies by ear. Family Week at Pinewoods
3:45-4:00	Campstore
3:50-5:00	Swimming, Bookstore staffed
3:50-4:35	Music Session (All Musicians): Naomi Morse
4:00-4:40	Rapper Dance (13 & up): Laurie Cumming Rapper Dance (age 13 & up): Laurie Cumming Music by: Kevin Carr Family Week at Pinewoods
4:45-5:15	True, Semi-true and Slightly True Stories: Kevin Carr True, Semi-true and Slightly True Stories: Kevin Carr All kinds of stories, including some about music, musicians and dancers. A time for our imaginations to step out and get loose. Family Week at Pinewoods
6:00	Dinner
7:15-7:45	Community Dance: Peter Amidon
7:50-8:45	Evening Gathering: Abby Ladin
8:30	Pied Piper/Bedtime for children 9 & younger
8:45-10:45	Evening Dance Party
9:30	Bedtime for 10-12 year olds
11:00	After-dance Activities

July 17 - 24, 2010

Look at Family Programs for general information; here are details about this particular program and staff.

There is a nice article in Making Music about our Family Camps.

Link to South Shore Living article

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

Having been on staff at Pinewoods and at other camps for both family and adult programs around the country for many, many years, we are delighted to be programing our first family week! This is a wonderful opportunity for us to gather some of our favorite musicians, dance teachers and story tellers for a truly idyllic week.

So often we worry about our child getting a good teacher in school and here we have an entire staff of simply the best mentors you could hope for for your child. We are particularly excited by the fact that we have a staff with so many amazing and versatile musicians that this week promises fantastic dancing for everyone. It's an exciting experience to see our children absorbing these incredibly rich and fulfilling traditions and such fun to be able to share that with them at a week that offers so much for everyone.

Along with contras, English country and community dancing, there will again be classes in morris, rapper and Appalachian clog. There will many opportunities for singing, storytelling as well as jam sessions every afternoon and a daily musical procession. We'll be working on a mummer's play while musicians in the band class prepare to play for a dance every day. There will also be crafts and we will create a surprise giant puppet (shhh!) How is all this possible? Family Week never fails to fill us with a level of inspiration that sustains us through the year and we are lucky to have great programs of this sort developing around the country. But for anyone who has been to Pinewoods, you know that there is something simply magical about being there. We hope you can join us.

-- Becky Tracy & Keith Murphy, Program Co-directors

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