Country Dance and Song Society Family Week at Pinewoods July 31 - August 7, 1999 as of 6-9-99: there is a long wait list for this program.

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Family Week at Pinewoods July 31 - August 7, 1999 Program Director: Marney Morrison Staff: Karen Axelrod Fred Breunig Claudio Buchwald Greg Canote Jere Canote Susan Conant Sue Dupré Jan Elliott Susan Kevra John Krumm Elly Lindsay Jane Miller Jim Morrison* Meg Ryan Kari Smith Katy Tarter * Advisor plus: Steve Howe Meg Ryan DeLaura Padovan

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1999! The staff at Pinewoods Family week will endeavor to end the nineties and the 1900's memorably at camp. All of us are noticing our place in history more than we usually do, and so this is a good time to notice a little more about when in history the dances and songs we now enjoy were created. There may be a little bit of dance creation of our own as well.

Look up our Family Programs for some general information; here is more detail about this particular program and staff.

Hope you'll join us, Marney Morrison: Program Director

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Ages 2 and 3
Katy Tarter will offer childcare during the 9:00 and 2:50 class periods. Children should bring something to share with the class: a basket of blocks, a box of books, containers of play-doh, etc.

Ages 4 and 5
There will be musical games, singing games, simple dances, songs and fun with Jane Miller at 9:00, and at 2:50 crafts and independent play time, also with Jane. After lunch choices can be made each day and all include time with a parent. See Early Afternoon Classes below.

Ages 6 and 7
At 9:00, these children will have a class of theater games, stories and creative dramatics taught by Elly Lindsay. At 2:50, Claudio Buchwald and Elly will work together to teach grown-up dances, lead percussion circles, play musical games and have a few surprises. After lunch choices can be made each day and all include time with a parent. See Early Afternoon Classes below.

Ages 8 and 9
At 9:00 there is a dance class with Fred Breunig and Claudio. Fred will lead the Family Dance after supper and he is counting on these kids to help show everyone else what to do and also to help him lead the procession after supper over to C# Pavilion. Musicians can learn the tunes in the Tunes Session just after lunch (before class, you don't miss anything) and play in the procession with the other musicians. At 2:50 there is a longsword class with Kari. Fred will play and help out as he is a fine sword dancer as well. After lunch there are several choices.

Ages 10-12
At 9:00 there is a class of contras, squares and English dancing with John Krumm and Susan Kevra. John may have the class composing dances or dancing into odd places, beware! At 2:50 there is a morris class with Jim Morrison and Jan Elliott. After lunch there is a large selection of classes to choose from.

Ages 13 and up
At 9:00 there is a choice between Northwest Morris with Kari Smith (Jan playing) or Southern Squares with Jim (Greg and Jere Canote playing.) At 2:50 there is a choice between English country dance with Sue Dupré (Susan Kevra and Karen Axelrod playing) or Contras and Squares with John (Greg and Jere playing).

The Early Afternoon Classes at 1:40
If you don't want to stay with the same class all week, you may choose from among the first four classes listed below. They are good activities for a younger chils with a parent.
Free time or nap time
Katy's Hour: stories, songs, drawing/coloring (under 8 with a parent) - Katy Tarter
Nature Activities and Exploration: tree measuring, berry picking, etc. (under 9 with a parent ) - Susan Conant
Crafts (under 8 with a parent) - Kari Smith

These next four classes need a week-long commitment.
Marble Machines (9 & up) (limited class size) - Claudio Buchwald
Dance Band - Susan Kevra
Mummers Play (11 & up) - Elly Lindsay
Cotswold Morris (12 & up) - Jim Morrison, Jan Elliott

Family Week at Pinewoods Daily Schedule
7:45 - 8:15	Breakfast
9:00 - 9:55	Morning classes, divided by age group
10:00	Refreshments
10:15 - 11:00	Family Gathering
11:00 - 12:00	Swimming
12:15	Lunch
1:00 - 1:30	Tunes and Singing
1:40 - 2:35	Early afternoon classes/Rest time
2:50 - 3:45	Afternoon classes, divided by age group
3:50 - 4:45	Swimming
4:45 - 5:15	Singing
6:00	Dinner
6:55	Parade to family dance
7:00	Family Dance
7:50 - 8:45	Evening Gathering
8:30	Pied Piper/bedtime for children 9 and younger
8:45 - 10:45	Evening Dance Party
9:30	Bedtime for 10-12 year olds

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Karen Axelrod of Northampton, MA, is well known for her passionate piano playing. She has played for English country dances, workshops and balls throughout the Northeast. She will play for the English country dance class and in the evenings and will no doubt contribute to the general merriment of the week with her talents as an improvisational comedian.

Fred Breunig began calling and playing for dances in 1970 while a college student. He is a founding member of Nowell Sing We Clear, the Green Mountain Mummers longsword dance group, and the Putney Morris Men. Fred lives in Putney, VT, where he has called a monthly contra dance since 1977.

Claudio Buchwald has been teaching first and second grade at Harmony School in Bloomington, IN, for 14 years. He plays fiddle in the old-time Southern band, The Monks, featuring twin fiddles; keyboard in the Latin dance band, Orquesta Son; and keyboard and fiddle in Evening Star, a contra and English country band based in Washington, DC.

The Canote Brothers from Seattle, WA, are as renowned for their affable attitudes and humor as they are for their music. Greg on fiddle, and Jere on guitar, both on banjo ukes, play for dances, lead songs and promote a good time. They are mainstays of the West Coast family weeks; we are lucky to have spirited them East.

Susan Conant grew up on Long Pond and is now a landscape architect. She takes particular interest in the land in and around Long Pond and is going to share her inside knowledge with those who want to walk and explore. Susan plays the flute and will join the English band in the evenings.

Sue Dupré has been calling English country dancing for many years in Princeton, NJ. She is also foreman of Shandygaff Longsword and Handsome Molly. In her professional life, Sue is a health physicist at Princeton University.

Jan Elliott is on staff this week as a full-time musician and is one of the country's finest ritual dance musicians. She is also a great dancer and teacher for both morris and sword. Look forward to seeing her dance at some time during the week.

Susan Kevra began young adult life as a classically trained clarinet player, detoured towards her Ph.D. in French and came away with not only her degree but experience playing and calling for dances. She lives in Vermont and plays clarinet with Pleasures of the Town, an English country dance band. She also calls contras and plays for them with Sooz-a-rama.

John Krumm, the music and dance specialist for 18 years at the Miquon School in Pennsylvania teaching children 3-12, has also been playing and calling dances for over 25 years. He teaches the music and dance segment of the Masters program in Education for the University of Pennsylvania. Skilled in teaching harmony singing and leading group singing, John has an endless repertoire of good songs. What he doesn't learn from somewhere else he makes up. He has composed over 40 rounds.

Elly Lindsay first learned country dancing as a fourth grader from May Gadd, former director of CDSS. Now she is a working drama teacher, voice coach, director, actress and playwright in the professional theater community of Dallas, TX. For 20 summers she has taught creative dramatics to children ranging from ages 4-18.

Jane Miller, founder and head teacher of the Price Farm School in Antrim, NH, for 18 years, recently returned to school herself for a Ph.D. and now teaches graduate students for Antioch New England Graduate School. Her ability to create an oasis of peaceful play and concentrated individual productivity balances the morning of organized group activity.

Jim Morrison journeyed as a college junior, in 1968, to the mountains of North Carolina to learn to play fiddle and work at the John C. Campbell Folk School. For years afterwards he went to every traditional dance he could find to collect from traditional callers in New England and in the South. He was introduced to English morris dancing in the North Carolina mountains as well and has since been foreman of the Greenwich Morris men in New York, NY, and founder and foreman of the Albemarle Morris Men and Old Swan Tavern Border Morris in Charlottesville, VA.

Marney Morrison likes to put together programs and come up with activities for other people to do. Involved with Family Week since the first brainstorming session, she co-directed four of the early years at Pinewoods with her husband Jim, co-directed the first three years of the Buffalo Gap Family Week, and most recently the past two years of Pinewoods Family Week.

Kari Smith is the founder and foreman of Guiding Star Clog Morris and performer with The New Dancing Marleys. In demand due to the clarity and precision of her dance teaching, Kari has recently added to her credits a Masters in Early Education from Antioch New England Graduate School.

Katy Tarter, currently a college student in South Carolina, is from Berea, KY. As a member of the Berea Festival Dancers during high school, she traveled and performed extensively in the US and abroad. She is a member of the Ritchie family, renowned for their singing tradition. Katy has grown up helping to care for numerous foster children and now has an adopted sister and brother who are two and four.

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