Workshops
Upcoming Workshops with the Amidons
Sat - Sat, July 17, - 24, 2010
Pinewoods Family Week
outside of Plymouth, MA
sponsored by Country Dance & Song Society
Week of dancing, singing, storytelling with other families with Mary Alice, Peter, and a full staff of teachers/dance leaders/singers.
http://www.cdss.org/
July 25 - 31 2010
Ashokan Northern Week Peter and Mary Alice lead harmony singing at this camp outside of Kingston NY of a feast of dancing, fiddling and singing with a great teaching/playing/calling staff.
http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/campnw.shtml
Friday, September 17 to Sunday, September 19 2010
Star Guilford: Star Singing
This will be a weekend for directors and singers in small church choirs who are looking for ideas to revitalize their music ministry for worship and end-of-life singing. Peter Amidon (also a music director of the Hallowell hospice chorus), Tony Barrand and Andy Davis, are co-choir directors of the Guilford (VT) Community Church UCC. They will teach four-part SATB songs from their "Nine o' Clock Choir" repertoire, so called because the choir is formed from whomever shows up an hour before Sunday worship. The songs, anthems and hymns are mostly their own arrangements, primarily drawn from various sources such as ballads, gospel, spirituals and shape note compositions. All are musical and lyrical, they are sung mostly a cappella, and foster spirit-filled performance. All singers are welcome for a stimulating weekend of group singing. Music reading ability is recommended, but not necessary.
Chair/Registrar: Contact
- Tony Barrand
Star Guilford
Guilford Community Church UCC
38 Church Drive
Guilford, VT 05301 - Information: (802) 254-8684, tbarrand@comcast.net
- Registration info: R&B deposit $75.00,
Conference registration fee $90.00, payee "Star Guilford";
Registration requirements (R&B deposit; conference fee; registration form);
Thurs - Sun, Sept 23 - 26, 2010
Shepardstown, W. Va.
Pourparler - an annual national conference on teaching folk dance to children
Sanna Longden, founder and contact:
847-328-7793 * SannaMars@aol.com
IF YOU ENJOY TEACHING WORLD DANCING OR ANY DANCING, YOU WOULD LOVE THE POURPARLER WEEKENDS!
If you teach traditional/ethnic/folk/creative dance in schools and communities, please join us at our annual Pourparler gatherings to share dances and discuss common concerns. We dance and sing to live and recorded music, we talk about mutual issues, we offer suggestions and support, we network with our colleagues from all over North America, and we laugh and play joyously.
Our next Pourparler meets in Shepardstown, W. Va., Sept. 23-26, 2010. Contact us at SannaMars@aol.com for info.