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Adirondack Mountain Music and Dance Workshop |
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Program Number: |
14641RJ |
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10/8/2013 - 10/11/2013;
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| Duration: |
3 nights |
| Location: |
Raquette Lake, New York
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| Price starting at: |
$399.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
| Program Type:
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History & Culture
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| Meals: |
9;
3 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners |
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In isolated Adirondack communities, music and story-telling provided not only respite from work but a means of passing along traditions and values. Barn dances were entertainment, recreation, and a way to connect with neighbors. Relive these traditions as you get your rhythm on in an Adirondack music and dance workshop at Great Camp Sagamore. Develop your talents and abilities, discover those you didn’t even know you had, join in lots of shared activities, and enjoy a grand finale group show where everyone is guaranteed a standing ovation!
Highlights
• Receive expert instruction in string-band instruments including fiddle, guitar, lap dulcimer, and banjo.
• Learn how to write stories and songs, take voice lessons with tips on how to present them, and perform alongside your fellow participants. (Performing is optional!)
• Enjoy crisp autumn air and beautiful fall foliage at an iconic “great camp”in the heart of the Adirondacks.
Activity Particulars
Camp Sagamore is unpaved, with stairs into all buildings. The extent of your physical activity will depend on the program elements you choose to engage in.
Designed to complement the annual SagamoreMountain Music and Dance weekend festival it precedes, this special Road Scholar-only workshop is limited to 24 participants, providing closer interaction with instructors including John Kirk and Trish Miller, Dan Berggren, Dick and Carmen Gilman, legendary Adirondack storyteller Bill Smith, and others.
Coordinated by Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks.
Raquette Lake
Raquette Lake’s pristine water and wooded lakeshores are located in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Great Camp Sagamore, founded by the Vanderbilt family in 1897 and now a National Historic Landmark, shares this wilderness area.
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Accommodations
National Historic Landmark-designated buildings, shared baths for two or three rooms. Meals served in lakefront dining hall.
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| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Bill Smith
| | Bill Smith is renowned for possessing all the skills associated with the Adirondack guides of lore. He is a performance-minded storyteller, a musician and songwriter, an educator deeply knowledgeable on the area’s flora and fauna, and a maker of twig mosaic furniture and wooden baskets hewn from logs. Road Scholar participants find their time with Bill to always be enjoyable, educational and entertaining. | | | | Dan Berggren
| | Rooted firmly in the Adirondacks, Dan Berggren is an award-winning musician and educator who grew up on land farmed by his mother's family for generations. Having worked as a forest ranger and on survey crews, Dan’s style captures the spirit of the mountains. He has entertained audiences from New York State to Vermont, Kentucky and Texas, and overseas in the British Isles, Eastern Europe and Central Africa. His original music has been featured nationally on public radio and television. | | | | Dick Gilman
| | Dick Gilman has a Ph.D. in geology but his heart is in music. He is equally at home playing fiddle or lap dulcimer, calling square dances or telling stories. A veteran of mountain music festivals he has also been a compelling force behind the restoration of the historic Fredonia Opera House. With several albums to his credit, Dick is an award winning teacher for both beginners and advanced students. He is a favorite at Sagamore's annual Mountain Music Weekend. | | | | Carmen Gilman
| | Carmen Gilman made her public singing debut at the ripe old age of 3 and has a deep folk music repertoire. Her fortes include dancing, dulcimer and devising lyrics. With her husband and a neighbor, she is part of a singing group called the Newton Street Irregulars and has made several albums. If you’ve been told — and believe — your musical skills are lacking, don’t worry. Carmen is an expert at bringing the music out of those who claim to have no talent. | | | | John Kirk
| | John Kirk is known for his lyric voice, good sense of humor and versatile instrumental skills. On fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, keyboard and tin whistle, John demonstrates a vast knowledge of musical traditions. John has recorded music with his wife Trish, as well as with the Susquehanna Stringband, the Dawnland Singers and the Vanaver Caravan. His song, “Long Roads,” was recorded by the Dixie Chicks, and he can be heard on various projects with Jay Ungar, Molly Mason and other musicians. | | | | Trish Miller
| | Trish Miller has been teaching and performing Appalachian clogging since 1980. She plays guitar, banjo and mandolin, and also calls dances and has choreographed country routines for theater and concerts. Trish gained professional dance experience with the Green Grass Cloggers, and performed with them internationally as well as across the U.S. Since 1985, Trish and her husband, John Kirk, have been working together as teaching artists in school music and dance programs. | | | |
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