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• Fri 28 to Mon 31 May: 2010 Spring Folk Music Weekend  at Kiskak Adult Center, Lake Como, PA
  Enjoy a friendly music-filled weekend at bucolic Camp Kislak. Concerts, workshops, and classes; with Ralph Bodington, Paul Kaplan, Sharon Katz, plus others. Comfortable motel-style rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming (heated outdoor pool), and relaxing.. Map coordinates: 41.8238, -75.345283 ... printable reservation blank(html) ...   flyer including registration form (pdf, 450K)  ...  weekend FAQs ...
  Online Registration (service fee applies):  http://springfolkweekend.eventbrite.com 
  

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  for more information contact the registrar, 212-957-8386

  

  Paul Kaplan
  

  is a super-talented singer/songwriter, with a fine repertoire of  serious and funny songs -- he has a rare gift for writing and singing songs in the old troubadour tradition.  He has been an enthusiastic participant in the folk music world since the late 1960s when his early anti-Vietnam war songs were published in the protest magazine Broadside.  He has appeared at numerous festivals and his songs have been recorded by such artists as Sharon, Lois, and Bram, Claudia Schmidt, and Jay Ungar and Molly Mason as well as on his own albums.  He and Dan Milner authored the book The Bonny Bunch of Roses, a compilation of traditional music of England, Ireland & Scotland.  Paul's Website including song samples

    Sharon Katz

  created a large multiracial musical group in her native South Africa in 1992 and traveled throughout the country by train to promote the first free elections.  She and her Freedom Train group went on to tour Africa, the United States and Europe, recording with Sting, Paul Simon, Elton John, and other artists.  In the U.S. crowds respond to her uplifting songs: staccato, twinkling notes fly from the frets of her guitar, maintaining a muscular rhythm: an uplifting aural swirl of funk, jazz and African folk music.    Sharon's Website  (including sound clips)
  

  Ralph Bodington

  is a superb performer of banjo tunes and ballads from the old-time Southern mountain tradition.  Ralph is deeply respected by musicians who have devoted their lives to Southern Mountain Music.  A 2009 tour introduced him to audiences in Britain who were as enthusiastic as those who have flocked to his performances at the New England Folk Festival and the Eisteddfod.   His newly released CD, Old Paint is treasured by musicians & singers.
  samples of songs:  John Henry ... Falls of Richmond ... Little Sadie ... Old Paint
  
  

  Heather Wood

  is a veteran singer from the English revival for some 40+ years, dating from her days with The Young Tradition. She has a great repertoire of ballads, historical songs, love and agricultural songs, and a lot from the humorous side. In addition to the old songs, she has written some dynamite new ones.   ... Heather's website
  
  
  

  Ted Crane

  Ted has been organizing weekly dances in Ithaca, NY,  his hometown and a hotbed of Old-Time and Celtic music, since the early 1980s.  These musical influences fed Ted's interest[is]in the energetic rhythm of dancing and music. His characteristic style, a high-energy fusion of dry New England calls with lively, rapid patter, follows the flow of the music as it fuels the dancers. He composes, "dances with a difference," often crafted to a specific tune, yet grounded in traditions that allow them to blend with all kinds of music. His dances feel good to dancers..  Ted's website
   
   
  
   
• November 5-7, 2010: 2010 Eisteddfod/Fall Folk Music Weekend at Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. This has been expanded and combined with the Eisteddfod.  For more information see the Eisteddfod page ..
   
• date to be advised February 2011: 2011 Winter Folk Music Weekend 
  tentatively at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY (only 50 miles northwest of NYC)  This weekend is less formal than our Spring and Fall weekends which have planned workshops, concerts, etc.  It is a weekend filled with informal music.  Information: download flyer or call 718-672-6399.  “One of my favorite memories is of the weekend where we were snowed in—but who cared. We were comfortable, fed well—there were scrabble players and our traditional jigsaw puzzles and, best of all, music all around. I love the relaxed atmosphere of this weekend and look forward to it every year.” -Eileen Pentel
  ... Where is Warwick? .... Driving Directions ...  copy of information sheet sent to registrants ... Pictures from 2009 WInter Weekend
  
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