Archives: 2009
Camps in New England/Ontario for Teens
NEW ENGLAND TRAVELING I
MASSACHUSETTS/NEW YORK/RI/VERMONT
June 19-July 8
Led by Suzannah Park, Carl Linich, Luke Hoffman
Veteran director Carl Linich returns to join two of our most popular and able young leaders. Now in her eighth year of teaching with Village Harmony. Suzannah Park grew up performing with her professional Appalachian folk-singing family, and is now pursuing her career as teacher-performer. Her stunning arrangements of Appalachian/other American traditional songs bring out the best of the young voices, and her enthusiasm, energy and humor pervade the camp. Luke Hoffman brings his flawless rhythm and fine sense of style to some hard driving quartet gospel numbers. Carl will bring gems from his vast repertoire of Georgian songs.
Rehearsal will be at Stump Sprouts in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. The subsequent tour will include some of our favorite stops in Massachusetts, eastern New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Rehearse at Stump Sprouts in West Hawley, Massachusetts.
$1,225
Leaders
SUZANNAH PARK began participating in Village Harmony Camp when she was twelve, but has been singing virtually from the moment she could speak. She comes from a family of three generations of professional traditional musicians and singers, and has performed and taught for the past 13 years. Her intuitive teaching style, born of a lifetime of familiarity with American folk music, makes her an extremely valuable teacher. She recently moved back to North Carolina, the place of her birth, where she is making music, gardening and clogging. This is Suzannah's eighth year teaching at Village Harmony. www.suzannahpark.com.
CARL LINICH has been leading Village Harmony camps since 2000. A scholar of traditional Georgian folk music since 1990, he lived in Georgia's capital city of Tbilisi for ten years and has a repertoire of hundreds of songs from Georgia's many provinces. He also founded a Georgian folk choir in Tbilisi called Okros Stumrebi, comprised entirely of foreigners from many countries. A member of the Kavkasia vocal trio and a musical celebrity in Georgia, Carl has received national honors in his adopted land for his work to preserve and promote Georgian folk song. Together with his partners in Kavkasia, Carl has recorded three CDs. HYPERLINK "http://www.kavkasia.com" www.kavkasia.com
LUKE HOFFMAN is a Village Harmony and Northern Harmony veteran. He has been studying drums and percussion for 15 years and his keen sense of world rhythmic traditions make him a dynamic leader and teacher. He is a strong bass whose vocal and teaching specialty is American gospel. One of the newest members of the VH faculty, his amicability and sometimes ridiculous sense of humor will provide a light atmosphere for all. Luke is in his final year at Oberlin College where he studies biology, plays varsity soccer and is the co-director of Oberlin's Caribbean steel drum ensemble, Oberlin Steel. This is Luke's third year teaching at VH.
Stump Sprouts Retreat Center
West Hawley, Massachusetts
Situated in rural northwest Massachusetts, Stump Sprouts is a rustic multi-season resort and retreat facility. The center of activity is our hand crafted guest lodge, converted dairy barn, and 200 year old farmhouse. Located on 450 acres of woods and meadows, featuring splendid vistas and hiking trails, and organic gardens that will provide vegetables for the kitchen, these unspoiled lands set the stage for two Village Harmony teen retreats this year.