A weekend of music and merriment

Friday, August 23 - Sunday, August 25

See schedule below

Location:
Whitehill Farm
East Ryegate, VT

Tickets: $125

After purchasing your ticket, please fill out the registration form found HERE.

A magical, musical retreat in the mountains of Vermont! Lynn and Will Rowan will lead a gentle weekend of singing with dancing, storytelling, drumming, and ritual in the beautiful hills of northern Vermont! No music reading skills required, just a willingness to open to music, community, and nature. The weekend will include music from harmony singing traditions around the world. We will also sing rounds, chants, and songs of solidarity to celebrate the earth, reinforce our interconnectedness, and heal our hearts in these challenging times. Friday and Saturday we will make a procession up the hill with bagpipes and drums to honor the sun in song, then light our evening fire for stories, music, and merriment. Please bring musical instruments if you have them! The weekend will culminate in a Sunday afternoon community concert by Lynn & Will and the Summersong Singers. Join kindred spirits, friends new and old, and music-lovers and celebrate summer’s end with us!

The weekend will be held at Whitehill Farm, located in the southern most point of the Northeast Kingdom. The Farm was a traditional dairy farm and we continue to pasture heifers to this day. The homestead continues to maintain 40 acres most of which are pasture, but there is a 3 acre parcel of cedars and five acres of sugar maples that are tapped each year. There are outstanding views from the top of this traditionally rugged property where you can take in the White Mountains and the Connecticut River.

Meals and accommodations

The traditional farmyard barn where we will be rehearsing has a common sleeping area upstairs. Participants may alternately bring tents to camp onsite. There are no onsite showers, but there is swimming nearby in a stream and pond. All participants will take part in the daily chores of the camp including cooking our communal meals, cleaning up after meals, and keeping our space tidy, helping build our community for the weekend.

Ages

10-Adult

Camp is not geared towards children under 10. Participants aged 10-11 should be accompanied by an adult or older sibling. People aged 12 and up can attend independently.

For more information, please contact Heather Alger: Heather.l.alger@gmail.com

Directors:

Lynn Rowan has dedicated her professional life to the study of vocal performance in its many and varied forms and has performed and taught workshops, lessons and lead choirs in singing for the past decade. These days she spends most of her time performing with her vocal band, Windborne, focusing on songs of social justice. Having grown up immersed in the folk communities of Vermont and discovering harmony singing traditions of many cultures through Village Harmony (which she now teaches for) her work is deeply rooted in and influenced by nature, history, and folklore of not only her own home, but also rich traditions from all over the world. Lynn’s teaching style is clear, warm, and encouraging.

Will Rowan was raised in a community where folk music and dance played an important role in bringing people together to celebrate. He fell in love with ensemble singing while touring with Village Harmony, learning from master singers and dancers at home and abroad. He studied music composition and ethnomusicology at Marlboro College, winning awards in choral composition and publishing several pieces. He also holds a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the Bard College Conservatory. Will is a multi-instrumentalist, playing banjo, piano, accordion, bagpipes, and percussion. With his sensitive style and years of cross-cultural teaching experience from international tours with Northern Harmony, Will is now a sought after song leader, teaching Village Harmony camps in the US and Lithuania.

Rough Schedule

Friday

• 4-5:00 – Arrivals
• 5:00 – Opening
• 6:00 – Dinner
• 6:30 – Dinner Cleanup
• 7:00 – Opening Circle/Singing down the Sun
• 8:00 – Evening Fire

Saturday

• 8:00 – Breakfast prep
• 8:30 – Breakfast
• 9:00 Breakfast cleanup
• 9:30 Morning Singing
• 12:00 – Lunch Prep
• 12:30 – Lunch
• 1:30 – Lunch cleanup
• 2:00 – Afternoon singing/dancing
• 4:30 – Dinner prep
• 6:00 – Dinner
• 6:30 – Dinner cleanup
• 7:00 – Singing down the Sun
• 8:00 – Evening Fire

Sunday

• 8:00 – Breakfast prep
• 8:30 – Breakfast
• 9:00 – Breakfast cleanup
• 9:30 – Morning Singing
• 11:30 – Lunch prep
• 12:15 – Lunch
• 12:45 – Lunch clean-up
• 1:15 – Concert prep
• 2:00 – Closing Circle
• 3-4 – Concert
• 4-5 – Final Clean-up / Departures

Tickets: Adults $14, Children (12 and under) $7

The train follows the tracks of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroad, established in 1850, and clings to the banks of the Connecticut and Passumpsic rivers, cutting through massive rock ledges and crossing many bridges.This year’s train ride will combine train cars from the historic Silver Fleet and Green Fleet, both fleets having recently been restored and renovated.

Saturday, September 14, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location:
Tempson Barn
695 Town Farm Drive
Lyndonville, VT

Tickets: $100 per person

Lyndon State College Foundation invites you to don your cowboy boots or come as you are for an evening of music and BBQ while raising scholarship funds for NEK students attending NVU-Lyndon.

The Crusty Pickups playing classic honkytonk, western swing and country the old fashioned way. Doug Reid on fiddle, Gary Lottspeich on bass, Brett Hoffman on drums, Jim Pitman on pedal steel, and Colin McCaffrey on guitar and vocals.

Mouth-watering BBQ provided by Willy's Catering.

Honoring Lyndon legend, Skip Pound.

For more information about the Lyndon State College Foundation, visit their website at www.lyndonstatecollegefoundation.com

Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice fully immerses audiences in the life of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance. With the enchanting narrative voice of twice Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter, cinema audiences visit places that evoke and preserve the memory of the painter, including the State Archives, the Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Square, the Church of San Rocco, and more, all in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto’s birth.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

GAUGUIN IN TAHITI: PARADISE LOST traces the legendary life story of Paul Gauguin who left France for Tahiti, feverishly in search of deep immersions into lush nature, for feelings, visions and colors, ever purer and brighter. Audiences join this journey from Tahiti to American museums including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art in DC, and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts where Gauguin’s greatest masterpieces are now preserved.

Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

THE PRADO MUSEUM: A COLLECTION OF WONDERS celebrates the 200th anniversary of the storied Prado Museum -- one of the most-visited museums in the world. Hosted by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, this cinematic journey offers viewers a spell-binding experience, telling the story of Spain and beyond, through the works of Vélazquez, Rubens, Titian, Mantegna, Bosch, Goya, El Greco, and more.