...this
vintage 1912 Steinway B needs a nameKen Crawford Announces...
Pocono Waltz Weekend
http://poconowaltzweekend.org/ (see note below); nearly sold out
as of Jan. 21; sign up now.
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Jan. 21, 2008: If you're interested in various kinds of festival, I'm starting a private, password blog where I will post portions of my revision of my 1990 Emory dissertation, "Two Town Festivals: Signs of a Theater of Power," for viewing, comments and sharing. The new book tentatively is called The Idea of Festival, prepared as an electronic, on-line book and print on demand book to be submitted to interested publishers. Email sid [at] splittree.org. The blog address will be posted here and emailed to some who have expressed an interest; you will need to email me for a password and promise to keep the material confidential until published.
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Greeting and Happy Holidays to All of
You,
Many of you have asked how things are
progressing post-fire (house
fire basic info page).
I'm happy to report it feels as if personal and farm recovery finally is
underway and the dream of a participatory arts center is not dead even though
the main facilities burned August 2007. I've added to my small log cabin,
as shown below, a 12 x 16 sun porch as home to the old grand piano I found in
Chattanooga. It's a 1912 Steinway B 7' classic concert instrument ready to
record waltz music with a decent little digital studio. The 1979 Steinway piano
that burned was the beginning of all that happened here with some musical
friends. And...we put the cabin's porch back on the north side
with a used hot tub...added a foundation under the cabin. A small shed for
the two Paso Fino horses will complete these basic additions. With
these improvements life is getting more normal after the tragic fire.
I'm practicing piano every day now and trying to learn to play the blues with a
bit of help (now that I've lived the low, low, low down blues) as well as simple
waltzes and the usual folk and classical pieces and with practice might play at
retirement homes.
I've opened up the other little 12 x 28 cabin
with a long table for writing workshops and and with fold-out sofa bed.
The writing workshops, which will replace the dance hall energy in the small,
woods-surrounded cabin space, are planned for no more than 8 people at monthly
weekends with a few planned cabin "tents" to add to the usual pasture camping
space. These writing sessions will follow in part the open, meditative, shared
writing practices originated by Linda Metcalf and Tobin Simon, which they call
"proprioceptive writing" (
http://www.pwriting.org ). This rich work, which I first experienced at New
York's Omega Institute in 1988, changed my life along with the Omega improv
music workshops with David Darling of Music for People (
http://www.musicforpeople.org ).
Both practices work well in small spaces and I hope to include the music
workshops also if there is interest. Also in small spaces my new favorite,
trance waltzing, works well. I may rebuild, or I should say "we," since dozens
of dancers and friends built what we had, but more time is needed for this major
decision. For now, my food brokerage business,
hay farm, and festival
book are taking available
resources.
Two Lexington, KY dancers sent me the same
card with words that I'd like to share, showing a picture of the moon. With the
simplicity of Japanese haiku by an ancient master, it read: "My barn
burned. Now I can see the moon." If you have stories and images of your Split
Tree experiences, please send them for our coming "Split Tree Remembered" web
page.
I wish each of you an enjoyable holiday
season filled with love, dancing and the gift of connection to our planet and
all on it. Maybe some can join us at our expected April gathering, probably
around Earth Day when the first Split Tree Festival was held.
Warmest holiday and new year regards, Sid
...this
vintage 1912 Steinway B needs a name
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Our New Jersey waltz friend, Ken Crawford, whom many of you know from his
regular participation in the Split Tree Richard Powers Waltz Weekends since the
first one in 1997, is bringing, for the first time in the Northeast I believe,
Richard and Angela to the New York City area for a waltz weekend at an old
resort hotel in the Poconos Mountains, less than an hour west of the city.
Registration is now open and filling rapidly, as all Richard's weekends and
weeks do. Ken asked me to let all of you know right away, and I hope you
will also forward this to your dance friends near and far.
Ken Crawford Announces...
Pocono Waltz Weekend
with
Richard Powers & Angela Amarillas
March 7-9, 2008
Weekend Detail:
http://poconowaltzweekend.org/
...at the Pocono Manor, a century old hotel updated with all the modern
comforts. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn at workshops taught
by Richard Powers, one of the world's foremost experts in American social dance
and a well known, full-time instructor in the dance department of Stanford
University. Included in the weekend are rotary and cross-step waltz, tango, set
and couple dances, Vintage and more. Dance at the Saturday night ball in
the manor’s beautiful, spacious ballroom. Enjoy meals at the elegant
Mountain View Dining Room (bounteous buffet breakfast and lunch plus full
four-course evening dinner--all meals with vegetarian options). Enrollment
limited to 80 dancers, so sign up now for the workshops and ball ($100-early
bird saving of $10) with very reasonable off--season rates at the Pocono Manor.
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Link to web flyer for Tivoli Waltz Weekend, Nov 3-5,
2007 Split Tree Participatory Arts Center
House Fire basic info page Please send any Split
Tree email to: sid [at] splittree.org
NEW: Apple
photo albums: Vintage Waltz, Nov. 2006, Tivoli Theater,
Aug. 3 House Fire and Clean-up, and more This website is copyrighted - unauthorized copying or reproduction in any form is prohibited by law.  Due to the house and studio burning Aug. 3, Split Tree's Fool's Fest is considering a new location for an April 2008 date. Send your ideas for music, dance and other fool's work to sid [at] splittree.org. See NY Times Travel Section Sunday, Mar. 24 article on Split Tree's Fool's Fest Dance Weekend 2003 and 2004 link. Click on and play the Fool's Tarot card. Fool's Fest history since 1990. Atlanta Waltz Society link Waltz (with Vienna and other links) Info for Vienna 07 Carnival Dancing
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La Valse,
circa 1890, by Camille Claudel
