Greetings:

Marilyn and I just received an e-mail from CDSS with their preliminary 2011 schedule, and Folk Music Week is nowhere to be found. It has been replaced by something called Harmony of Song and Dance, which will take place at Pinewoods Camp in Massachusetts from July 23 to 30 under the direction of Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. Here is a description from the CDSS website:

The tentative program includes traditional and contemporary songs, harmony singing by ear, choral singing from written music, instrumental music, contra and square dancing for all, a morris dance intensive, and a music teachers intensive. Peter and Mary Alice Amidon will be program directors. More information will be on our website as it becomes available, and registration will begin in January. Join us for this week of singing, dancing and music-making!

Say it ain't so! But I'm afraid it is. In the immortal words of Woody Guthrie, "So long, it's been good to know you!"

--- Steve