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Thread #35172 Message #1409098
Posted By: GUEST,Marilyn
14-Feb-05 - 07:47 AM
Thread Name: Peoples Music Network Winter Gathering 29-31 Jan.
Subject: RE: Peoples Music Network Winter Gathering
Just a quick report on the recent PMN Winter Gathering in New York City, January 28-30, 2005:
The Friday night MANY VOICES concert at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts was completely sold out, with the 540 seat auditorium filled beyond capacity. The concert featured Pete Seeger along with a number of local choruses.
256 people registered for the Saturday and Sunday events at the Reniassance Charter School in Jackson Heights, Queens. In addition, another 16 people from the school community attended one or more of the events as guests of PMN.
Approximately 25 children and at least an equal number of adults attended the Saturday morning MANY VOICES children's concert which featured Pete Seeger, Takako Nagumo, and MacDougal Street Rent Party. (Takako is a traditional Japanese story teller and singer who is making quite a name for herself on the folk festival circuit. Although a Japanese national, Takako grew up in Los Angeles, and she easily switches back and forth between "California girl" and old Japan.)
92 people joined PMN or renewed their membership.
91 acts (individuals or groups) performed in the Saturday MANY VOICES Round Robin concert. So many people signed up that the evening session had to be split into two rooms.
The 2006 Winter Gathering will take place in the Amherst, MA, area. The 2007 Winter Gathering will take place in Philadelphia.
The 2005 Summer Gathering will take place the first weekend in June at Camp Epworth, near High Falls, NY.