Meadowlark Music Camp

Meadowlark Music Camp
for adults

August 22-28, 2010

Instructional workshops, concerts, jamming, great food, great folks!

Six days of Maine, Maritime, Celtic, Old-Time and Good-Time music on a beautiful wooded lake. Meadowlark is a music camp, primarily for adults, on the shores of lovely Washington Pond in the hamlet of Washington, Maine, about midway between Augusta and Camden.

We would like to invite you to join us in mid-coast Maine for our August 22-28 2010 session. This web site should convey some of the magic that we have all felt here in previous summers, and which we expect to enliven Meadowlark 2010 as well. Please feel free to write or call us if you have questions about the facilities, staff, workshops, or anything else.

Beginning Guitar

Staff

Dan Berggren	guitar, songwriting, vocals	Grey Larsen	flute, tinwhistle, fiddle
Gordon Bok	6 & 12 string guitar, cellamba, vocals	Rachel Maloney	fiddle
Jerry Bryant	tinwhistle, guitar, concertina, vocals, bones, accordion	Keith Murphy	guitar, keyboards, vocals
Anne Dodson	mtn. dulcimer, guitar, vocals	Andy Reiner	Mandolin, fiddle, and assorted musical mayhem
Ron Grosslein	fiddle, mandolin, flute	Curt Stager	guitar, banjo
Kary Johnson	tinwhistle, guitar, bass, keyboard	Richie Stearns	banjo
Lorinda Jones	mtn. dulcimer, harp, guitar	Becky Tracy	fiddle
Cindy Kallet	guitar, vocals	Chris Turner	harmonica, vocals
Ken Kolodner	hammered dulcimer	Luke the Viking	percussion

Sunday, August 22: arrival starting around noon; 6 PM dinner; orientation, staff concert, and introductions; social hour and informal jams.

Monday-Friday: two morning workshops daily; lunch; two afternoon workshops daily (the last is a "poutpourri" that changes each day, to let you sample a wide range of musical opportunities). Evening activities include a contra dance, staff concerts, and a group "Whomp" jam on Thursday. Friday evening offers a Maine lobster feast, camper talent show, and closing candlelight gathering. There will be slow and super-slow jams nightly after dinner, plus informal sings, jams, and get-togethers as the spirit moves us.

Saturday, August 28: brunch; road snacks; departure by noon.

FACILITIES

Twenty semi-communal cabins with showers, multiple teaching and jamming spaces, crystal-clear lake, sandy beach, sauna, resident physician, campfire circle, sports fields, and more.

"VITTLES"

Wholesome, abundant (3.5 meals a day), tasty food. Always with both vegetarian and omnivorous selections, fresh fruit, and salads. Great breads, sinful desserts, and a Maine lobster feast on the last day. And you never have to wash a dish!

COST

The per-person fee of $770 is all-inclusive, covering lodging, meals, instruction, and all camp activities. Discounts are available for workstudy, tent-camping, and for non-musical partners who are not taking instructional workshops

Earlier in the summer, Meadowlark is a youth camp (spelled "Med-o-lark"), complete with a wide array of recreational facilities, some of which will be available for our use as well. However, we ask that you bring your own canoe or kayak if you'd like to go boating or fishing. And please note: much of the ground at camp is moderately rough and uneven, and there is no wheelchair access to some of the buildings.

The facilities include a sandy beach; 20 cabins with showers; a performance hall; many great spaces for jamming; an on-site (and musical!) physician; secluded woods; a lakeside sauna; and a pair or two of nesting loons. You can play as much or as little music as you like; when you're not playing, there are clouds to watch, the Maine coast nearby, L.L. Bean and Freeport about an hour away, and (if you bring your own canoe) the lake to explore and fish to catch. And since we believe that the way to a folk musician's heart is through the stomach, we take care to provide healthy, tasty, abundant food--always with vegetarian selections.

Sincerely yours,

Jerry Bryant, Assistant Director

Meadowlark Music Camp