Dance, Music, & Song Camps“It will be, without a doubt, the most fun you’ve had in a long time.”
–Helen Whitty
Online events August 8 – August 15!
Dance, sing, play, repeat: party in the woods!
Welcome to Virtual American Week – we hope you find something that sparks your interest. Do as much or as little as you like. Enjoy!
If you’re on Facebook, please join our community group. We’ll be posted a series of prompts throughout the week for you to join in and share memories.
If you’re not on Facebook, don’t worry! Here are a couple of other ways you can participate:
Help us write a collaborative story! Started by Julia Friend, waiting to be finished by you – click here to read the story so far and write the next chapter yourself!
Tuitions-to-Donations: support Black Lives Matter with your Pinewoods tuition (or some portion).
| Event | Date & time (all times EDT) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bookmaking at home! | August 9 7pm | The wonderful Annie Fain Barralon will do a tutorial for how to make a small accordion fold book with things you already have at your house. This will be a prerecorded video that we will broadcast at the scheduled time. It will be available for you to watch later in the week, too. |
| Online Dance Callers’ Seminar | August 10 8pm | Led by Scott Higgs, this discussion will focus on program choices and dance choreography. What is it like to call an online dance? How do you find, adapt, or create dances that are particularly fun ? We’re still learning what works—join us to compare notes, share stories, and develop plans to maximize dancers’ enjoyment. |
| Stuntology! | August 11 7pm | Sam Bartlett has made a lifelong practice of learning and documenting the do-it-yourself entertainment, he calls ‘Stuntology.’ In these clips he will show you how to steal the shirt off someone’s back, how to pull a cork out of a bottle, and how to drink a glass of water perched on your forehead without using your hands. |
| Blues Class | August 12 7pm-8:30pm | Learn beginner blues… from home! Clayton Jennings will introduce blues dance history and do a beginner Jookin’ lesson. Get warmed up for next year. |
| Dance Across the Country | August 13 7pm-9pm | Three camps in one! CDSS’ Dance, Music & Spice (Camp Cavell), Cascade of Music & Dance (Camp Louise), and American Dance & Music Week (Pinewoods) join forces for an awesome mix of contra and ECD via Zoom. Hosted by Adina Gordon, Gaye Fifer, and many others. |
| Pinecones Action Hour | August 14 7pm-8:30pm | Come hang out with program director Emily Troll at the virtual Pinecones Bar. Bring a special drink and some snacks. Chat with campers around the country about your experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement. Then, we’ll get to work advocating for BLM using tasks from Emily’s project “Activist Pie.” |
| American Week Camp Gathering | August 15 7pm | Come enjoy performances by campers and staff, MCed by the great Lisa Greenleaf. We’ll open the Zoom room at 6:30 for virtual camp “dinner”—come early to socialize; come at 7 for the main event. |
Join us back at Pinewoods next year! American Dance & Music Week 2021 will take place August 7 – August 14.