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SPECIAL EVENT
at 37 South Main St., Voorheesville, NY

2nd annual
retreat for women

APRIL 11 & 12, 2008

 with
    Peggy Seeger
    & Anne Hills
    
& drummer Jane Rudden

 

SCHEDULE

 FRIDAY, APRIL 11        
7:30 pm
For, With & By Women:
OPEN MIC
Host: Anne Hills

Come share your music on the Old Songs stage! Sign up at the door to perform.

Open to the public
"pass the hat" donation

 SATURDAY, APRIL 12   
9:30 am - 5:15 pm - info will be posted as available
 9:00  Registration
 9:30 - 12:30  A Feminist View of Anglo-American Song - Peggy Seeger
 12:30 - 1:15  Covered Dish to Share (coffee, juice, water provided)
 1:30 - 3:00  Songwriting - Anne and Peggy
 3:15 - 4:15  Vocalization - Anne Hills
 4:30 - 5:15  Drum Circle - Jane Rudden

8:00 pm
EVENING CONCERT

 with
    Peggy Seeger & Anne Hills

Open to the public
$17 at the door


PRESENTER BIOS


Peggy Seeger - Born in 1935, Peggy is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter; her life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her and to whom she bore three children. Now she is sometimes thought of as the mother of Neill and Calum MacColl but is very much her own woman. She is probably best known for her feminist song Gonna Be an Engineer and for The Ballad of Springhill, which is rapidly becoming regarded as a traditional song. After living 35 years in England, she returned to the USA in 1994 and after living in Asheville, North Carolina, for ten years, she now resides in Boston. She now tours extensively in the USA as a solo concert artist, singing and giving workshops. She has made 21 solo recordings and has participated in over a hundred recordings with other artists. Her 1998 CD, PERIOD PIECES: WOMEN’S SONGS FOR MEN AND WOMEN, received major attention from Billboard. She records exclusively for Appleseed Recordings. Her latest project is her HOME TRILOGY, three albums in which each disc contains one or two songs of her own composition and the rest traditional USA songs. HEADING FOR HOME and LOVE, CALL ME HOME are the first two volumes of this series. The third , BRING ME HOME, will appear in 2008. Her latest recording is a 2-CD set, THREE SCORE AND TEN. This captivating set is a distillation of her 70th birthday concert in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.
www.pegseeger.com

Anne Hills - There are few artists who have the full range of musical gifts possessed by singer and songwriter Anne Hills, and fewer still who have worked so hard and so successfully to hone those gifts. She has been the recipient of numerous honors including the Wold Folk Music Association's 2002 Kate Wolf Memorial Award. The Kerrville Music Foundation named her their 1997 Outstanding Female Vocalist of the Year, and her duet children’s recording, Never Grow Up, released in 1998 with Cindy Mangsen on Flying Fish Records, was chosen for the coveted 1998 Parents’ Choice Award. The regular appearance of her solo recordings on “best of” lists around the country, and the demand for her at festivals, concerts and seminars on songwriting, prove that Anne’s star is shining as brightly today as ever. Collaborative projects include the occasional winter tour with Priscilla Herdman and Cindy Mangsen her performances with legendary songwriters Tom Paxton and Michael Smith. Anne continues to touch the heart with a poet’s evocative palette and a singer’s love of melody.It’s not surprising that Anne’s songwriting, and the albums featuring her writing have continued to win her new and ardent fans. www.annehills.com

Jane Rudden
started playing djembe about 15 years ago and began to teach and facilitate drum circles in 2003. She has studied extensively with Ubaka Hill, among others, and appeared with the Drumsong Orchestra on Ubaka’s latest CD, “Beyond the Wind”.

In addition to playing drums, Jane has been a practicing psychotherapist with children and adults for 20 years and recently received her yoga teacher certification.

 
Cost  
Friday
Open Mic "pass the hat"      
Saturday
Feminist View $25      
Songwriting $20      
Vocalization $15      

Saturday Concert

$17      
Discounted
All day Saturday
until 5:15
$50      
All day Saturday
& Concert
$65      
Registration  

Print and fill out our online form and mail to:
Old Songs, Inc.
PO Box 466
Voorheesville, NY 12186

 

Directions 
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To 37 South Main St., Voorheesville

From WEST or SOUTH via NYS Thruway
to NY Thruway Exit 24
, Albany:

After the toll booth, follow signs to Rt. 20/WESTERN AVE.
(It’s the first exit, immediately after the toll booth).
Turn RIGHT (west) on Rt. 20/WESTERN AVE.
Follow Rt. 20 2.4 miles to Rt. 155.
Turn LEFT on Rt. 155 towards Voorheesville. Go 3.2 miles.
Turn RIGHT on Rt. 306/VOORHEESVILLE AVE. Go .07 miles
turn RIGHT on S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner).
37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

From the EAST on I-90:
I-90 to Exit B-1.
Follow this non-Thruway section of I-90 to the Fuller Rd./State University Exit.
Turn LEFT on Fuller Rd. and continue to the next traffic light (Washington Ave.).
Turn RIGHT (west) on Washington and go 2.9 miles until it ends at Rt 155.
Turn LEFT on Rt. 155. Go 4.6 miles.
Turn RIGHT at light onto Rt. 306/VOORHEESVILLE AVE. Go .07 miles
turn RIGHT on S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner).
37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

From NORTH via Rt. 87/Adirondack Northway
Take I-87 south to Albany. DO NOT take Exit One for I-90/I-87 New York Thruway.
Stay in the LEFT LANE and continue to Rt. 20/WESTERN AVE.
Turn RIGHT (west) on Rt. 20/WESTERN AVE.
Follow Rt. 20 2.4 miles to Rt. 155.
Turn LEFT on Rt. 155 towards Voorheesville. Go 3.2 miles.
Turn RIGHT on Rt. 306/VOORHEESVILLE AVE. Go .07 miles
turn RIGHT on S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner).
37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

From Capital District locations:

From Route 20/Western Ave. take Route 155 south toward Voorheesville 3.2 miles; turn right at the 2nd stoplight on Route 306/Voorheesville Ave. Follow into village (about 1/2 mile); turn right on S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner). 37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

From Route 85/New Scotland Ave. follow southwest from Albany/Slingerlands to Route 85-A. Follow 85-A into Voorheesville 2.2 miles. Take right on Voorheesville Ave., and first left onto S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner). 37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

From Route 156/Altamont-Voorheesville Rd. follow Route 156 to Route 85-A in Voorheesville; left on 85-A. Go 0.2 miles and turn left on Voorheesville Ave., and then take first left onto S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner). 37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.

Krumkill Rd. and Johnston Rd. (near Crossgates Mall) offer other possible approaches. Either will lead to Normans Kill Rd. which becomes Rt. 306/Voorheesville Ave. See map.

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Old Songs, Inc.

PO Box 466 • Voorheesville, NY 12186-0466
(518) 765-2815 • Fax: (518) 765-4248 • Email:

www.oldsongs.org