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News for The Woods, 2009!

January 2009. The 2009 staff is announced!  DAVID ROTH has gained national attention for his unique songs, moving stories, and powerful singing and subject matter. PEGGY SEEGER is coming back! We are thrilled to welcome back Peggy Seeger, singer of traditional Anglo- American songs and activist songmaker. She brings us a rich treasure of stories, songs, and her years of experience at the forefront of the British folk revival. SHANE COOK is a multi-award winning fiddler, one of the very best in the country. NORAH RENDELL, a Canadian Folk Music Award nominee in the category “Best Traditional Singer”, is also an Irish flute and tin whistle player who specializes in traditional Irish dance music and songs. BRIAN MILLER will be accompanying Norah and teaching bouzouki/ mandolin. Brian specializes in Ontario, Quebec and American Midwest lumberjack songs. STEVE BAUGHMAN – Steve is a favourite guitar teacher at camps such as Swannanoa and Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. He is a brilliant Celtic/fingerstyle guitarist who is also well known for his instructional videos (not to mention his old time banjo playing). We are happy to introduce BEV BERNBAUM to The Woods community as our dance caller. She’ll also be teaching us about Singing Waltzes.

December 2008. The Woods Committee has decided to redesign and relaunch the Woods Web site! Watch for a new, improved, and more exciting site in the new year!

September 2008. "Our dates have been set, August 19 to 24, 2009. Our staff has not been established yet. We are working on it! But the main purpose of this note is to let you all know about some new guidelines we have regarding “REGISTRATION”. In an effort to make registration fairer to everyone, we have decided that we will not accept any registrations before the ‘Official’ registration date which will be sometime in the new year. As soon as we have the staff confirmed and some other details in place, we will send out an announcement to all people who are on the email list informing everyone of: 1. The Staff 2. The start date for accepting registrations.  In the meantime, make sure that I have your latest, up to date email address! If you change your address, LET ME KNOW! I expect people to be talking about this email, so if you know of someone who should be on this list but is not, LET ME KNOW! If you didn’t receive this email, LET US KNOW!"


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