Pinewoods Camp, Inc.This season’s schedule follows in chronological order. Clicking on the session title will bring you to the session’s website for more information and registration.
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Volunteer grounds work and clean up to open camp. Volunteers with a will to work are welcome; no special skills required! Housing & meals provided. Evening activities vary, initiated by those attending. Please register at least three days in advance and check with us before bringing children.
Sponsored by: Pinewoods
Volunteer grounds work and clean up to open camp. Volunteers with a will to work are welcome; no special skills required! Housing & meals provided. Evening activities vary, initiated by those attending. Please register at least three days in advance and check with us before bringing children.
Sponsored by: Pinewoods
Contact: Marcie Van Cleave at 781-438-4387,
Sponsored by: Folk Arts Center of New England
Plymouth CRAFT’s Greenwood Fest 2018 is working to bring some of the world’s best green woodworkers together. Stay tuned for more details on their website at greenwoodfest.org to learn more and register. Or PlymouthCRAFT.org to learn about our other handwork events and learning opportunities.
Special visiting Greenwood instructors from 2017 included, from Sweden, Jögge Sundqvist; from England, JoJo Wood and Barn Carder; from Brittany, Jane Mickelborough. American instructors include Jarrod Stone Dahl from Wisconsin; David Fisher from Pennsylvania, Tim Manney from Maine, Darrick Sanderson from New York, and Peter Galbert from Massachusetts.
Click here to see a video from our first fest.
Contact: Paula Marcoux,
Sponsored by: Plymouth CRAFT
Exciting and affordable, Swing into Summer is an enlivening and relaxing weekend full of traditional dance, song, music-making, and other activities that people of every age/persuasion will enjoy. Our campers are young adults, families, and any age you can name. Swing into Summer is a great place to engage in your most beloved activities alongside trying something brand new. Jump with joyful dance moves one period and sing for the first time in years at the next. So, come for what you love; stay for something you didn’t even know you loved!
Committee members: Alex Ellis, Allison Shapp, Max Newman, Eleanor Lincoln and Ben Williams
Fri. p.m. to Sun. p.m.
Contact: Ben Williams,
or Alex Ellis,
Sponsored by: CDS Boston Centre
Photo by Liz Resnick.
With a weekend session (June 21-25) geared toward adults and a FolkDays session (June 25-28) that adds age-appropriate classes and activities for children, or the option of staying for Both Sessions, there’s truly a place for everyone. See you there!
Weekend 6/21-6/25: Thurs. p.m. to Mon. a.m.
Folk Days 6/25-6/28: Mon. p.m. to Thurs. a.m.
Contact: Marcie Van Cleave at 781-438-4387,
Sponsored by: Folk Arts Center of New England
Photo by Ira Gessel.
July 4th weekend at Pinewoods promises to be fun, exciting, and beautiful! English Country Dance with the beautiful calling of Joanna Reiner and Brad Foster. Contra dance with the dynamic Lisa Greenleaf. English Ceilidh Dance with the talented Lisa Heywood all the way from England! Music from the fantastic Karen Axelrod, Kate Barnes, Alex Cumming, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Amelia Mason, Owen Morrison, and Anna Patton. Learn some longsword with Judy Erickson, long-time choreographer of Orion Longsword. This year, we will have both beginner and advanced Irish percussive dance with the lovely Rebecca McGowan! Join the talented Lisa Heywood for morris dancing across the pond – Lisa is a long time morris dancer, caller, and teacher with Shooting Roots in England. Need a break from dancing? Join Jamie Beaton and John Mayberry for singing or Laura Sprung for crafts!
Contact: Aidin Carey at 978-460-1327,
or Peter Kruskal,
Sponsored by: CDS Boston Centre
Photo by Dave Cornelius.
ESC Week is growing! We’re now bringing you the best of English Country, Scottish Country, and Contra dancing—and much more. Come enjoy your favorite traditions while perhaps sampling something new in a fun and friendly session. From the energetic to the elegant, ESC offers a unique and satisfying mix of music and dance in daily classes and mixed evening programs. ESC is a rare opportunity to bring together dance communities in one magical setting—who knows what surprises you’ll find! So ESCape to the Cape this summer for the new English Scottish Contra ESCperience!
Contact: Meghan Murray at 781.775.9788,
or Dan Blim at 734.883.6460,
Sponsored by: CDS Boston Centre, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Photo by Meyer Billmers.
Scottish Country Dancing combines the grace and control of balletic footwork with the exuberance of Scots folk dancing into a social dance tradition that is simultaneously vigorous and elegant. Dancers dance in sets of four couples to reels, jigs, and strathspeys played on fiddle, piano, and pipes. Scottish Sessions at Pinewoods offer two of the best SCD programs in the country for beginners and advanced dancers alike, along with Highland dancing, step dancing, and music classes. The Scottish Sessions are also known for their outstanding teachers and musicians from both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.
Pinewoods is the perfect setting in which to learn or perfect one of the most exhilarating forms of social dancing. Ceilidhs and after-parties for all are part of the Pinewoods Scottish experience. Join us for the weekend (Session I, July 6-9), the week (Session II, July 9-14), or both!
Contact: Laura DeCesare at 617-759-1089,
or Ross Parker at 215-694-4511,
Sponsored by: Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Photo by Ken Launie.
Dance and music activities for the whole family. English country and ritual dances, and American squares and contras. Storytelling, singing, crafts. Some activities for the whole family, some by age group.
Program Director: Katy German and Elvie Miller
Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Andy Kane.
Traditional and contemporary songs, harmony singing by ear, choral singing from written music, instrumental music, as well as dance: American contra and square, English country and display. Lots of singing and instrumental music.
Program Director: Anna Patton
Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Claire Morrison.
English country dancing, Morris and sword dancing, English clog dancing, with a touch of contras. Also singing, and instrument workshops.
Program Director: Robin Hayden
Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Stewart Dean.
Contra, square, and clog dance classes along with some English country dance. Also calling workshops, singing and instrumental classes. Add some crafts and a great community.
Program Director: Lisa Greenleaf
Saturday pm to Saturday am
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Doug Plummer.
Early music for voices, recorders, viols, reeds and plucked strings at all levels. Period instruments. English country dancing for all.
Program Director: Emily O’Brien
Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Dorrie Olsson.
Families are welcome. Program created by staff and campers. English and American dancing. Singing, story telling, and leadership workshops.
Program Director: Hannah Naiman
Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.
Contact: Steve Howe,
Sponsored by: Country Dance and Song Society
Photo by Jeff Bary.
Contact: Heather Wood at (646) 628-4604,
or Joy Bennett at (917) 922-5404,
Sponsored by: Folk Music Society of New York and others
Photo by Suzanne Mrozak.
Co-sponsored by the Folk Arts Center of New England and the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre , Labor Day Weekend at Pinewoods offers an end of summer celebration of New England contras, English country, and international dancing, plus workshops in instrumental and vocal international dance music. The relaxed schedule also includes evening dance parties and after-parties, and various staff- and camper-led activities, all amid the lovely pine forests of Pinewoods Camp.
Program Directors:
Fri. p.m. to Tues. a.m.
Contact: Marcie Van Cleave at 781-438-4387,
Sponsored by: CDS Boston Centre, Folk Arts Center of New England
Photo by Mitch Diamond.
Volunteer grounds work and clean up to close camp. Volunteers with a will to work are welcome; no special skills required! Housing & meals provided. Evening activities vary, initiated by those attending. Please register at least three days in advance and check with us before bringing children.
Sponsored by: Pinewoods
