Tradmad Camp

Name: Tradmad Camp
Address: Pinewoods Camp – 80 Cornish Field Road, Plymouth, MA, 02360, US
Telephone: +19179225404
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

TradMaD Camp will take place at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, MA, from 8/26- 9/1/23

WHEN? August 27-September 2, 2022

WHERE? and more. Lots more. Let us know!
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At Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth MA

WHAT? Workshops, dances, concerts, one-shots, camper concerts, jamming, singing, swimming in two lovely ponds, relaxing, learning, and generally having fun. More specifically (subject to staff availability, phases of the moon, etc.):

- We'll start each day with warm-ups for singers and for dancers
- "If you don't pick it, it will never get better": Beginner to adva

nced classes many instruments
- Dancing: Advanced American contras and squares; Quebecois dances; plus evening dance parties for all
- Singarounds
- Ballads
- Jams of various varieties — old time, bluegrass, Celtic
- Spoken not Sung (story-telling, poems, monologues, etc.)
- Blues
- "Spotlight on ..." where staff members get to do whatever they choose
- Duckie Flash Mob Swim

. . . What else do you want? WHO? Singers, pickers, and dancers who love traditional music and dance. This event is being put together by a bunch of associated organizations, including:

- Branford Folk Music Society
- CD*NY (Country Dance * New York);
- FSSGB (Folk Song Society of Greater Boston);
- FMSNY (Folk Music Society of New York);
- FSGW (Folklore Society of Greater Washington);
- Golden Link Folk Singing Society
- LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association
- NEFFA (New England Folk Festival Association);
- NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance
- Traditional Song Forum (UK)

Plus others yet to be announced and with help and advice from CDSS (Country Dance & Song Society) and Youth Traditional Song Weekend. Members of these associated organizations will get the members' discounted rate. If your organization is interested, contact us. WHY? Because we are mad about traditional music and dance of all flavors. HOW MUCH? Members $; non-members $. This fee covers all events, lodging, and meals from dinner on Saturday through breakfast on Friday. Some scholarships and work scholarships are available — contact us if you are interested.

08/14/2024

Don't forget - when you come to TradMaD, try to bring something for the Silent Auction! We'd like to make this year's auction the biggest and best ever - so please bring a donation if you can! Questions? Email Lynn at [email protected].

08/02/2024

Our 2024 TradMaD camp t-shirt is now on sale!! Many styles and colors to choose from. Order now to get your shirt in time for camp.

Visit https://www.bonfire.com/tradmad-camp-2024/
to see all the styles and choose your color!

Artwork by TradMaD's artist: Julia Eager!! And yes, one of the pair is Mayhem, the camp racoon! Pick up a sweatshirt for those chilly nights at camp!

07/12/2024

Are you coming to TradMaD?

07/08/2024

Want to retreat to a natural place and reconnect with yourself and your music? If you're thinking of it, you can make it happen! We are filling the last few spots for TradMaD (Traditional Music and Dance) Camp! This year the dates are August 24-30. Register for TradMad Camp 2024 today at https://bit.ly/sign-me-up-for-TradMad2024 TradMaD has a sliding scale and scholarships to make camp more accessible to all. Check out the scholarships!!

TradMaD is the Folk Music Society of New York's week at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth MA and the best gift you can give yourself. Come to TradMad for inspiration, immersion in folk and traditional music and dance, fun parties, quiet walks through beautiful natural surroundings, healthy meals of locally-sourced food, watching the full moon rise over Long Pond while listening to distant music, sleeping in your little cabin in the woods - the magic that is Pinewoods.

Our incredible staff this year includes:
Scott Ainslie
Armand Aromin
Flannery Brown
Eliza Carthy
Martin Carthy
Colleen Cleveland
Amy Conley
Alex Cu***ng
Andy Davis
Dan Duggan
Craig Edwards
Benedict Gagliardi
Lisa Gutkin
Reggie Harris
Anne Hills
David Jones
Chris Koldewey
Peggy Lynn
John Roberts
Sally Rogers
Cedar Stanistreet
The Vox Hunters
Surprise guests . . . . . and our talented campers

Head to https://folkmusicny.org/ if you want to learn more!

06/06/2024

Seriously, you would love it here. If you're thinking of it, you can make it happen! This year the dates are August 24-30. Register for TradMad Camp 2024 today at https://bit.ly/sign-me-up-for-TradMad2024. TradMaD has a sliding scale and scholarships to make camp more accessible to all. AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

TradMaD (Traditional Music and Dance Camp) is the Folk Music Society of New York's week at Pinewoods in Plymouth MA and the best gift you can give yourself. Come to TradMad for inspiration, immersion in folk and traditional music and dance, fun parties, quiet walks through beautiful natural surroundings, healthy meals of locally-sourced food, watching the full moon rise over Long Pond while listening to distant music, sleeping in your little cabin in the woods - the magic that is Pinewoods.

Our incredible staff this year include Benedict Gagliardi, Armand Dale Aromin, Flannery Brown, Craig Edwards, Colleen Cleveland, Amy Conley, Alex Cu***ng, John Roberts, Sally Rogers, Chris Koldewey, David Jones, and many more!

Head to https://folkmusicny.org/ if you want to learn more!

06/04/2024

Sign up NOW! This year the dates are August 24-30. Register for TradMad Camp 2024 today at https://bit.ly/sign-me-up-for-TradMad2024. TradMaD has a sliding scale and scholarships to make camp more accessible to all. AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

TradMaD (Traditional Music and Dance Camp) is the Folk Music Society of New York's week at Pinewoods in Plymouth MA and the best gift you can give yourself. Come to TradMad for inspiration, immersion in folk and traditional music and dance, fun parties, quiet walks through beautiful natural surroundings, healthy meals of locally-sourced food, watching the full moon rise over Long Pond while listening to distant music, sleeping in your little cabin in the woods - the magic that is Pinewoods.

Our incredible staff this year include Benedict Gagliardi, Armand Dale Aromin, Flannery Brown, Craig Edwards, Colleen Cleveland, Amy Conley, Alex Cu***ng, John Roberts, Sally Rogers, Chris Koldewey, David Jones, and many more!

Head to https://folkmusicny.org/ if you want to learn more!

06/01/2024

We love it when people come to Camp to experience TradMaD for the first time! If you're thinking of it, you can make it happen - BUT ACT NOW! This year the dates are August 24-30. Register for TradMad Camp 2024 today at https://bit.ly/sign-me-up-for-TradMad2024. TradMaD has a sliding scale and scholarships to make camp more accessible to all. AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

TradMaD (Traditional Music and Dance Camp) is the Folk Music Society of New York's week at Pinewoods in Plymouth, MA and the best gift you can give yourself. Come to TradMad for inspiration, immersion in folk and traditional music and dance, fun parties, quiet walks through beautiful natural surroundings, healthy meals of locally-sourced food, watching the full moon rise over Long Pond while listening to distant music, sleeping in your little cabin in the woods - the magic that is Pinewoods.

Our incredible staff this year include Benedict Gagliardi, Armand Dale Aromin, Flannery Brown, Craig Edwards, Colleen Cleveland, Amy Conley, Alex Cu***ng, John Roberts, Sally Rogers, Chris Koldewey, David Jones, and many more!
Head to https://folkmusicny.org/ if you want to learn more!

05/19/2024

We need your help - be a part of the volunteers who make the Old Songs Festival the family it is...We're looking for more volunteers during the festival - June 28-30. Free admisssion to the festival, discounts on T-shirts, access to purchase meals from creature comforts and dine with performers, and so much more. Join our 400+ volunteers and become part of the Old Songs family this year and for years to come!

Read about the different areas here:
https://volunteer.oldsongs.org/volunteer-areas/
and sign up here:
http://volunteer.oldsongs.org

Get involved, be a volunteer, and join in the fun: Free Festival Admission Enjoy the Festival from “the inside” On-site dining with festival performers (with the purchase of the creature comforts meal plan) Flexible work schedule Request to join a Festival Volunteer Crew (

05/13/2024

the Old Songs Festival is looking for more volunteers during the festival - June 28-30. Free admisssion to the festival, discounts on T-shirts, access to purchase meals from creature comforts and dine with performers, and so much more. Join our 400+ volunteers and become part of the Old Songs family this year and for years to come!

Read about the different areas here:
https://volunteer.oldsongs.org/volunteer-areas/

and sign up here:
http://volunteer.oldsongs.org

There are many crews at the festival and each has a staff member or "Chief". The jobs vary, and require adults 18 years and older. The time required of a Chief is more than of a crew member. Crew members work a total of 10 hours during, before or after the festival. The Chief organizes the crew, sc

05/05/2024

John Roberts, on his 80th birthday is in concert NOW. at Old Songs! You can purchase a streaming ticket now and watch now from the beginning or watch later as well. If you watchh now yyou can add your besti wishes to John in the chat. Join people from all over the world!

Presenting John Roberts on his 80th birthday! Celebrate with us! John has been singing English folk songs since the early 1960s, when he joined a local folk club in his native Worcestershire. In America since 1968, he joined with Tony Barrand to form a long lasting duo whose entertaining style de

04/03/2024

Friday, April 5, 2024 7:30 PM Old Songs presents Louise Bichan with Ethan Setiawan and Conor & Brendan Hearn - In person AND streamed live. don't miss it! For info and tickets:

with Ethan Setiawan and Conor & Brendan Hearn Join Orkney fiddler and photographer Louise Bichan as she embarks on a unique musical and sentimental journey, between her native northern Scottish isles and coast-to-coast Canada, in the footsteps of her late paternal grandmother Margaret, née Tait

02/28/2024

Celebrating Francophonie Month and St Patrick's Day, Old Songs presents 3 themed concerts in March - in person AND live-streamed!

We begin with Grosse Isle Friday, March 1 - information and tickets here: https://oldsongs.org/event/grosse-isle/ - it's a cross between Québécois and Irish to start the month. Then go to concerts.oldsongs.org for the rest of the spring lineup.

The traditional-music trio Grosse Isle was born out of the collaboration between three exceptional musicians from Quebec and Ireland: Sophie Lavoie (fiddle, piano, vocal), André Marchand (guitar, vocal), and Fiachra O’Regan (uilleann pipes, whistle, banjo). Fusing Irish and Québécois repertoire...

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Pinewoods Camp – 80 Cornish Field Road
Plymouth, MA
02360

Telephone

+19179225404

Website

http://www.tradmadcamp.org/

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WHEN? August 24-30, 2019 WHERE? At Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth MA WHAT? Workshops, dances, concerts, one-shots, camper concerts, jamming, singing, swimming in two lovely ponds, relaxing, learning, and generally having fun. More specifically (subject to staff availability, phases of the moon, etc.): - "If you don't pick it, it will never get better": Beginner to advanced classes in banjo, bones, concertina, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, ukulele - Dancing: Advanced American contras and squares; Quebecois dances; ; plus evening dance parties for all - Singarounds - Ballads - Jams of various varieties — old time, bluegrass, Cajun, Celtic - Spoken not Sung (story-telling, poems, monologues, etc.) - Blues - "Spotlight on ..." where staff members get to do whatever they choose - Duckie Flash Mob Swim . . . and more. Lots more. What else do you want? Let us know! WHO? Singers, pickers, and dancers who love traditional music and dance. This event is being supported by a bunch of associated organizations, including: - Branford Folk Music Society - CD*NY (Country Dance * New York); - FMSH (Folk Music Society of Huntington); - FMSNY (Folk Music Society of New York); - FSGW (Folklore Society of Greater Washington); - FSSGB (Folk Song Society of Greater Boston);

- Golden Link Folk Singing Society

- Jalopy Theatre and Music School - LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association - NEFFA (New England Folk Festival Association); - NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance - Princeton Folk Music Society

- The Folk Project of New Jersey