Bob- This sounds like a great event--my middle son will be returning to RPI from winter break that weekend, and if my wife Diane( Botany major, Miami University) and I take him back rather than Amtrak him, we'll likely attend, but not sure of plans yet. Sounds like a great program of events, though.
Steve On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS > > I would like to make an official announcement. We are planning a winter > ENTS gathering here in western Massachusetts to be held on January 23rd. > There will be a hike in the morning, a concert in the afternoon, and > presentations in the evening. My wife Monica is planning the concert - > actually music and poetry to be held at the Charlemont Inn in Charlemont, > MA. We'll do a winter hike in Mohawk from 11am - 2pm (bring lunch or > snacks). The concert and poetry readings will be from 3:00-4:00 PM. > Afterwards we'll have dinner and then hear presentations from 7:00-8:30 PM. > Ed, if you can make it, maybe a presentation on the accomplishments of ENTS > similar to that superb presentation you gave at the Inn several years ago? > > The morning hike will be into Mohawk Trail State Forest to pay our respects > to some of the great pines accessible in the Trees of Peace Grove. If > conditions permit, we will visit the Cherokee-Choctaw grove, the Trees of > Peace, the upper meadow, the Algonquin Pines, the lower meadow, and return > by the ENTS grove where we will renew a few tree dedications. The ENTS grove > is reserved just for Ents, but it has been suffering from benign neglect. > There are around 19 or 20 white pines that reach 150 feet in the grove - all > just bursting to be named for a worthy Ent. We presently have about half of > the 150s named. However, by edict of Treebeard, you must be an active Ent > (or deceased) to have a tree in the Ents grove named for you. Oh yes, bring > snow shoes if you have them. If you don't hopefully we can outfit you with a > pair. Total distance of the hike is between 3 and 4 miles. Elevation gain > totals to only 400 feet - nothing challenging. > > Monica is currently lining up musicians, poets and writers for the > 3:00-4:00 PM event. So far, musicians include: > > Monica Jakuc Leverett (retired Smith College professor of music and active > concert pianist) > > Charlotte Dewey (owner of Inn, graduate of Hartt School of Music - an > extremely versatile soprano) > > Jennifer Dudley (mezzo-soprano singer extraordinaire and fast becoming the > musical vocalist of ENTS) > > Tanya Blaich (instructor in collaborative piano and art song at New England > Conservatory, concert pianist and > colleague of Monica's) > > Peter W. Shea (tenor and stellar past participant in ENTS concerts) > Jim (song writer and musical partner of Charlotte. Jim will compose a > song especially for ENTS.) > > There will be several excellent poets and writers from the area including > Patricia Lewis (tentative), Susan Middleton, Norma Roche, and the team of > Robin Barber and Carol Edelstein (tentative). All works will be about > nature. Check out Patricia Lewis's website at www.writingretreats.org. The > above are among western Massachusetts's finest. > > Anyone who plans to stay at the very historic Charlemont Inn should make > reservations early - very early. January is in the middle of the ski season. > Berkshire East Ski Resort is just across the Deerfield river and clearly > visible through the windows of the Inn. The Inn stays pretty full from > mid-December through February. Our Ent comrade Anthony Kelly once stayed at > the Inn for a week and by his account thoroughly enjoyed it. Check out the > Inn at www.charlemontinn.com. If you are unfamiliar with its history, I > think you'll be impressed. > > Monica and I have floor space available at our house to put up 3 or 4 of > you who would come from a distance if you wish to stay with us. Bring a > sleeping blanket. We can find other accommodations with friends for any who > can't be fitted into our space. For those who can afford it, the Inn is > ideal, but might not work for Ents on tight budgets. > > Bob > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
