Steve
Really hope you can make it. It will be a hoot.
Bob
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On Nov 27, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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
>
>
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