Catskills Traditional Music and Dance

Online Discussion Saturday

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The in-person symposium about Catskills traditional music and dance that Catskills Folk Connection has been changed to a Zoom discussion from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. Missing will be the in-person jam, the potluck supper and the in-person square dance. The change was necessitated by fund restrictions and caution about Covid rates of infection and vaccination. 

The two hours of discussion (with breaks) should allow time for a lively conversation among dancers, musicians, dance organizers, folklorists, and cultural organizations about the current status of traditional music and dance in the Catskills. By the end of the meeting we hope to have a consensus about what is needed for Catskills traditional music and dance to thrive in our region.

Catskills Folk Connection’s folklorist Ginny Scheer will host the meeting and will begin with a short video clip in recognition of the late Hilt and Stella Kelly as a starting point for the open discussion. Audience members may wish to talk about what is happening in their music and dance lives, or they may wish to focus immediately on the question about the future of traditional music and dance in the Catskills.

Musicians and dancers are expected to attend from different genres that share the larger Catskills audience. Areas we might recommend for enrichment may be performance opportunities and venues or centralized marketing, or we may wish to discuss the need for archiving materials about past music and dance, or we may decide to emphasize education to involve younger members of our region’s population.

The link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4140851861  To click the link electronically it is in an email sent to all CFC members and also at www.catskillsfolkconnection.blogspot.com. 

For more information contact Ginny Scheer at 607-326-4206 or www.gscheer.mcs@gmail.com