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gbdean
Review for North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance Inc, Saugerties, NY, USA
SummerSongs/WinterSongs has been nothing short of life-changing! To find a community whose values reflect my own values - passion about music, love of other musicians and their creativity, expanding my own creativity, support and encouragement of striving musicians, on whatever level they are - has been priceless. I wish the world was more like the SummerSongs community, which brings so much joy, happiness, laughter, songs, creative expression of emotion, and learning from one another, to all of its members. We can choose from a variety of classes and workshops around songwriting and critiquing, singing and harmonizing, freeing one's creativity, guitar, piano accompaniment, performance, recording, and more. We sing for one another in a coffeehouse-like setting, jam together till the wee hours of the night, eat together, have great conversations together - just heavenly! It is so important to my husband and me to go to Summersongs/Wintersongs that we gladly sacrifice other things to be able to afford to go - I don't view this as a luxury, but as a necessity for us. We are so grateful to the founder, Penny Nichols, and the great staff she has put together, and to the marvelous "campers" who get together every year, sometimes several times a year, to create such a nurturing, healthy, loving environment for us all! Barbara
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
making music a larger part of our lives, finding my songwriting voice, bringing concerts to our community, having a folk music radio show, and making so many friends who share my love of music.
What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
being with friends who love music as I do and learning from them.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
generous, giving, knowledgeable about musical skills I want to learn, encouraging and supportive.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Buy land and create a permanent home, and possibly housing for its members, like a co-housing community.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About once a year
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
