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Workshops August 2009
Groups marked with an * are open to the public.
Contact those groups if you are interested and
would like to participate in their program at Wildacres.
Shabbaton in the Mountains
AUGUST 6 - 9
Berachot/Blessings and Thoughtful Jewish Life
The act of making a beracha/blessing opens us to enjoyment and to responsibility: Wildacres Retreat, high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, offers the opportunity for making many berachot/blessings: Come and make the beracha for seeing a mountain and a mountain view. Enjoy the opportunity to make a beracha for clearly sighted planets and ‘shooting stars.’ Make the berachot/blessings for study, for food for seeing and meeting friends and for the celebration of Shabbat.
email: bethel.sec@verizon.net
phone: 919.682.1238
Camp Doremi - Shape Note Singing*
AUGUST 6 - 9
Camp DoReMi is an old-fashioned singing school experience to learn to sing shape note music, a style of a cappella music that has been used in American congregational singing since the early 1800s. The camp is 3 days of classes in the basic rudiments of reading music in seven shapes and other topics relating to the art of shape note singing. There are nightly shape note singings that are open to the public and free of charge. For more information, please visit our website
or contact Jane Spencer.
website: campdoremi.com
email: janespencer@yahoo.com
phone: 706.769.8782
B'nai B'rith Institute of Judaism I*
AUGUST 10 - 13
Now in its 62nd year, the B'nai B'rith Institute of Judaism provides an opportunity for the individual to confront, explore, and clarify questions about Judaism in an individual, national, and global context. Our faculty provides four lectures daily, and there is entertainment each evening.
Additional activities include patio discussions with the faculty, religious services, athletic pursuits such as hiking and tennis, enjoying the breathtaking beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, or just relaxing.
Online Brochure: www.synthed.com/wildacre/w09broch.htm
email: bcarr@ipass.net
phone: 919.781.4207
Charlotte Yiddish Institute*
AUGUST 13 - 16
This is the 3lst season of the Charlotte Yiddish Institute at Wildacres. The Institute is open to men, women and teens who enjoy the Yiddish language and are dedicated to enhancing their understanding of "Mame Loshn" in a culturally stimulating, "heymish" atmosphere. Yiddishkeit abounds with concerts, faculty lectures in Yiddish/English, Yiddish language classes, folk singing and dancing, judaica gift shop, daily and Shabbes services (in Yiddish, Hebrew and English).
website: Charlotte Yiddish Institute Wildacres
email: cltyiddishinst@aol.com or johnbaila@aol.com
Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies*
AUGUST 17 - 23
The SFMS sponsors five Gem, Jewelry and Mineral workshops each year. These are held at Wildacres, near Little Switzerland in North Carolina, and at the William Holland Retreat near the small town of Young Harris in northeast Georgia. A broad range of courses related to the lapidary arts are taught by qualified instructors from throughout the Federation. All instructors are volunteers who are not paid for the highly skilled and professional experience that they bring to the workshops. Classes this session include advanced metal, gem ID, raku beads, silversmithing, cabochons, fused glass, casting, digital photography and more. For a complete
listing or more information, please visit our website or contact Danny Griffin.
website: amfed.org
email: wildacresdirector@yahoo.com
phone: 865.406.8802
Alliance for Continued Learning-ETSU and Wildacres
AUGUST 24 - 27
East Tennessee State University and Wildacres sponsors this three day program which is open to all. There will be educational sessions, tours of area attractions, evening entertainment, great food, and lots of fun. For more information and registration contact Wildacres.
Charlotte Concert Band
AUGUST 24 - 27
The Charlotte Concert Band was first organized in 1967 in order to provide an outlet for amateur band musicians after they had completed school and had no venue in which to continue playing. It was an instant success, attracting local amateur and professional musicians. The time at Wildacres is to be used for large group rehearsals, for sectionals, and as an opportunity for the group to view performances by soloists and small ensembles within it.
Creativity In Clay*
AUGUST 24 - 28
Learn to create imaginative hand built forms through hands on instruction. Techniques will include mainly slab but will also explore coil, pinch and carving solid pieces of clay to enhance forms. All demonstration will also include surface consideration with slips, underglazes, terra sigillata, sgraffito, sprigging and more. Cost is $530 including workshop, food lodging and clay. For more information please contact Judy Mooney
email: judymooney@bellsouth.net
phone: 912.443.9313
The Association of Research and Enlightenment*
AUGUST 27 - AUGUST 30
A.R.E. Members' Retreat at Wildacres
Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.®), is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1931 by Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), to research and explore transpersonal subjects such as holistic health, ancient mysteries, personal spirituality, dreams and dream interpretation, intuition, and philosophy and reincarnation. Since 1987, the High Country Area Team has organized and hosted a retreat at Wildacres for A.R.E. members and guests. For more information about this year's retreat, including online registration, please visit our website.
website: edgarcayce.org
Fall Gathering
August 31 - September 4
Started in 2000, the annual gathering is a time for artists, writers, photographers, quilters, potters, jewelers, musicians, and others to come to Wildacres to work. There is no instruction during the gatherings but a great amount of sharing, and we ask that everyone attending come with a project. There is still space for this gathering and those interested please contact us.
website: fall gathering
email: wildacres@wildacres.org
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