{"id":256,"date":"2020-09-09T20:47:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2020-09-09T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:49:08","slug":"ep22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/ep22\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 22: Fields and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/abef2b7f-db2c-401e-a4b4-b77729e9519c?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sunlight of late summer is gentler, casting an evening glow on the fields still green and full of wildflowers. In June we had poppies, then Queen Anne\u2019s lace in July, and now in late August, it\u2019s sunflowers, hundreds of blooms. As we begin to get to work for the fall, there are still so many possibilities of what the months ahead could hold, chances to make changes for the better while we have our momentum from summer. This week we have music from Joanne Garton, Julie Vallimont, Ian Robb, Eleanor Lincoln, and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. Charis Boke reads a poem by e.e. cummings, Julie reads a poem by Cale Young Rice, and Margaret Youngberg reads a poem by William Wordsworth. If you\u2019ve been enjoying the podcast, we could really use your support to make it sustainable. You can donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/starsintherafters\">patreon.com\/starsintherafters<\/a>. Take care, everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode Notes<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. The Bee\u2019s Knees \/ Hey, Rusty! \/ A Boy\u2019s Lament for His Dragon &#8211; Joanne Garton (Montpelier, VT). Performed with Michael Ayles, Simeon Chapin, Hollis Easter, and Aaron Marcus on Joanne&#8217;s 2019 album <i>The Bee&#8217;s Knees<\/i>. Joanne says, \u201c\u2018The Bee&#8217;s Knees\u2019 was written one summer night in gratitude for the friendship of two amazing friends who truly encompass the tune&#8217;s name. \u2018Hey, Rusty!\u2019 comes from a fiddle soulmate in Melbourne, Australia. \u2018A Boy&#8217;s Lament\u2019 was learned from my piping teacher, Ken MacKenzie of Montreal.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joannegarton.com\/\">www.joannegarton.com\/<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. <i>i thank you<\/i>, by e.e. cummings. Read by Charis Boke (Springfield, VT).<\/p>\n<p>3. Black Mountain Spring &#8211; Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). Julie wrote this tune while on the plane home from LEAF, a magical music and dance festival in Black Mountain, NC. Recorded in five minutes of free time one day in the C Sharp dance hall at Pinewoods Camp. She dedicates this tune to her bandmate Noah VanNorstrand. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.julievallimont.com\">www.julievallimont.com<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. The Rose of Allandale \/ Swannanoa &#8211; Ian Robb (Ottawa, ON). From Ian\u2019s album <i>Jiig<\/i>, with James Stephens, Greg Brown and Ian Clark. Ian writes, \u201c\u2018The Rose of Allandale\u2019 is from the repertoire of England&#8217;s great Copper Family, but I learned it from Nic Jones. One of the great choruses. Followed by Rayna Gellert&#8217;s lovely waltz, \u2018Swannanoa.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianrobb.com\/\">www.ianrobb.com\/<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. <i>Sense-sweetness<\/i>, by Cale Young Rice. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. Emilie\u2019s Waltz &#8211; Eleanor Lincoln (Northampton, MA). Composed and performed on piano and violin by Eleanor. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7. <i>Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802<\/i>, by William Wordsworth. Read by Margaret Youngberg (Greenfield, MA). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8. Lullaby for the Girls &#8211; Peter and Mary Alice Amidon (Brattleboro, VT). Mary Alice dedicates this song to her nieces. It\u2019s from the Amidons&#8217; album <i>A Song in My Heart<\/i>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amidonmusic.com\">www.amidonmusic.com<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>The opening music is \u201cThe Pearl in Sorrow\u2019s Hand\u201d by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, and Pinewoods Camp. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon:<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/starsintherafters\"><i>www.patreon.com\/starsintherafters<\/i><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary The sunlight of late summer is gentler, casting an evening glow on the fields still green and full of wildflowers. In June we had poppies, then Queen Anne\u2019s lace in July, and now in late August, it\u2019s sunflowers, hundreds of blooms. 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