A Convivial Vacation: Art, Music, Writing, Relaxing, Skiing, & New
Year's Eve
December 27-January 1 (Wednesday-Monday)
Get away from it all for a Winter vacation in the mountains. Deep snow
by Christmas is common here in the northern Berkshires, so many love to
use Rowe as a lodge and go off skiing, downhill or cross country, and return
evenings to eat, drink, and make merry. But last year we had so much fun
at our Millennium Bash, we've decided to invite some of our talented friends
to lead workshops so non-skiers can join the party. Molly Scott,
singer, songwriter, quick wit, piano player, and pioneer in vibrational
healing, will keep us singing, smiling, and sounding. Genie Zeiger,
poet, essayist, and ace writing teacher, will share her skills in getting
us to write write write. Julia Hickory, performer and teacher with
Joyful Noise, will share her passion for drumming and percussion every
day in a drum circle. Carol Davidson, professional artist, teacher,
and President of RC&CC, will help our creativity run free, without
restraint or judgment, in drawing, painting, and collage. Prue Berry,
landscape designer and former director at Rowe and Doug Wilson,
Unitarian Universalist Minister and Executive Director of RC&CC, will
be the primary hosts, keeping everyone happy and engaged, weaving the time
together into a fabric of delight, unless folks want to chill, which is
super fine.
All this is in addition to our traditional after Christmas downhill
and cross-country ski vacation. We are within 25 miles of seven ski areas.
We'll snowshoe, ice-skate, take a sauna, laugh, eat, read, visit, eat some
more, sleep, enjoy the beauty that surrounds us, and all-round relax. Workshops
will happen every day and some evenings. On New Year's Eve, we'll gather
to look back on the old year, look ahead to the new, and share a New Year's
feast that's not to be missed. Our New Year's Eve party sometimes lasts
deep into the night. Like life, it is what you make it.
The fee for the five days is $440 in a dorm or heated cabin. Semi-private
rooms are $100 extra and private rooms are $200. Children are half-price
for the first child, for the second, and for the rest. If you can't come
for the whole time, it's $95 per day. Please join us.