Pinewoods Camp Explained

Pinewoods Camp
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:41.85°N -70.6°W
Location:80 Cornish Field Rd., Plymouth, Massachusetts
Built:1919
Builder:Raymond Bros.
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:December 16, 2009
Refnum:09001151

Pinewoods Camp is a traditional dance and music camp located on 31acres of woodland between Long Pond and Round Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is the oldest continuously run folk dance camp in the U.S.,[1] and is arguably the most popular and well-known camp of its type.

History

Initially known as "Pine Tree Camp", Pinewoods was founded in 1919 by Helen Osborne Storrow as the first National Girl Scout Leadership Training School.[2] In 1933, the facility was converted for use as a dance camp. The name was changed to Pinewoods Camp in 1935.[3] Storrow died in 1944, and left the property to Lily and Rick Conant, who operated the property until 1976. At that time, the Conants transferred its ownership to a newly created nonprofit organization, Pinewoods Camp, Inc., that now runs the facility.[2] [4] Pinewoods was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Activities

Each summer, Pinewoods Camp hosts over a dozen sessions, some of which are a week long, and others of which take place over a weekend. Each session features music and dancing educational programs for adults and is run by one of five Program Providers:

Pinewoods has played a central role in the development of country dance traditions in the United States.[10] [11]

Grounds and facilities

Pinewoods's facilities include four open-sided dance pavilions (Hands Across, Pine Hollow, Ampleforth and Newbiggin), a dining hall and kitchen, a camp house, and rustic cabins for up to 140 campers (plus offices, staff housing, and support facilities). Three of the pavilions and the dining hall were renovated as part of a recent capital campaign and are handicapped accessible, although some other facilities are not.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Dunavin . Davis . Folk Songs: A folk dancing camp for the people . 27 November 2021 . . November 4, 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: NRHP nomination for Pinewoods Camp. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-05-23.
  3. Web site: History . Pinewoods . Pinewoods Camp, Inc. . 19 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Pinewoods Camp Collection, 1907-2008 . University of New Hampshire Library . April 23, 2014 . University of New Hampshire.
  5. http://www.cdss.org/ Country Dance and Song Society
  6. http://www.cds-boston.org Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
  7. http://www.facone.org Folk Arts Center of New England
  8. http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Music Society of New York
  9. http://www.rscdsboston.org Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
  10. Book: Walkowitz, Daniel J.. City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America. 2010. New York University Press. 978-0-8147-9475-3. New York. 188.
  11. Smith. Stephanie. City Folk: A Narrative of Creating Community in American through English Country Dance (film presentation). Dance, Narrative, Heritage: 28th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology 2014. Zagreb, Croatia. Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research.