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We’re Hiring for Two Positions!
Apply now! FEAST Senior Meals
Program Manager
The City of Montpelier seeks a dynamic applicant for the
Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC) FEAST Senior
Meals Program Manager. To learn more about FEAST, visit:
www.montpelier-vt.org/feast. FEAST is in the process of an
exciting re-design to roll out this fall, 2021.
MSAC operates as a destination for Central VT’s aging
population to socialize, take a variety of classes, and to access
nutrition, wellness opportunities and more, both in-person and
remotely. The FEAST Manager is responsible for the management
of MSAC’s Meals on Wheels, Curbside pickup and
congregate meal programs, FEAST volunteers, federal nutrition
contract obligations and advocacy. The FEAST Manager
co-supervises an Americorps member and participates in
regional networking related to food security and social justice.
The FEAST Manager is also an important member of the
Community Services Department Team.
Wage is competitive, and position is for 30 hours per week.
Excellent and comprehensive benefits package. Female and
minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Please submit a
cover letter, resume, and list of three professional references
electronically to Sarah Lipton, currently in the role and transitioning
to Director of MSAC: slipton@montpelier-vt.org.
More information about MSAC is on our website at www.
montpelier-vt.org/msac.
Apply now for a September start Americorps position:
Aging in Place Coordinator
The position improves quality of life for area older adults
by (1) participating in development for the newly established
MSAC at Home program, based on the “Village” models successful
in other communities around the state and country (2)
assisting MSAC’s thriving FEAST Senior Meals Program,
and (3) assisting seniors in accessing technology through
development of MSAC’s new tech-device lending library.
You can find all the details and application instructions at:
http://bit.ly/36FBTzm. Please spread the word about this great
position offering professional development, a stipend, rental
subsidy, and the chance to serve the community in vital ways!
FEAST Senior Meals Program of MSAC: FEAST
Curbside Pick-up Meals
All seniors are welcome to pick up a Curbside meal on
Tuesdays and Fridays. Simply pickup your meal outside
between 12 and 12:30. If you are new to the program, you will
be asked to fill out a short nutritional survey. You can see our
monthly menu on our website. Suggested donations are
$5-$10, and the fee is $7-10 if you’re under age 60. Please call
to make your reservation: 262-6288 or email us at: feast@
montpelier-vt.org. Reservations are not required to get meals.
Picnic Meals Inside on-hold for now effective August 13.
Meals on Wheels
Volunteers deliver a bulk pack of locally prepared frozen
meals once weekly. There is no charge for meals, but donations
are gladly accepted. If you or someone you know would
benefit from receiving our nutritious meals, just call us at the
FEAST office (info above).
We’re open! Stay Informed about MSAC:
To subscribe to our free weekly e-letter, email msac@
montpelier-vt.org. Regularly updated announcements and
events are available at: https://www.montpelier-vt.org/1128/
Special-Events. Click on links at left. Call our office with
questions at 223-2518!
Chandler Center for the Arts is Pleased to Announce:
The New World Festival returns! This year’s 29th NWF
will assume nearly normal proportions after last year’s festival,
which was forced by COVID to be a smaller and primarily
live streamed event. The NWF will once again bring
the unique musical style of Celtic and French-Canadian/Quebecois
music and dance to Randolph on Labor Day Sunday,
September 5.
NWF is one of Vermont’s most beloved, family-friendly
festivals for all ages. The gates open at noon for food vendor
sales, and four stages of live entertainment will begin at 1PM.
This year, the last dance in the large dance tent, will feature
internationally renowned Le Vent Du Nord, and will go until
11PM. The festival pass includes access to music, dance, the
food and beverage vendors, family entertainment and kids’
crafts. NWF has been designated a “Time-Honored, Top Ten
Fall Event” by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce in recognition
of having received this award more than ten times.
More than 30 performers from the U.S. and Canada will
make music all afternoon and evening in covered tents, inside
Bethany Church, and in the Chandler Center for the Arts. The
570-seat Chandler Music Hall is widely recognized as one of
the acoustically finest performance spaces in e ngland.
Randolph’s picturesque Main Street in front of Chandler will
be lined ith vendors, and ill be closed to traffic, alloing
safe access for families and kids to all the festival areas. Festival-going
kids, ages 11 and under are free, and teen tickets for
ages 12-18 are only $12.
NWF was founded nearly 3 decades ago with the recognition
that northern New England, Québec, and Canada’s Maritime
Provinces, even though they speak different languages,
share a lively cultural heritage brought from the Old World—
Ireland, Scotland, and France. Performers and audiences alike
have been thrilled with the magic that happens when these
unique musical traditions meld in one celebratory festival.
The musicians at NWF come in a dizzying variety of ages
and styles: A repeat-festival favorite, internationally renowned
Le Vent Du Nord, headlines this year and the Scottish band
Cantrip also returns, as well as a long list of other talented New
Englanders who have appeared at Chandler or the New World
estival in other configurations such as accordionist eremiah
McLane, who will appear this year with his band Triton.
There’s Katie Mcnally & Neil Pearlman who embody the
vibrant musical traditions of Scotland and Cape Breton. Based
in Portland, ME, this young musical couple is making waves
internationally with their fresh approaches to traditional
forms. Katie McNally has already made her mark on Scottish
music in North America and her 2020 release “Now More
Than Ever” has been praised as ground-breaking on both sides
of the Atlantic. Katie has performed in the US and abroad at
Celtic Connections, Celtic Colours, the Newport Folk Festival,
and The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes. Neil is recognized
in many Celtic music circles for his unique approach
to the piano. Rooted in traditional Cape Breton piano styles,
Neil brings in ideas from many other genres and the result is
an exciting new sound that remains true to its traditional roots.
And there is Yann Falquet, a creative acoustic guitar player,
who is very active on the Québécois music scene. He has explored
many styles of music, and though he has a Bachelors
degree in a, he has developed a personal guitar style for
Québec folk music, inspired by the playing of the accompanists
of different cultures (Brittany, Scandinavia, Ireland,
North America). His involvement in the province’s traditional
music scene has brought Yann to perform on numerous recordings,
and to tour regularly throughout Canada, the U.S.,
Europe and Australia with his main project (and prior NWF
performers) Genticorum. He also toured for three years with
the award winning Celtic and world group The McDades.
or the past years rookfield resident, evin unwoody,
has been the primary programmer of the festival.
His love of this genre of music, his knowledge of both the
upcoming superstars, as well as the well-known Celtic folk
favorites, have kept the festival both traditionally grounded
and groundbreakingly current. But it is Dunwoody’s generous
gift of time (he’s never been paid to do the programming) that
has allowed for the ongoing incubation of young talent, and
gained the festival a reputation as a performer-centric celebration
of these particular musical traditions.
One of Dunwoody’s favorites this year is the Séamus Egan
Project. It’s hard to think of an artist in traditional Irish music
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more influential than amus gan. rom his beginnings as a
teen prodigy, to his groundbreaking solo work with Shanachie
Records, to his founding of Irish-American powerhouse band
Solas, to his current work as one of the leading composers
and interpreters of the tradition, Egan has inspired multiple
generations of musicians and helped define the sound of rish
music today. As a multi-instrumentalist, he’s put his mark on
the sound of the rish flute, tenor bano, guitar, mandolin, tin
whistle, and low whistle, among others. Growing up under
the wing of powerful elder musicians, Egan’s always paid
homage to his roots, but he’s thought of these roots less as a
heritage and more as a universal language to be shared. oining
the Séamus Egan Project is: Owen Marshall, native Vermonter,
who with the music traditions of Quebec and Nova
Scotia just over the border from his home and the strong Irish
musical scene of Boston to the south, Owen was immersed
in the textures and sounds of Celtic music from an early age.
A guitar/mandolin/banjo player, Owen is in demand at music
camps throughout New England and the U.S.
Dunwoody also speaks about the importance of how this
festival has nurtured an entire generation of up-and-coming
musical talents, and kept the interest in traditional Celtic folk
music alive in the region. Case in point is the Young Traditions
Touring Group Commission, who will play the festival,
many of them already multi-festival performance alumni.
Festivals like NWF (most of which are in Canada) introduce
young musicians to this musical style, and then provide
them with a supportive space in which they can make connections
and learn from the masters of these traditions. One
such eample is en ennedy, a siteen-year-old fiddler
from Maine, whose love of traditional music and enthusiasm
for performing has captivated audiences from Cape Breton to
San Diego to the Shetland Islands and all over Maine. Though
young, Kennedy is a seasoned performer, who has opened
for Pete’s Posse and an Acadia Trad Festival concert in Bar
Harbor, and has shared the stage with Natalie MacMaster &
Donnell Leahy, The Outside Track, Genticorum, and Andrea
Beaton & Troy MacGillivray.
Other NWF performers this year include: Dominique
Dodge, Emerald Rae, Anothony Santoro, Scott Lemire, Midnight
Capers and On the Border.
Especially popular at NWF are the mixed group musician
“sessions”, in which the headlining musicians get together
and informally play with the other scheduled musicians who
share their love for these traditions. There have always been
Scottish, Irish, and Quebecois sessions as part of the NWF
vibe and this year, with so much distance and isolation from
Covid, festival organizers expect an increased desire for all of
these musicians to want to play with the others in a celebratory
ay to the great benefit to the attendees ho get to hear
what comes when these top performers get to jam and let their
hair down.
But the audience has a lot more to do than just listen. During
the daytime, one entire tent is set aside for children and
families. Besides chalk drawing, face-painting and other
crafts there will be a Young Musicians Showcase, and lots of
laughs with Randolph’s supremely talented “No Strings Marionettes,”
who are guaranteed to delight audiences with their
puppets, storytelling, and other antics.
The biggest outdoor venue is the dance tent, where various
kinds of dances, from called contras, to balfolk dance from
Cape Breton, to freestyle dance events will be accompanied
by the festival’s bands, with Le Vent Du Nord playing for the
night’s last joyous, freestyle dance.
Next door to the dance tent is a food tent including tasty offerings
from local food trucks, churches and other non-profit
organizations. Local Vermont beer from Upper Pass Brewery
is on the menu as well. NWF is handicapped-accessible, and
the Chandler is equipped with assisted listening devices. A
livestream access link will be included with every ticket purchased
in case audience members can’t attend the in-person
event.
Advance sale discounted tickets will be available through
midnight, Friday August 26. They can be ordered on website
or purchased through the handler bo office at --
x103.
Complete information about the New World Festival is
available on the Chandler website chandler-arts.org or the festival
website at newworldfestival.com.
Vermont Folklife Center Offers
Apprenticeship Stipends
The Vermont Folklife Center is pleased to announce the 29th
year of the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
(VTAAP). With funding from the National Endowment for the
Arts, the Center initiated the program in 1992 to support the
continued vitality of Vermont’s living cultural heritage.
In partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, VTAAP provides
stipends of up to $2,000 to master artist and apprentice
pairs to cover time, materials, and travel expenses. Under the
auspices of the program, traditional arts including Burundian
women’s dancing, American hand-weaving, blacksmithing,
e ngland style fiddling and epali sarangi playing have
received support. 2021 applications from master artist and apprentice
pairs will be accepted through September 3rd.
A traditional arts apprenticeship brings teachers and learners
together who share a commitment to sustaining these art
forms. It pairs a community-recognized master artist who
has achieved a high level of expertise in their art form with a
less-experienced apprentice. The master artist and apprentice
jointly plan when, where and what they expect to accomplish
during the apprenticeship. pprenticeship schedules reflect
the time constraints of both master and apprentice, and range
from short-term, intensive sessions to meetings spread over
a year.
More than apprenticeships supported during the first
years of the program represent a broad spectrum, from the arts
and cultural practices of Abenaki, Yankee, and Franco-American
regional cultures, to the arts of Somali Bantu, Tibetan,
Bosnian, Bhutanese Nepali and other communities from immigrant
and refugee backgrounds.
Information and application forms for the Vermont Traditional
Arts Apprenticeship Program are available from the
Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main Street, Middlebury, VT
05753, (802) 388-4964 or online at https://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/traditional-arts-apprenticeship/.
The deadline for applications for this year’s program is September
3, 2021.
Barre Art Splash - Artist Of The Week
Miranda Lauzon
VinCat Van Gogh
Miranda is a (Barre) Vermont native and graduate from Spaulding
High School and the University of Vermont. Miranda graduated
with a BA in International Relations and double-minored in Italian
and Art History.
Miranda is passionate about all things art and drew inspiration
from one of her favorite artists (Van Gogh) to paint a rendition of
“A Starry Night.”
Miranda lives in Denver, Colorado where she works for a local
nonprofi t that provides nutrition and food skills education to families
in need, with a focus on parents and caregivers with children
ages 0-5.
In her spare time, Miranda enjoys hiking, climbing, skiing, yoga
and playing the ukulele. Click here to see the artists video.
BARRE ART SPLASH
Displayed on Main St., Barre
Now through September 7
A very special “Thank You” to all our sponsors! The Barre Rotary Club could never
do this project without you. We cannot express how grateful we are to you!
Barre Art Splash Auction & Gala
Sat., Sept. 18, 2021 • 3PM – 6 PM Viewing, 3 PM – Auction, 4 PM
Vermont Granite Museum of Barre. For more information www.barrevtrotary.org
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