Tannery Pond Center presents a Workshop: Sing Like You Mean It (S.L.Y.M.I.) with Linda Richards
October 17
1-3 PM for Adults & Youth 13 & Older
3-5 PM Youth 7-12
5 PM - Pizza & Desserts for All
5:30 PM - Performance for both groups
Class Fee: $25 per person for Adults, Free for ALL Youth 18 & Younger. Please pay the fee in advance. Check should be made out to Tannery Pond Center and either mail or drop off!
RSVP: call 518-251-2505 or email director@tannerypondcenter.org to reserve your spot.
Location: Tannery Pond Center
Max Class Size: 25 (minimum age is 7 years old, children must be accompanied by an adult)
This workshop is made possible, in part, by the Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts grant.
S.L.Y.M.I. (Sing Like You Mean It!) is a music education program founded by Linda Richards which enthusiastically and positively engages children and adults in songs that reflect the past, present and future. Songs can change the world!
How S.L.Y.M.I. Happened:Fifteen years ago Linda, with guidance from Pete Seeger, created a music program for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater called the Power of Song. The program grew and morphed over those years, and now is heading out as an independent music project with Linda at the helm.
Music is the connective fiber between content and emotional response, the solidifier of concepts, the focuser of attention, the swell of momentum and the promise of participation. S.L.Y.M.I. (Sing Like You Mean It!) connects children to their piece in the world's puzzle, grows their responsibility for their own learning, creates an atmosphere of caring and respect, and assures them of their inestimable worth through song. Never in our history has music education been as necessary as it is right now.
S.L.Y.M.I. addresses concepts, moments, and social awareness from the past, present, and future.
The joy of music and the transference of information through song will fuel participants (and their audiences) to action!
Listen HERE to hear some of Linda’s work!
Linda Richards
Linda Richards has entertained people of the Hudson Valley from school auditoriums to the decks of the sloop Clearwater for over thirty years. A public school classroom teacher for a decade, strolling minstrel, in-service course teacher, Clearwater’s Education and Music Director, Manitou School music and natural science teacher, Camp@The Camp summer camp director, guitar instructor, and puzzle maker, Linda is multi-talented and multi-directional. Her Power of Song program for youth musicians grew and delivered message music to thousands of people from 2009 - 2015. She performs regularly at Clearwater events, local venues and Mohonk Mountain House and was a singer in the Vanaver Caravan's “Turn Turn Turn!” project, sharing Pete Seeger’s visions through song and dance. Linda has taught and performed in a vast array of venues, reaching her audience through her wonderful vocal skills, sense of humor and knowledge of our natural world.
She has a Master's in education and thirty-five years of teaching experience - making her a one-of-a-kind teaching/entertaining package.
