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Music on the Water
Sunday July 6 - Sunday July 13, 2025
Song Leaders: Elsie Gawler, Ethan Tischler, and Mia Bertelli
Boating Leaders: Arista Holden and Dylan Ladds
Cooks: Phoebe Tucker and Olivia Keene
Immerse in a week of rowing and singing while camping together on Greens Island, Maine. This will be a joyous week of learning three-part harmony singing on land and on the water while rowing. We will build a tight community while learning new skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Singing while hauling sails or pulling oars is an age-old boating tradition which has supported both the timing of the work, and has made it a lot more fun, too. Our oars create a wonderfully percussive sound while rowing which will strengthen our sense of rhythm. Singing together greatly supports the timing of our rowing strokes, and rowing while singing helps us to breathe more fully, and create a fuller sound with our voices (find our inner foghorn).
With guidance from AC USA leaders, participants will be invited to rotate through a range roles throughout the week to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync.
We may offer a short concert to a public audience towards the end of the week on Vinalhaven, to be determined.
Instruction, all meals, and safety equipment will be provided. There are always a handful of open spaces in the boat for those who need a break from rowing and would prefer to ride-along.
Typical Daily Schedule:
Activities will be adjusted in accordance to the weather and needs of the community.
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row (and sing)
7:45-8am Morning Dip (required for all participants on the first day, then will be optional for the following days)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea (all are expected to be present at all meal times to check in/stay updated with the plans)
9:30am Clean up, group chores, and personal time.
10:30am Gather to sing (on or off the water)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to sing (on or off the water)
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, stow equipment).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, and songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to their tents.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine. We will take the ferry to Vinalhaven, and a short power boat ride to Greens.
Detailed logistics to follow.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 27 people. Ages 15 - 70+ and all experience levels.
Sunday July 6 - Sunday July 13, 2025
Song Leaders: Elsie Gawler, Ethan Tischler, and Mia Bertelli
Boating Leaders: Arista Holden and Dylan Ladds
Cooks: Phoebe Tucker and Olivia Keene
Immerse in a week of rowing and singing while camping together on Greens Island, Maine. This will be a joyous week of learning three-part harmony singing on land and on the water while rowing. We will build a tight community while learning new skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Singing while hauling sails or pulling oars is an age-old boating tradition which has supported both the timing of the work, and has made it a lot more fun, too. Our oars create a wonderfully percussive sound while rowing which will strengthen our sense of rhythm. Singing together greatly supports the timing of our rowing strokes, and rowing while singing helps us to breathe more fully, and create a fuller sound with our voices (find our inner foghorn).
With guidance from AC USA leaders, participants will be invited to rotate through a range roles throughout the week to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync.
We may offer a short concert to a public audience towards the end of the week on Vinalhaven, to be determined.
Instruction, all meals, and safety equipment will be provided. There are always a handful of open spaces in the boat for those who need a break from rowing and would prefer to ride-along.
Typical Daily Schedule:
Activities will be adjusted in accordance to the weather and needs of the community.
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row (and sing)
7:45-8am Morning Dip (required for all participants on the first day, then will be optional for the following days)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea (all are expected to be present at all meal times to check in/stay updated with the plans)
9:30am Clean up, group chores, and personal time.
10:30am Gather to sing (on or off the water)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to sing (on or off the water)
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, stow equipment).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, and songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to their tents.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine. We will take the ferry to Vinalhaven, and a short power boat ride to Greens.
Detailed logistics to follow.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 27 people. Ages 15 - 70+ and all experience levels.