Inspiration through art

Camphill Kimberton is a place full of wonderful experiences provided through the creative arts. Eurythmy, fiber arts, pottery, music, painting and drawing are nurturing, therapeutic activities that help all of us thrive. Through these therapies and workshops, we find dignity and self worth to grow and develop inner personal strengths, and remain inspired as well as be inspiring to others.

THERAPIES
Eurythmy

Eurythmy is an art of expressive movement that can be described as visible speech and music. In a Eurythmy session, poems are often recited by the Eurythmist as participants move to the words. For example, there are patterns of movements with a question, followed by a different pattern of movements with an answer. “After repeated experience,” says Eurythmist Grace Ann, “the speaking becomes associated with movement and then the words come more easily.”

Recently, Gabrielle began precisely reciting a Goethe poem she was familiar with as she began to move through the poem:

Wouldst thou truly study nature?
Seek the whole in every feature?
Naughts within, naughts without,
What is in, will out.
Haste thou then to learn in season,
Her plain published mystic reason.

Music
In music therapy, villagers work with instruments that are suited to their needs and abilities and are encouraged to compose their own pieces. The therapists vary tone, intervals, rhythms, mirrored tone sequences, and movement supported sound patterns. Group therapies in workshops are offered to support language development, auditory focus, social interaction, manual dexterity and muscle tone. “Sessions allow people to gain more self-confidence and self-respect,” says Music Therapist Kerry Lee, “and aid the individual in learning how to generally listen better.”

Art
Painting and drawing in art therapy allow villagers to work with color, form, light and darkness, and the imagination. Watercolor helps with movement and flow, enhancing inner flexibility. Drawing is helpful to strengthen boundaries and develop observation and discernment skills, bringing clarity and focus to thoughts, words, and actions. The activity allows for different aspects of self-expression, depending on the person and his or her needs in the moment. “It can help with focus, manual dexterity and fine motor movement,” says Mimi, art therapist, “or it can be relaxing and fun, or it can be an emotional outlet where color and content are important.”

WORKSHOPS
Fiber Arts/Weavery

Working with the wool from local sheep, villagers can experience the fiber arts process from beginning to end: wool is washed, carded, dyed with plants, hand-spun and knit or woven into a variety of articles that are sold to the public. Villagers find that their work in Fiber Arts and the Weavery brings pride and accomplishment, especially when they can teach others. Natural fibers, colors, and textures all have therapeutic qualities and villagers often work with the fiber and colors that they are drawn to. Charlene, who worked with livestock for many years, continues to feel a connection to the land by working with hand spun sheep wool to make her rugs on the loom.

Pottery
Not only does this workshop provide a venue for creating beautiful tableware, vases and sculptures, the pottery has been well-received at craft fairs throughout the region and items are available for sale in our
Craft Shop.

Music and Orchestra
In Music Workshop a group of eight to ten villagers dedicate two afternoons a week to work on their instrumental and musical skills. Now in its fifth year, most members have been part of the group from the beginning and perform regularly for various occasions in the community.

Villagers have learned to play percussion, wind and string instruments, and in that process, have refined their technical skills to do justice to the demands of the differing instrument groups. They have explored the musical possibilities of the instruments in relation to high and low pitch, fast and slow movement, soft and strong dynamics, and short and long values. They are learning to conduct all these various instruments and musical expressions, and are practicing imagination, flexibility, and assertiveness in the process. The group is learning seasonal songs to remember as each season comes around again.

Music workshop overlaps with orchestra workshop once rehearsals for the annual spring musical are underway. Additional rehearsals for orchestra take place outside of the music workshop schedule. Veronika, who leads the workshops, says, “Music opens doors for some people, and the instrument becomes the tool to open the door more.”

The Kimberton Hills orchestra is a dynamic and dedicated group. They meet once a week, for one hour after work, and play mostly hand bells, bordun lyres and drums. The orchestra performs for village events and festivals. The highlights were two appearances in New York for the Camphill Foundation’s triennial benefit concerts.


Ever since Mary learned a song by heart over a year and a half ago, she continues to demonstrate growth in her musical abilities and otherwise. Before then, she could read the notes and play the corresponding fingering, but she couldn’t “hear” herself, or make the connection to the notes and an actual melody. Now, since learning a song by memory, she can play in time, and she even occasionally corrects herself, which means that she is paying attention to the sound differently, and processing the music more deeply.

Dance

While dancing is not a formal therapy or workshop, a volunteer couple has been offering Sunday ballroom dancing sessions in Rose Hall. There are also folk and contra dances from time to time, as well as other parties and celebrations. Dance offers a joyous time of self-expression in community.

PERFORMANCE
Many of the arts also provide the added benefit of performance and community involvement. Participation is much more inspiring in the company of friends.

The Fiber Arts group regularly goes to craft fairs, farmer’s markets and festivals throughout the year providing a demonstration of wool spinning and showcasing crafts. Villagers take delight in selling their goods there and at our Craft Shop, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. When customers place custom orders for a specific item, villagers have an extra sense of accomplishment and purpose.

Paintings are displayed in public spaces throughout the Village and are also used to create notecards. Art work is often framed and given as gifts for special award recipients.

Orchestra and theatre performances are the highpoints for those who choose to perform publicly. “Of course, the best part is performance time,” Veronika says, “when the results of all the long and hard work are shared with an audience. Every audience plays a very important role, because a good audience will enable the performer to grow beyond what has been achieved during practice time. A mutual giving and receiving takes place between audience and performer, and only then, when it is shared in this way, is the music or play complete and whole.”

“There is magic in stage performance and participants are quite willing to attempt the seemingly impossible,” Veronika continues. “Every creative group process gains its own momentum, carrying each member as if on wings, and challenging each to give his or her very best.”

Read the entire Spring Newsletter and 2011 Annual Report, where this article is taken from, by clicking here.

Camphill Kimberton presents "Noah and the Flood" and "Everyman"

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents Noah and the Flood and Everyman, two musical productions on one stage, from March 24-25, 2012.   

The musical Noah and the Flood was written by Eugene Schwartz with music by Lawrence Rosenthal.  Schwartz wrote the play for his third grade class. When a third grade teacher in California started to work with it, Lawrence Rosenthal, who had a child in that class, was inspired to write music to it.

Like all productions at Kimberton Hills, this one also features a cast of children and adults from within the Camphill Kimberton community, and from the wider community. The children carry the main part of the play, either as Noah's sons and their wives, or as naughty town children who taunt Noah's sons while they are working on the ark, or as angels in the very first scene, when we hear how all is planned on a spiritual level.

Members of Camphill Kimberton’s music workshop are involved both on stage and among the instrumentalists. The play, in its relative simplicity as a class play, offers immense possibilities as a community play for a cast of very different ages and capacities.

"I want to express my gratitude to Eugene for offering this musical to me," says Veronika Roemer, director. "Every new musical, from looking at it for the first time until it's ready for performance, is like a journey, or making a new friend. This musical has been a journey of discoveries and delights."

The second piece, Everyman was composed by Colin Tanser for children's choir and lyre orchestra. "I felt inspired to add this beautiful piece of music to the program because it carries a similar message as the musical," says Roemer. "I arranged it for a small instrumental ensemble, instruments that are already needed for the musical like flute and oboe, and others played by cast members. I added bordun lyres and bells, so that everyone cast in the musical can also participate in Everyman."

This is the seventh show produced by Roemer, who lives and works in Camphill Kimberton, an intentional life-sharing community that includes adults with developmental disabilities.

Show times are:

Saturday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 25 at 3:30 p.m.

All shows are in Rose Hall.  Suggested donations are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and $25 for a family. 

The Camphill Cafe will have extended hours on performance days. On Saturday, March 24, the Cafe will be open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, March 25, the Cafe will open from 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Cafe will also be open both days during intermission.

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.

Daria in concert: a free music performance for the special needs community, March 10

Daria, an internationally-known folksinger, will present a free concert at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills on Saturday, March 10 at 4 p.m.  Children and adults with special needs and their families are specially invited to be a part of this performance where Daria shares a wonderful mixture of favorite songs from American and world folk music traditions.  She introduces unique authentic instruments and allows the audience to take part in the performance.

For the last two decades, internationally- known folksinger Daria has traveled the globe, learning, sharing and making music while building communities and encouraging a new view of hope and peace for all the world’s children. In the United States, she has won national awards for her children's CDs including a Parent’s Choice Award, a NAPPA (National Association For Parenting Publications) Award and a Children's Music Web Award.

Daria has spent several days this month working with Camphill Kimberton’s residents to create and learn to play their own instruments. The culmination of this workshop is the concert on March 10, where the Camphill Kimberton villagers will perform live with Daria. 

Reviews of Daria include:

“When Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou makes music, the world listens -- literally!”  -- Christian Science Monitor

“A NAPPA Award-Winner, Daria delivers an eclectic mix of multicultural tunes with strong hooks and sing-alongs in many languages.”  -- www.Parenthood.com

“The children at Melmark have varying special needs, but the music performed and the constant interaction between performer and audience reached all who were present at the assembly. Children who are normally lethargic were moving and dancing to the music. Children who are normally reserved were singing along. The children were actively engaged.”  --  Heather Holt, Music Therapist, Melmark School

The concert is free but donations will be accepted.  Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited.  Rose Hall is wheelchair accessible. 

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.  The concert will be held in Rose Hall. 

The mission at Camphill Kimberton is to encourage individuals, especially those with special needs, to discover and fulfill their greatest developmental and creative potential within a farming and handcrafting community.  In valuing persons of all abilities, Kimberton Hills seeks to foster a living and working environment that is sustainable, productive and beautiful.  Residents and volunteers uniquely contribute to the community through meaningful vocations such as gardening, dairy farming, and working in the café, bakery and craft workshops.  As the community cares for one another, it also nurtures and improves the land by practicing biodynamic and organic agriculture and raising environmental awareness. 

For more information on the artist, visit http://www.dariamusic.com/.

For more information about Kimberton Hills, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents Astral Artists concert - January 30

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents a free concert on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Operatic performers Jonathan Beyer, baritone and Kristin Okerlund, piano, from Astral Artists, an organization that guides and promotes the nation’s most extraordinary emerging classical musicians, will offer an evening of music in Kimberton Hills’ Rose Hall. 

Astral Artists is a non-profit organization whose mission is to discover the most promising classical musicians residing in the United States, assist their early professional career development and present their world-class artistry to the community through concerts and outreach programs.  Camphill Kimberton is pleased to once again host these gifted musicians.  

Reviews of Jonathan Beyer include:

“The audience found its treat in a young, fresh-faced baritone named Jonathan Beyer. The 27-year-old appeared natural, plowing through an ambitious program. Beyer’s voice is big and virile. He produced tones evenly throughout the registers, showing no strain when pushing high and loud.”  -- The Washington Post

“Baritone Jonathan Beyer (Papageno) was the substantial voice that carried the piece. He brought proportion and context to difficult writing and maturity to his stagecraft. His Papageno was a model of articulation, but also of nuanced singing. An able comedian, he was musically arresting and brightly funny, his timing in both boosting the opera’s impact.” – Broad Street Review, Philadelphia

There is no charge for the concert, which is underwritten by the generosity of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.

CVKH Blog: Events in May, June and July

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills will be host to a number of events this spring and summer.  Mark your calendars to join us for the following:

The Dylan Babitch Trio, May 27 at 8 p.m. in Rose Hall, featuring Dylan Babitch on piano; Jason Fraticelli on upright bass; and Mike Mahoney on drums.  $10 admission. 



Family and Friends Day, June 4 at 10 a.m., our annual gathering of our friends and family.

Im-pulse Eurythmy Performance, June 19 at 4 p.m. in Rose Hall, featuring a unique configuration of nine Waldorf graduates - five from Brazil and four from the United States, presenting their graduation performance.



Talk on the Egyptian Book of the Dead, July 3 in Rose Hall, presented by Denis Ruff.



Hootenanny, July 16, from 3 p.m. until dark on the Kepler Green, featuring local music and food, along with games and vendors.  Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 that day.  Contact 610-935-8660 for advance tickets. 

CVKH Blog: Hootenanny Date set for July 16

Camphill Kimberton has set the date for our annual Hootenanny - a summer festival celebrating local food and music.  Please mark your calendars for July 16 and plan to join us here at the farm for a great time! More details to be announced soon.

CVKH Blog: The Jasper String Quartet at Rose Hall, September 23

Astral Artistic Services, an organization that guides and promotes the nation’s most extraordinary emerging classical musicians, will offer an evening of music in Kimberton Hills’ Rose Hall featuring The Jasper String Quartet on September 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The Camphill Cafe will be open at 6 p.m. for light supper and refreshments. 


Hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” and “polished, engaged and in tune with one another,” the Jasper String Quartet’s unity comes from its belief in the timeless and lifelong pursuit of music’s depth and meaning. The concert will feature the music of Haydn and Beethoven.

Astral Artists is a non-profit organization whose mission is to discover the most promising classical musicians residing in the United States, assist their early professional career development and present their world-class artistry to the community through concerts and outreach programs. Camphill Kimberton is pleased to once again host these gifted musicians.

There is no charge for the concert, but donations are accepted.

To learn more about the Jasper String Quartet, visit http://astralartists.org/our-artists/current-roster/the-jasper-string-quartet/.

CVKH BLOG: Camphill Cafe Coffeehouse, Friday, August 20

The Camphill Café invites you to experience their first evening of live music. This “Camphill Coffeehouse” will become a regular event, welcoming visitors to Camphill Village Kimberton Hills’ café for refreshments, conversation and great local music. The kick-off event is Friday, August 20, 2010. The café opens at 6:30 p.m. with music from 7 – 9 p.m.


Musical acts include The Seven Spaces and Amelia Sabra.

The Seven Spaces features Danny Minogue (drums, vocals), Jackson Hughes (vocals, guitar), Hagay Haut (guitar, vocals), and Aidan Gross (cello, guitar). Their music has a soft-rock, folky, and acoustic alternative sound.

Amelia Sabra is opera-trained, but realized she wanted to express herself through her own music. She has signed a record deal with RP Music, and her album will be coming out this fall.

Refreshments, including homemade desserts, snacks and beverages will be available for purchase.

The Camphill Café, is also open to the public for lunch Wednesday-Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to serving locally-grown, organic food on site, take-out and catering options are available for events.

CVKH BLOG: Great time at The Hootenanny

A warm, sunny summer afternoon was the backdrop for the annual Hootenanny - a festival of local food and music. Thank you to all who joined us for the fun! 

CVKH Blog: Join us for the Hootenanny on July 17

Area residents have the chance to enjoy an array of local folk and country music at the upcoming Hootenanny at Camphill Kimberton. The Hootenanny, a festival of local music and food, will be held July 17 from 3-10 p.m.

Musicians scheduled to perform on the hay wagon stage include: Chris Ayer, Suzie Brown, Jubel Jenkins, Trevor Gordon Hall and The Turnips. The music begins at 3:45 p.m. and contra dancing with a live band will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The Hootenanny has been organized to celebrate the joy of local culture. In addition to the music, the Camphill Café will be serving food made with local, organic ingredients.

There will also be local food and craft vendors, face painting, games for children, raffles and prizes. Children will have the chance to spot cows, chickens, sheep and more on the working dairy and vegetable farm.

The admission fee is $10, $8 in advance. Children under ten are free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Camphill Café or by contacting Bernadette@camphillkimberton.org or 610-935-0300, ext. 12. Attendees should bring their own blankets or lawn chairs. Hope to see you there - rain or shine!

Singing Crow - a tale from the Brandywine: May 7-9

Plan to join us as Kimberton Hills Productions presents a new musical: Singing Crow - A tale from the Brandywine, 1738, May 7-9 in Rose Hall. 

This year’s production is special, as it is an original musical written by Veronika Roemer who has directed previous Kimberton Hills productions including Heidi - The Musical and The Sound of Music.
 
The story takes the audience back to the early pioneer time in the Brandywine Valley. Two new settler families have arrived from England, looking for a new and better life. They have been told that all the native people, the Lenape, have left the valley.  But one day 12-year-old Maggie meets a Lenape boy, named Singing Crow, while she is out in the forest picking berries.


Instead of writing new music, Ms. Roemer chose to find original music from that time period.  As the story unfolds, we hear songs from the early 1700s, songs that settlers from the British isles would have brought with them as part of their cultural heritage, as well as Native American music.

Performances dates are:
Friday, May 7: 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 8: 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 9: 2 p.m.

Suggested donations:
Children: $5.00
Adults: $12.00
Families: $30.00

All performances are located at Rose Hall, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA 19442. 

Thank you to Casa de Venezuela and The Hill School for an amazing benefit concert!

Many, many thanks to those who attended and participated in our Spring Benefit Concert on March 21. 

Beautiful music, dancing and artwork filled Rose Hall as we raised money for both Camphill Kimberton and Veninos - Venezuelan Children In Need.   The concert featured Venezuelan folk music performed by the popular Casa De Venezuela Music Ensemble, accompanied by their vivacious dance group.  The talented a cappella groups the Hilltones and the Hilltrebles from The Hill School, Pottstown, also presented a selection of folk music from around the world.

The collaboration of these four groups was magnificent!

"Musical heritage is something that exists in every civilization on the planet," said Stephen Longenecker, Oaklawn-Tuttle Chair of Vocal Music at The Hill School. "Therefore, it can act as a unifying force between cultures, encouraging us to focus on shared aesthetics and emotions rather than physical or political differences.  We hope that you will be reminded that music knows no boundaries of race, gender, class, or ability, and that through music, we can better understand what it is to be a part of a 'common humanity.'" 

During the concert, there was an exhibit of Venezuelan-inspired paintings by local artist, Mary Jo Kimball Hopton. Her paintings are available to view at http://www.veninos.org/, and on Facebook during March 2010. Additionally, Chester County scenes captured in painting by Tim Swartz, in prints by Anne Keen, and in photos by Red Hammer were on display and available for purchase.

We look forward to working together next year on a follow-up concert.  Stay tuned for details! 

Special thanks to the following people for their efforts:  Jane Blake, Rebecca Blake, Emilio Buitrago, Mimi Coleman, Erin Graver, Stephen Longnecker, Cathy Skitko, Rachel Martin Swartz.  Thank you to the following stores for their donations for the artists' reception: Acme, Giant, Kimberton Whole Foods, Wegmans, and Los Mariachis.

Benefit Concert featuring Casa de Venezuela and Hill School A Cappella Groups

Join us Sunday, March 21 when Veninos, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of street and shanty town children in urban Venezuela, and Camphill Village Kimberton Hills join hands and present a benefit concert in Rose Hall at 2 p.m.

Performing will be Casa de Venezuela Music Ensemble (pictured at left) and Dance Troupe and the a cappella groups, Hilltones and Hilltrebles, from The Hill School, Pottstown (pictured below).

On display that afternoon will be an exhibit of Venezuelan-inspired paintings by local artist, Mary Jo Kimball Hopton. Her paintings will be available to view at www.veninos.org, and on Facebook during March 2010. Additionally, Chester County scenes captured in painting by Tim Swartz, in prints by Anne Keen, and in photos by Red Hamer will be on display and also available for purchase.

A ticketed reception will follow the concert offering a chance to meet the musicians and enjoy Latin American refreshments. Tickets: $10 for students and senior citizens, $15 for general admission and $25 for concert and reception. All proceeds will be split between the two charities, Veninos and Camphill Kimberton.

For advance tickets, call 610-935-0330, ext 12 or e-mail bernadette@camphillkimberton.org.

For more information, visit:

Veninos – Venezuelan Children In Need: http://www.veninos.org/
Casa de Venezuela: http://www.casadevenequela.net/
The Hill School: http://www.thehill.org/

Jazz Concert - March 20

Join us for a live jazz music performed by some of the most talented emerging Philly jazz musicians on Saturday, March 20 at 8 p.m. in Rose Hall.

The dynamic and innovative quartet Presentense will perform original and interpreted music in CVKH, named "Best Live Music Venue in Chester County 2008" by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Admission is $10.  Advance tickets are not necessary.  We hope to see you there.

An Afternoon with Schubert - February 28

On Sunday, February 28 at 3 p.m., join us in Rose Hall for an afternoon of vocal and piano music featuring the works of Franz Schubert and including an introduction to his life and times. 

Performers include: Veronika Roemer, piano; Sarah Schneider, soprano; and Sherry Wildfeuer, recitation. 

Advance tickets are not necessary.  Suggested donation is $12.

Rose Hall and Camphill Kimberton are located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA 19442. 

Not Just a Song and Dance: Joint benefit concert featuring Casa De Venezuela and The Hill School’s a cappella groups.

Keep your calendar open for Sunday, March 21 when Veninos, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of street and shanty town children in urban Venezuela, and Camphill Village Kimberton Hills join hands and present a benefit concert in Rose Hall at 2 p.m.

Performing will be Casa de Venezuela Music Ensemble and Dance Troupe and the a cappella groups, Hilltones and Hilltrebles, from The Hill School, Pottstown.

On display that afternoon will be an exhibit of Venezuelan-inspired paintings by local artist, Mary Jo Kimball Hopton. Her paintings will be available to view at www.veninos.org, and on Facebook during March 2010. Additionally, Chester County scenes captured in painting by Tim Swartz, in prints by Anne Keen, and in photos by Red Hamer will be on display and also available for purchase.

A ticketed reception will follow the concert offering a chance to meet the musicians and enjoy Latin American refreshments.

Tickets: $10 for students and senior citizens, $15 for general admission and $25 for concert and reception.

All proceeds will be split between the two charities, Veninos and Camphill Kimberton.

For advance tickets, call 610-935-0330, ext 12 or e-mail bernadette@camphillkimberton.org.

For more information:

Veninos – Venezuelan Children In Need:      http://www.veninos.org/

Casa de Venezuela:       http://www.casadevenequela.net/

The Hill School:       http://www.thehill.org/

An Afternoon of Trumpet and Piano: November 15

Join us for a benefit concert, featuring Frank Kaderabek, trumpet, and Veronika Roemer, piano, on Sunday, November 15 at 3 p.m. in Rose Hall.

Kaderabek served as Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1975 until his retirement in 1995. His previous appointments included Principal Trumpet of the Dallas and Detroit Symphonies and Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony. For the past 32 years, he has been a faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music and an adjunct instructor in the School of Music at West Chester University.

Roemer studied viola and piano in her native Switzerland and taught music at Emerson College in England. She moved to the United States in 1990 and has been active in teaching viola, piano and lyre. Currently, Roemer leads the music program at Kimberton Hills and performs regularly as a solo violist and as a piano accompanist.

The suggested donation for the benefit concert is $10 at the door. Advance tickets are not necessary. We hope to see you there!

Sun and Fun at the Hoedown

Despite the forecast of rain and clouds, it turned out to be a beautiful day for the Fall Festival and Hoedown on Saturday, October 3.

Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the great music and folk dancing, crafts, food and pumpkin painting.

A special thank you to our lead sponsor: Phoenixville Federal Bank and Trust.

Hoedown Lineup

We hope you plan to join us for the Fall Festival and Hoedown on October 3 from 3-9 p.m.

The following acts will be performing folk and bluegrass music on our hay wagon stage:

Issac Gillespie: 3-3:30,
Folk Dancing: 3:30-4:15,
Joe D'Amico Band: 4:15-4:45,
Wes Mattheu and The New Way Down: 4:45-5:30,
Joshua Marcus: 5:30-6:15,
Nicole Reynolds: 6:15-7,
Wissahickon Chicken Shack: 7-7:45,
The Great Unknown: 7:45-8:30.


Food from our cafe will be available for purchase. Pumpkin painting and donkey cart rides will be lots of fun for the kids. Local artisans and fair trade crafters will be here as well.

Tickets are $10 a person; children under 10 are free. Rain or Shine.

1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA - Hope to see you there!

Camphill Benefit Concert Silent Auction begins September 15

As you know, the Camphill Benefit Concert will be held in New York City on October 6. If you can't join us for the concert, you can still help us raise awareness of the North American Camphill Communities and raise money for individual communities.

An online silent auction will be held until October 11. The auction goes live on Tuesday, September 15. Spread the word to your friends and family.

Two items for bid will directly benefit Kimberton Hills: a handwoven wool rug created in our weavery by Helen, Ina and Suzie (pictured here) and a four-day, three-night stay in a beautiful vacation home in Vermont. Visit http://www.camphillconcert.org/ to bid on these items or others!

If you are still interested in purchasing a ticket for the concert, you can also do that at http://www.camphillconcert.org/ - be sure to list Kimberton Hills as the beneficiary.

Thank you for your continued support!