Talkfest 6 Last Notice…probably!

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills 6th Annual Talkfest! 

Sunday April 27 at 5:04

I am so excited. Talkfest 6 is almost here. My taste buds are glowing in anticipation of the most delicious oardoors that our very own World Famous Chef Trzeciak is already working on joined with the most amazing French biodynamic wines. And a bit of cactus and sugar cane juice for a final delicious touch.

You get all of this culinary delight brought right to your waiting hand by the wonderful wandering tray bearers of The Birchrunville Store Café while wandering around talking with the unbelievable collection of exceedingly interesting people who are showing up…just to talk to you. Spectacular.

Best of all, you are supporting Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, a wonderful intentional lifesharing biodynamic farming and crafts community including people with special needs. You so need to be at Talkfest 6.

We have two great sponsors:

Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust…The Most Accommodating Bank Ever

Tonbo Visual Promotions…The Folks Who Make Your Promotional Products Work

We do hope you’ll support them the way they support us. And even though it’s last minute, you still can become a sponsor. Just to move your hand towards calling Bernadette about sponsorship…I just discovered that Tonbo has recently gotten a very nice new client who told them it was due to them being our sponsor. Yup, sponsorship does work. So…call Bernadette now: 610-935-8660 

For those of you procrastinators out there, Bernadette is waiting to take your reservation: Bernadette@camphillkimberton.org  or you can register online by clicking here.

Talkfest: an event filled with the most incredible people you can imagine. People who are old and new friends and supporters of Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.  And the program? I already mentioned it…it’s you! You and a collection of the most amazingly interesting conversationalists ever.

As usual---No speeches, No videos, No presentations, No nothing…except for:

The most scrumptious oardoors from the talented hands of Master Chef Francis Trzeciak and the other great people at the Birchrunville Store Café. The most engaging pressings of grapes, cactus, and sugar cane delightfully aged and bottled just for you.

And, a special treat. I have convinced a world famous wood artist to take a piece or two of our very own wood and create another of his masterpieces…a masterpiece some lucky attendee will take home as winner of our first ever Talkfest Raffle.

Creating your masterpiece

About that raffle, I have ensured that each and every person who calls 610-935-8660, or emails, bernadette@camphillkimberton.org,  and makes a reservation will get a chance to win. I was so clever. I included a raffle ticket right in the Talkfest donation. Okay, it was really Bernadette who told me to do this. She is way smarter than me about these things.

But it was me who then figured out we ought to offer those of you wanting extra changes to win this artistic masterpiece extra chances  to purchase additional raffle tickets for a teeny tiny additional donation. By a lot of them…they’re small.

One small donation gets you so much: an incredible time, great food and drink, and the joy of supporting such a worthy cause. Don’t be stuck watching television, eating leftovers while drinking plonk, and talking to yourself. Be at the Birchrunville Store Café on April 27 between 5:04 and 7:49.

The unbelievably low donation? $167.23 per each. Wow! To support such a great place as Camphill Village Kimberton Hills. Included in this low price…a raffle ticket for the Masterpiece by The Artist.

Be generous.  Purchase additional raffle tickets for $22.87 each. Remember…the more tickets in your pocket, the greater your chances. Be clever enough to make a reservation for Talkfest 6 and be part of the raffle.

Steve Smolinsky

Board President

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills

6th Annual Talkfest, April 27, 5:04-7:49, Birchrunville Store Café, $167.23 per person

Extra raffle tickets…$22.87. Buy several…they’re small.

Be there! You’ll have a great time while supporting an exceptional place.

Ask About Becoming A Sponsor

And Please, Please, Please Support Our Sponsors

Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust

Tonbo Visual Promotions

Remember: you really want to arrive on time. 

The oardoors will start coming right away and might never be repeated.

You’ve been warned!

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills hosts Astral Artists Concert, April 23 at 7:30 pm.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills will present a free classical music concert on Wednesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Performers Christine Lamprea, cello, and Daniel Anastsio, 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.  Kimberton Hills is pleased to once again host these gifted musicians.

There is no charge for the concert, which is underwritten by the generosity of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.  Donations will be accepted at the door.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa. Please use Google Maps, and not your GPS system to locate our community.

For more information and/or directions, please visit www.camphillkimberton.org.

CHRISTINE LAMPREA, cello
Colombian-American cellist Christine Lamprea is a multi-faceted soloist and chamber musician. The First Prize winner of the XVI Annual Sphinx Competition (2013), she joined the roster of the Sphinx Soloists Program, and as such will be presented as soloist with major orchestras worldwide. She has also received awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Young Texas Artists’ Competition and, most recently, captured First Prize at the 2013 Schadt National String Competition. She is also a winner of Astral Artists’ 2013 National Auditions. Upcoming engagements include solo performances with the Houston Symphony and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Lamprea explores many genres of music as well as non-traditional venues for performance and teaching. Most recently, she was a member of a small ensemble that worked with jazz musician Anthony Coleman on avant-garde composer John Zorn’s game piece Cobra, for musical improvisers and prompter. A passionate teacher, Ms. Lamprea worked with Ecuadorian youth in Quito and Guayaquil, as part of a residency between The Juilliard School and “Sinfonia Por La Vida,” a social inclusion program modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema program. She was also a Gluck Community Service Fellow at Juilliard, performing in hospitals and nursing homes in and around New York City as part of a mixed ensemble of dancers, actors, and musicians. Ms. Lamprea is the recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. She studied with Bonnie Hampton at The Juilliard School and holds a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Natasha Brofsky.

DANIEL ANASTASIO, piano
Anastasio graduated from The Juilliard School with a Master of Music degree in piano performance having studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He received his Bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell University, where he double-majored in Music and Philosophy. At Cornell, he studied piano with Xak Bjerken and chamber music with Miri Yampolsky and violinist Joseph Lin. Throughout his earlier years growing up in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel benefited greatly from lessons with Rebecca Wilcox, who instilled in him a musical sensitivity and expressive freedom that has shaped his personality at the keyboard. Currently living in New York City, Daniel is privileged to be studying privately with renowned pianist and pedagogue Ann Schein. He was a finalist in Julliard’s piano concerto competition, and a recipient of the school’s Mieczyslaw Munz scholarship. His participation in festivals has included Kneisel Hall Chamber Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Icicle Creek Winter Piano Festival, and Cornell University’s Mayfest. Currently, Daniel’s time is split between chamber music performances and recordings, recitals, concerto performances, and studies to complete a Doctorate of Musical Arts.

Composting as a Free Deed, a talk by Bruno Follador on April 26

Join us on Saturday, April 26, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Rose Hall for "Composting as a Free Deed" with Bruno Follador.

Bruno Follador was born in Brazil. He is a biodynamic researcher and has been working with biodynamic composting methods for several years with farmers and organizations in Brazil, Europe and the United States. Bruno is a geographer and received his training in Biodynamic gardening at the Pfeiffer Center, in NY. For three years he was one of the researchers and consultants of the Ludolf Andreas Lab, at Andreashof, a biodynamic farm in Germany, where he worked with compost and chromatography. At the moment, he lives between Brazil and the U.S. where he continues to work with chromatography and composting.

Bruno’s talk will take its start from a passage from Dr. Ita Wegman’s essay The Mystery of the Earth, 1929:
"Nature is becoming a mirror of chaotic human behavior, as is evident in catastrophes and anomalies; we perceive them in nature's mirror without recognizing them as our own reflection."

He will address such questions as, How can we develop a living, practical, and personal relationship with compost and soil fertility that goes beyond a mindset of waste management and yields? How does our way of seeing, thinking, and speaking contribute to creating our agricultural reality? Is there a relationship between soil erosion and social conflicts? And within this context: Could it be possible to start seeing the compost pile as an outer expression of our way of thinking and relating to Nature? Can compost begin to show itself as the outer expression of the inner gesture of the gardener and farmer?

Suggested donation: $15.00 at the door

Questions? Sherry Wildfeuer: 610-935-0302

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.  Many GPS systems have trouble finding the location; please use Google maps for directions.

The mission at Camphill Kimberton is to create and maintain a land-based community together with adults with special needs.  Inspired by Anthroposophy, members of the community support one another to contribute to the wider society through biodynamic agriculture, handcrafts, and other ecological, social, cultural and educational endeavors.

For more information on our community, visit www.camphillkimberton.org. 

Welsh Subaru Shares the Love with Camphill Village Kimberton Hills

Thank you, Welsh Subaru!

L to R: Felicity Jeans, Executive Director, CVKH; Charlene Roth, Board Member and resident, CVKH; Michael Mains, Resident, CVKH; Bill Lewis, resident, CVKH; Jeffrey Welsh, owner, Welsh Subaru; Patrick Gilbert, sales manager, Welsh Subaru.  

Subaru of America, Inc. (“SOA”) and Welsh Subaru of Limerick recently presented a check to Camphill Village Kimberton Hills who was a partner in the 2013 Subaru “Share the Love” event. 

From Nov. 21, 2013 to Jan. 2, 2014, customers who purchased or leased a new Subaru vehicle could select from a list of charities to receive a donation of $250 from SOA. This year, Subaru of America, Inc. donated $10 million to participating charities. Over the last six years SOA has donated $35 million to a number of worthy causes through the “Share the Love” event.

SOA selected the five national charities: ASPCA®, Make-A-Wish®, Meals On Wheels Association of America®, National Park Foundation and Teach for America. Subaru retailers could also elect to add a sixth, local charity and Welsh Subaru of Limerick selected Camphill Village Kimberton Hills as its local partner.

The check for $11,208.29 was presented to Camphill Village Kimberton Hills by Jeffrey M. Welsh, Dealer Principal, Welsh Subaru of Limerick.

Follow Subaru on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/subaruofamerica
Join the dialog: http://www.twitter.com/subaru_usa #sharethelove
Visit Welsh Subaru on the web: www.welshsubaru.com




Thank you to Welsh Subaru for choosing Kimberton Hills as your local charity and thank you to all the new Subaru owners who chose Kimberton Hills to receive their "Share the Love" donation!

To learn more about Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.

CVKH takes a trip to see "The Hallman Legacy: Fine Art and Fiber Art"

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills recently visited the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville for "The Hallman Legacy: Fine Art and Fiber Art" exhibit, featuring the art of our friend Ted Hallman and his late father.  

Ted Hallman (center, kneeling) surrounded by friends from Kimberton Hills.

"The Hallman Legacy: Fine Art and Fiber Art" weaves together more than 30 works by two generations of nationally recognized artists. This is the first time the works have been shown together.

According to The Morning Call, "It seems perfectly natural to pair Hallman's fiber wall hangings and sculpture with paintings by an artist who shares similarity in range of palette, texture and theme. When that kindred spirit is none other than Hallman's father, Ted Hallman Sr., the juxtaposition becomes a legacy."

Read more about the exhibit here.  

Bet Williams and John Hodian return to the U.S. with their “Family Circus Tour” stopping at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills will host musicians Bet Williams and Jack and John Hodian as part of their upcoming Family Circus Tour throughout the United States. The concert will be held Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. in Rose Hall. Advance tickets are available for $15.00.

From ancient monasteries in Armenia to music festivals in France, Germany & Switzerland, Bet Williams and John Hodian have been creating and performing music together for over 20 years.  With both the world music ensemble “Epiphany Project” and the alt-rock-pop-blues based “Bet Williams Band” the music these two artists create is a vast quilt of influences and inspirations. With their growing success overseas, the duo (originally from New York) settled in Berlin five years ago where they have built a strong cult following throughout Europe. Now Bet and John will be bringing music from both their bands to venues (and living rooms) all across America for a series of intimate concerts. This American tour is particularly special as they will be performing with their 10-year-old son, Jack, on drums and percussion.

With influences ranging from Qawwali devotional songs to Appalachian Folk, acoustic blues and Tuvan throat singing, singer/songwriter Bet Williams uses her voice in an endless number of unusual ways. John Hodian’s piano playing features haunting melodies, intricate rhythms, and a soulful intensity that reflect his Armenian roots as well as his formal composition training and affinity for improvisation. Epiphany Project has been described by the Washington Post as “a unique hybrid of world music, art song, Americana and avant-garde folk; utterly uncategorizable but always transcendently beautiful.” Their music is a blend of ancient and modern cultures and musical styles, but the earthy, trance-like rhythms and chant melodies make it seem strangely familiar.

Bet Williams is a fearless vocalist and dynamic performer whose music combines intelligent lyrics and infectious hooks. She has been lauded by National Public Radio as, “a blues-roots, new folk, tone poet with a highly charismatic stage presence and an astonishing four-octave range voice.” With a gift for storytelling and spontaneous humor, her stage performances can go from the profound and poetic to wild and spontaneous, at times bordering on performance art.

The upcoming performance at Rose Hall is a chance to hear music from both Bet Williams Band and Epiphany Project, along with an excerpt from John’s magnum opus “Nagash” based on texts by a 14th century Armenian mystic poet and priest. Rose Hall, part of Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, was voted the "Best Live Music Venue" in Chester County by readers of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Its excellent acoustics and intimate feeling make it an amazing place to experience live music.

The Camphill Café, adjacent to Rose Hall, will also be open for dinner prior to the concert and during intermission. Seating for the BYOB dinner at the Camphill Café will begin at 6 p.m. with the concert following at 8 p.m. Cost is $30 per person for both dinner and the concert. Reservations are required for dinner and can be made online or by calling 610-935-8660. The menu includes an entree from the sandwiches/salad menu or vegetarian quiche with salad, small soup, a drink and dessert. Concert-only tickets will be available online and at Rose Hall for $15. Visit www.camphillkimberton.org/FamilyCircus for more information and reservations.

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills – home to Rose Hall and the Camphill Café - is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa. Many GPS systems have trouble finding the location; please use Google maps for directions.

The mission at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is to create and maintain a land-based community together with adults with special needs. Members of the community support one another to contribute to the wider society through biodynamic agriculture, handcrafts, and other ecological, social, cultural and educational endeavors.

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

To find out more about Bet Williams Band, visit http://epiphanyrecords.com/bet-williams

For more information about Epiphany Project, visit: http://www.epiphany-project.com

Talkfest 6…Racing Towards You!

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills 6^th Annual Talkfest!

Sunday April 27 at 5:04

I screwed up!  Last missive I sent out about Talkfest 6, I forgot to mention our fantastic sponsors!  I am so embarrassed. So…

A huge thanks to our two great sponsors:

Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust…the Best Bank Ever

Tonbo Visual Promotions…the People With the Most Amazing Promotional Products

Give them a chance to make you happy. They really are great at what they do. And are wonderfully nice and helpful.

Whew…now I feel better. Still worried about my memory but we’ll talk about that at Talkfest.

Talkfest: an event filled with the most incredible people you can imagine. People who are friends and supporters of Camphill VillageKimberton Hills…an exceptional intentional lifesharing biodynamic community including people with special needs.

And the program? You know…it’s you. You and the rest of the most amazingly interesting conversationalists ever.

As usual---No speeches, No videos, No presentations, No nothing…except for:

The most scrumptious oardoors from the talented hands of Master Chef Francis Trzeciak and the other great people at the Birchrunville Store Café. The most delicious pressings of grapes, cactus, and sugar cane delightfully aged and bottled just for you.

And, a special treat. I have convinced a world famous wood artist to turn a piece or two of our very own wood into a work of art worthy of the most famous museum collection…and it will be raffled off to some lucky attendee.

Even better, I have ensured that each and every person who calls (610-935-8660) or emails (bernadette@camphillkimberton.org) Bernadette will get a chance to win. That’s right, I’ve included a raffle ticket right in the Talkfest donation. Well, actually Bernadette told me to do this. She is just so much cleverer than me. She also figured out a way you can register online by clicking here.  

But I figured out that it would be good to offer those of you who want extra chances the ability to purchase additional raffle tickets for a teeny tiny additional donation. By a bunch…they’re small.

The Artist at work. 

One small donation and you get an incredible time while supporting such a worthy cause. How can you stay home?  I am sure you can’t and will be at the Birchrunville Store Café on April 27 between 5:04 and 7:49.

The ridiculously low donation? $167.23 per each. Wow! To support such a great place as CamphillVillage Kimberton Hills. And at no extra charge you get a raffle ticket for a specially created artwork by The Artist.

Of course, I encourage you to purchase additional raffle tickets for $22.87 each. Remember…the more tickets you have, the better your chances. Only those of you clever enough to make a reservation for Talkfest 6 will be part of the raffle.

Steve Smolinsky

Board President

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills

6th Annual Talkfest, April 27, 5:04-7:49, Birchrunville Store Café, $167.23 per person

Extra raffle tickets…$22.87. Buy several…they’re small.

Be there! You’ll have a great time while supporting an exceptional place.

Ask About Becoming A Sponsor

And Please, Please, Please Support Our Sponsors

Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust

Tonbo Visual Promotions