New York Field Trip

New York Folklore Society
P.O. Box 764
Schenectady, NY 12301
518/346-7008
Fax 518/346-6617
nyfs@nyfolklore.org

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, November 2, 2007

3:30- 6:30 p.m.	EDUCATORS’ WORKSHOP: Religious Pluralism and Its Role in Classroom Learning Workshop Participants: Dr. Eileen Condon, Jean Crandall, Rathi Raja, and Muriel Horowitz Call 518/346-7008 for additional registration information Location: Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, Reception/Exhibit Room of the Auditorium In the United States, immigration over the last forty years has had a profound effect on education, as students from diverse backgrounds encounter each other on the playground and in the classroom. One result of this expanding diversity is a correlating expansion of religious pluralism, as our multi-religious society becomes increasingly complex. The New York Folklore Society invites K-12 classroom teachers to gain teaching skills and information on religious diversity to facilitate a dialogue between cultures. This three-hour workshop for educatorshas two goals: To provide tools and curriculum tie-ins for New York State’s Social Studies curricula and to examine the role that belief plays when working within a diverse classroom.
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Conference Registration Location: Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie
7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception Food and Presentation of altars by the Guadalupe Association (Day of the Dead), and Hindu Samaj Temple (Diwali) Location: Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie
7:30 p.m.	“Ancient Wisdom, Sacred Hands” A slide presentation on Hindu Sacred Arts by Rathi Raja, Executive Director of Young Indian Culture Group, Manhasset, NY Location: Reception/Exhibit room of auditorium, 9 Vasser Street, Poughkeepsie
8:00 p.m.	KEYNOTE: “Staccato Incandescence: Towards a History of Mambo” Dr. Robert Farris Thompson Location: Auditorium, Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.	For your enjoyment: Latin Dance Party with Soñando Location: Auditorium, Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

Saturday, November 3, 2007

All events will be in the auditorium of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY.

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.	Annual Meeting of the New York Folklore Society Location: Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
9:30 a.m.	Welcome: Sherre Wesley Kuchipudi Sacred Dance Performance Kantham Chatlapalli Location: Auditorium, Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
10:00 - 11:15 a.m.	Social Justice and the Sacred Arts Dr. Eileen Condon, Moderator Participants: Representatives of the Mid-Hudson Buddhist Monastery; Sister Adriana Almaguer, OLC of the Centro Catolico Hispano, Newburgh; Aziz Ahsan, Esq., of the Islamic Association
11:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch on your own NYFS Board Meeting and Lunch. Meeting location: Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.	Sacred Song Dr. Tom Van Buren, Moderator Participants: Dr. Ivor Miller and Roman Díaz, Cuban/Yoruba Abakuá tradition; Ray Watkins, “Spirit of Unity” Gospel Choir; Preetha Nateson, Hindu Samaj Temple, Carnatic Song; and Sruli Dresdner, Lisa Mayer, and Michael Alpert, the Jewish Singing Table tradition
3:45 - 5:30 p.m.	A Tribute to John Mohawk Dr. Kevin White, Iroquois Corn Project, Moderator Participants: Tom Porter, Haudenosaunee Spiritual Leader, and members of “Kontiwennenhá:wi: Carriers of the Words,” a Mohawk Women’s singing group
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Dinner on your own
7:30 p.m.	CONCERT at Cunneen Hackett Arts Center Auditorium La Troupe Makandal, Haitian Voudou music and dance Kontiwennenhá:wi: Carriers of the Words, a Mohawk Women’s singing group The Jewish Singing Table by Sruli Dresdner, Lisa Mayer, and special guest Michael Alpert

Sunday, November 4, 2007

11:00 a.m.	Field Trip to Hindu Samaj Temple Meet in the parking lot of the Cunneen-Hacket Arts Center
2:00 p.m.	Interfaith Story Circle Co-sponsored by the Interfaith Story Circle of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Second Baptist Church, Pastor-Rev. Robert Bruce The Second Baptist Church at the corner of Mill Street and Vassar Street. “Wisdom Tales” Story sharing by all participants is encouraged.

The New York Folklore Society and its programs are funded by the
New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional funding for this conference provided by the Theatre Development Fund and the New York Council for the Humanities.