Late Fall 2003 Workshops

Writing Aguinaldos: A Holiday Workshop with Eddie Rosa

Write Your Heart Out: A Workshop with Rebecca McClanahan

These workshops will be held at the Hudson Valley Writers' Center (Philipse Manor Railroad Station building)

WRITING AGUINALDOS: A Holiday Workshop
with Eddie Rosa
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003
2 - 4 pm
FREE!

Get ready for our happy Las Christmas celebration on December 14 by writing verses for the aguinaldos to be sung at that event. You don't need to speak Spanish or be Christian to participate in this workshop. The passion Eddie Rosa feels for the preservation of the traditional literary and musical forms of his culture—and his delight in sharing them—will make you a feel like an insider, no matter what your own traditions are.

The workshop will focus on aguinaldos that use the espinela-like poetic structure but use six syllables per line instead of eight. It will also cover some of the musical rhythms used to accompany this type of poem in Puerto Rico. Attendees will create their own aguinaldos and try to sing some of them utilizing melodies from jibaro music.

Eddie Rosa and his group, Renacer Trovero, are committed to keeping Latino cultural traditions alive through musical performances, lectures, and other activities.

This workshop and Las Christmas (December 14) are being offered free to all thanks to a grant from the Village of Sleepy Hollow and a Municipal Challenge Grant from Westchester Arts Council funded by Westchester County Government, Verizon, and Fuji Photofilm USA Inc.

WRITE YOUR HEART OUT
with Rebecca McClanahan
Monday, December 8th, 2003
7 - 9 pm
Fee: $60 ($50 for members) Returning McClanahan students deduct $5

Based on McClanahan’s book of the same title, this workshop will help you discover the subjects you feel most deeply about, write about them with honesty and authority, explore various forms of writing, and develop productive work habits. Workshop participants will receive a copy of Write Your Heart Out.
Workshop limited to 15 students.

Rebecca McClanahan has published four volumes of poetry, three books about writing, and a collection of personal essays, The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings. Her work has appeared in The Best American Essays, The Best American Poetry, Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. McClanahan, who received a Pushcart Prize in Fiction, the Wood prize from Poetry, the Carter prize for the essay from Shenandoah, and a 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, lives with her husband in New York City and can be reached at www.mcclanmuse.com.

Notes:

HVWC = The Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Classes and workshops are held in the restored Philipse Manor railroad station. For travel directions, visit our Directions page or see train schedules at Metro-North's Hudson River Line.

For further information about our classes and workshops, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953.

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