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NGI Recipient: Max Hogue

Session Attended: Country Dance and Song Society - Harmony of Song and Dance (2021)

Thank you so much for the beauty of Harmony week. To feel, move, sing in unison with so many lovely folks, to have that precious sense of community gathered, was a gift.
Pinewoods is always a surreal place in so many ways. The sandy soil yielding clear-bottomed ponds. The camp feel – but for adults! – of flexible time and play. A sense of time and space removed. These aspects together give so much to savor, and this year was especially restorative given the context in which it came together.
And you pulled it off! Thank you for the heavy lift of making this beautiful space open, gathering this community, and pulling together so many amazing talents to make it all run.