PROGRAM CLOUDBURST 2018

PROGRAM CLOUDBURST 2018  

Fri. May 18, 2018

noon-2:00     Early Bird Registration (enjoy the site)

2:00-2:10      Opening Ceremony (meet at entrance to lodge): John Berry

2:15-3:00      Nature Walk: haiku moments: Michael Czarnecki

                       (an outdoor ramble of roadside, fields and woods at Gell Center)

3:00-6:00       Registration ongoing in Main Lodge

3:30-4:30       Beginning Poetry Circle (one poem from each poet)

4:30-4:40       Poetry reading: Alan Casline

4:40-4:50       Poetry reading:  Stephen Lewandowski

4:50-5:00       Poetry Reading: John Roche

5:00-6:30       Light Dinner Served

6:30-6:40       Poetry reading: Therese Broderick

6:40-6:50       Poetry reading: Charlie Rossiter

6:50-7:00       Poetry reading: Martha Treicher

7:00-7:10       Poetry reading: ryki zuckerman

7:10-7:20       Poetry reading: Nick Eckerson

7:20-8:20       Panel: Retracing Our Steps (John Roche, Scott Williams, Celeste Lawson)           

8:20-8:35      Cloudburst thoughts and evening wrap-up: Martha Deed and ryki zuckerman

8:35-8:45       Friday Night Closing Ceremony: Marge Merrill

8:45               Party 

 Sat. May 19, 2018

 8:30 Breakfast Served 

         Breakfast will be continuously served.

9:20-9:30          Saturday Opening Ceremony: Alan Casline

9:30-10:30        Remembering Friends, Heroes, Legends (Poetry Round-Robin)

                          Sharing poems written by departed friends, admired and historic poets.

                          Bring some poems of beforementioned to share.

10:30-10:40       Poetry Reading: Bob McDonough

10:40-10:50       Poetry Reading: Michael Czarnecki

10:50-11:00       Poetry Reading:  Jane Sadowsky

11:00-11:10       Poetry Reading:  Gwen Zimmerman

11:10-11:20       Poetry Reading:  Martha Deed

11:20-11:30       Poetry Reading:  John Berry

11:30-11:40       Break

11:40-11:50       Break

11:50-12:50       Panel: Migration, Immigration and Language (Tamar Samuel-Siegel, Therese Broderick,

                                                                                                           Judith Kerman, Steve Tills)

12:50 -1:00        Poetry Reading: Mark O’Brien

1:00-1:10           Poetry Reading: Judith Kerman

 1:15 Lunch Served

 Open Time 1:15 – 4:00

Tour in Finger Lakes Watershed with Steve Lewandowski (optional)

Steven Lewandowski will lead an expedition to Site of Seneca Emergence or a place closer depending on weather

Workshop: For those not on exploration in the same time slot workshop in the main lodge (optional)

                    A Simple Handmade Poetry Mini-Booklet led by ryki zimmerman (sign-up with ryki)

Keeping Still: Find a spot and stop. Sit still for at least 15 min. but do not check the time (optional)

4:00-4:40        Panel: Ecstatic Poets with Martin Willitts, Jr. and Linda Griggs 

4:40-4:50        Poetry Reading: Tom Nicotera

4:50-5:00        Poetry Reading: Leah Zazulyer

5:00-5:10        Poetry Reading: Celeste Lawson

5:10-5:20        Poetry Reading: Marge Merrill

5:20-5:30        Poetry Reading:  David Landrey

5:30-5:40:       Poetry Reading:  Helen Ruggieri

5:40-5:50:       Poetry Reading:  Patrica Tansey

5:50-6:00        Poetry Reading:  Dwain Wilder

6:00-7:00        Dinner        

7:00-7:10           Poetry Reading: Scott Williams

7:10-7:20           Poetry Reading: Steve Tills

7:20-7:30            Poetry Reading: Michele Brown

7:30-7:40            Poetry Reading: David Michael Nixon

7:40-7:50            Poetry Reading:  Leslie Gerber

7:50-8:00            Poetry Reading:  Maril Nowak

8:00-8:10            Poetry Reading   Tamar Samuel-Siegel

 8:30-10:00         Open Mic hosted by John Roche (by sign-up)

                           

10-10:10             Wrap-up John Roche

10:15                   Saturday Closing Ceremony: Charlie Rossiter and Tom Nicotera

10:20- 12:00       Party

12:00-?                 Midnight open mic until we run out of poems

 Sunday May 20, 2018

9:30-11:00          Brunch (like Saturday Breakfast )

10:20-10:30        Sunday Opening Ceremony: Therese Broderick       

9:30-ongoing      Trade Fair

10:30-10:40        Poetry Reading:  Stephen Baraban 

10:40-10:50        Poetry Reading: Martin Willitts, Jr.

10:50-11:00        Poetry Reading: Linda Griggs

11:00-11:10        Break

11:10-12:10        Looking Outward  (Michael Czarnecki, David Landrey, Gwen Zimmerman, Helen Ruggieri)

12:10–1:00         Further: Round-Robin of Poetry.  (Might be time for second poem)

1:00-10:10          Closing Ceremony: Jane Sadowsky