Music & Workshops

Where Did the Pencils Go? Cartooning as Easy as A-B-C Workshop  Saturday 12 – 1:30 PM  Norman Williams Library, History Room

Brought to Bookstock by the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction.  Easy and fun cartooning for beginner to advanced. Workshop, attendees will learn the power of a one-sheet comic. In addition to drawing comics, we’ll explore the power of packaging that screams read me. Young adult and older. Limited space. Sign up now! Call 802-457-9149 or write pfr@rousmaniere.com.

Where’s Woodstock? — Exploring Journalwork Workshop Saturday 2:15 – 3:45 PM Norman Williams Library, History Room

The spirit that inhabits a region or a community reveals itself in dramatic landscapes or minute details — horticultural, architectural, civic and commercial. This writing workshop with Judith Taylor will focus on images of Woodstock village and its surrounding vistas in order to discover where we find ourselves and what we can learn from this place.  Limited space. Sign up now! Call 802-457-9149 or write pfr@rousmaniere.com.

Writing Workshop for Young Writers

For writers 18 years or younger this workshop includes a 2 hour workshop session, starting at 12 PM, plus one on one mentoring with a published author.  Sarah Taylor of the Writers Center of White River Junction is conducting the workshop.  Support provided by The Young Writers Project of Vermont. Limited space. Sign up now! Call 802-457-9149 or write pfr@rousmaniere.com.

Shakespeare’s Language Workshop 4 – 5:30 PM  Town Hall Conference Room (second floor)

Royal Shakespeare Company-trained Lisa Harrow did a wildly popular session at Bookstock 2010 on performing Shakespeare. This year she aims to help you enjoy reciting Shakespeare even more.  Bring your favorite passage!  Lisa will try to accommodate every workshop participant.

Music at Bookstock

EEL in the Sink 10 – 11:30 AM the Green

A quartet playing American Old Time music tradition folk songs on banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin.

Panhandlers  11:30 AM – 2 PM the Green

Vermont’s steel drum band.

Gumbo Loco, performing 3 – 4 PM the Green

Playing a spicy mix of traditional Cajun, French Canadian and country music featuring fiddle, guitar, and harmony vocals in French, English and Spanish.

Old Sam Peabody Band 4 – 5 PM the Green

Specializing in dance tunes from Quebec to Appalachia.