Festival Organizers

Rolf and Eileen

Eileen was born in England and Rolf in Germany, we met in Canada and married after 3 months of knowing each other. Rolf and I are now in our 45th year of marriage. In our years together we have been involved in many businesses, events and fundraisers and lots of volunteer work. Some of the events I hosted have been for the "Children of Chernobyl" Rolf and I did this for 6 years and brought 3 children over for health respite each year. The other was for "Children's Wish Foundation" another worthy course.
In Toronto I had an Arts and Craft Store and a Health Food Store, then moving to Ottawa we opened a Restaurant which I loved and after another move we settled in our retirement home or so I thought. "Whispering Pines" quickly became a people place and has been a Camp for the past 18 years and has hosted many wonderful Festivals and it has become home to many people whom I love dearly. "Music in the Pines" has been a dream for many many years and it's about time it came to light. We are so excited about it and with so many wonderful people involved how can it not be a success. We both look forward to meeting and welcoming you all to "Music in the Pines" and hopefully you will join and become part of our growing family.

Event Coordinators

Natalie Côté

Aka "Za Big Boss"! She can be easily recognized by the radio that is permanently fuzzed to her ear. Do not be fooled by her calm and cool exterior, within she is a seething mass of nerves, and a frazzled mess… just kidding. Nathalie is in fact, our most competent event coordinator. You may see her running around, ordering us about, but have no fear… we enjoy it! She can often be seen in the company of her lovely assistant, Nissa, who is usually running frantically on a errand for her harsh Task-Mistress… just kidding. Nathalie has been involved with various festivals for the last 15 years. Her deep love of music and community has guided her to our doorstep, and we are most grateful.

Nissa

Your MCs

Theda Phoenix

Theda Phoenix is an Intuitive Singer and a Songwriter with a passion for spiritual growth and healing. She uses her voice and spontaneous intuitive songs as a medium to inspire and remind people of their divinity and infinite potential.

Theda knows that music expressed from the heart has the power to open the hearts of others, deepening the connection to self, spiritual essence and our innate ability to live a life of joy, love, freedom, and fulfilment.

Theda has three soothing CD's, Remergence, Suspended and the newly released Crystal Calm.

Contact Theda theda@thedaphoenix.com

Hobbes

Originally from Quebec city, Hobbes has been living in Montreal since the spring 1993. He's a professional and published writer and storyteller. In February of 2005, he published his first book/CD of stories called You Don't Know Jack.

Hobbes is currently the president of the Montreal Pagan Resource Centre and believes in providing opportunities and offering choices to the local pagan community. In terms of his own spiritual path, it's a long and winding one. Not content with any one path or tradition, he explores freely finding truth and enlightenment in a variety of cultures and perspectives.

As your Fest Crier, Hobbes' duty will be to keep you up to date on what's happening and when. He may even be coerced into telling a tale or three when the time is right.

Hobbes will have his books, CD's and tapes for sale at the writers booth.

Entertainment

Catherine Spooner

Catherine (Cat) has always been surrounded by musicians and music, whether in her personal, spiritual, or professional life. She has acquired a variety of festival experience such as organizer, crew, registration, and entertainment director over the past 9 years.

Owner/Operator of Eagle's Embrace Healing Center, Custom Sewing & Dressmaking, Hand drumming, Sustainable and Off-Grid Living, like a Little Hummingbird, Catherine flitter's happily from task to task.

If you would like to get in touch with Catherine regarding the possibility of performing, or any entertainment related inquiries please email her at catherine@eaglesembrace.com or call 819-669-9842.

Sound

Sig Shnellert

Sig has enjoyed a long and diverse musical career, starting young with Classical piano, he is now getting old with Rootsy Funky Bluesy music. Sig's passion has always been in the recording studio environment, as well as live sound mixing and event recording. Sig and his wife Cat are currently planning to build very close to Whispering Pines, and yes, there will be a studio!
To contact Sig: 613-862-3151

Jeremy

Art Gallery

Eileen

Eileen is the Art Gallery coordinator this year.

Rick

Korey

Aspires to be a great Artist & Musician, loves doing anything creative, writing, and loves to talk about anything interesting and intriguing.

Bracken

Faerie Tea Garden Hostess

Isabeau

I belive: "Art belongs in the center, not the periphery of life. It is not the pastime of princes, but a necessary language of the human spirit" It brings me great joy to be part of such a great adventure, building Music in the Pines to it's full potential...

See ya'll soon!

Workshop / Vendors / Volunteer Coordinator

Lori

Certified Shiatsu/Watsu Practitioner since 1995. I have been involved in organizing various Music festivals for almost a decade . This year I am very excited to put my skills into action for "Music in the Pines". I have a great love of all the Arts, Mother Earth and all her wonders. Love in the flow ~ See you there !!

Volunteers

Let's not forget our volunteers. They deserve our gratitude. They make a festival much smoother. And we always need more. Contact Lori.

Hall of Volunteers

Lisa - Registration co-ordinator
Wendy - pre-festival volunteer/secretary/food prep.
April - advertisement

Security

Shammy - Head of Security

Do not be fooled by her youth and beauty! She is actually our very charming and competent head of security. She has been involved with various festivals for over a decade, and has been with Music in the Pines since its creation. When she is not chasing after over excited artists at our festival, she spends her free time working as a police officer. But she will tell you that her true calling is to be here, with her feet in the sand, sipping tea in the garden... now if only she could remember where she left her handcuffs.

Phillip

Maintenance

Brendan Roche

"A can of WD40 and a roll of Duct tape that's all you really need to fix anything" so say's Brendan.
What he doesn't say is that it takes organizational skills, calmness and the ability to be in at least 3 places at once, a be prepared attitude, and most of all the ability to make people think that they really want to do the job assigned to them.
Brendan knows his job as he has been Festival Maintenance Guy for many many years and all we can say is, "What would we do without him"

Patrick

Fire Keepers

Justin, Rory and Jaime

Justin Yatkowski and Rory Elliott are two great but shy guys. So we will have a give a little info about them. They are both outdoor men and love camping Summer and Winter. You can always find them getting ready for an outdoor activity and walking in the woods.
Justin has a son just reaching the terrible 2's and loving it.
Rory has just announced the coming of a baby and he can't stop smiling. Congratulations.
Justin and Rory have been Fire Keepers at other Festivals and do a great job, we are lucky to have them aboard. Other Festival activities they are taking on are construction of vendor shelters and are available and ready for anything needed of them.
Thank you Guys.

Jamie is a Tilesetter from Muskoka, who's spiritual path is as winding as Muskoka's back roads and he has followed this winding path most of his life. He was new to the festivals when he joined us last year and now he's a permanent fixture and a positive addition to our crew.

Children's Program

Robyn Mulcahy

Hello and welcome to Music in the Pines Children's Program!
We have an adventure filled schedule that includes puppetry, felt stories, parachute games, tie dye fun and Tea with Teddy. The children will each be provided with a canvass and paints on which they can produce a masterpiece to place in the children's art gallery. The children will parade in costume to the opening with cookies and lemonade to greet them!

About me: I have fifteen years experience working with children and a love of the outdoors. I have a diploma as a Child and Youth Worker and well as my Early Childhood Education. I am currently a preschool teacher for a Reggio inspired school and will have the fabulous help of high school students earning their volunteer hours. I am looking forward to meeting you and your child (ren) and creating a welcoming space to create and discover!

Webmaster

Mark

Mark is the webmaster, and a geeck by day.

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