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Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) A Personal Appreciation By Ross Altman “Close enough for folk music,” was not close enough for Erik Darling. He was a perfectionist who “practiced the banjo the way Heifitz practiced the violin,” according to his one-time Weavers’ band mate Fred Hellerman. Darling passed away this past […]
Continue Reading →The Manumit School was an “experimental boarding school in Pawling NY. Founded on purchased farm land in 1924 by William and Helen Fincke, it was formally call the Manumit School for Workers’ Children. An early promotional flyer for the school asked parents if they’d like their children to grow up “to become men and women […]
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Manumit was a complicated school and many of us needed the nurturing we found there. This can't tell the story of Manumit but this blog does provide at least one flavor of our experience.