From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #3206 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, April 20 2022 Volume 16 : Number 3206 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Ladder to the Moon Festival in New Mexico [neal copperman Subject: Re: Ladder to the Moon Festival in New Mexico Oh, how sad. Irritating boxes instead of apostrophes and no pretty graphics. Ah well. http://www.laddertothemoonnm.org - - neal > On Apr 19, 2022, at 12:19 AM, neal copperman wrote: > > Hey Ectofolk, > > I havenbt posted anything in ages and donbt go on much about what we have > built out here in New Mexico, but we have a cool new festival that I am super > proud of and wanted to share. > > We were poised to launch this in 2020 and got shut down before we announced > it. We pulled it together in August 2021, just as delta was surging. I think > we were the first vax-only event in New Mexico, with a lineup featuring > Roseanne Cash, Neko Case, Margo Price, Valerie June and more, all performing > outside at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu. A breathtaking setting where Georgia > ObKeeffe had her studio and painted a lot of her iconic work. > > 2021 Highlghts: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1M9pfX_yw > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCDJiBtR_4 > > We didnbt have a name last year (though frankly, Ghost Ranch Music Weekend > isnbt a terrible name). The full moon rising over Kitchen Mesa was such a > dramatic part of the evening that we made it an integral part of the festival. > We are on a lunar calendar, following the moon! Taking inspiration from > Georgia ObKeeffe, webve dubbed the festival Ladder to the Moon. (And > while this seemed a completely impossible task, we have gotten permission from > the ObKeeffe estate and the Whitney Museum to use the name and the image.) > > This year webve extended to three days and gone nuts with the lineup. Come > visit us in New Mexico! Itbll totally be worth the trip. :) > > - neal ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #3206 ****************************