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She sang act locally.” Please consider talking with “The Water is Wide” at Circle of Song last your family and friends about what you year. She talks a lot about Pete Seeger learned this weekend and help us all to and loves to look at pictures of herself as a pass it down and to keep the Clearwater baby with him. She talks about what she’s community strong and ever-growing. Econosmith.com learned from Pete and from Clearwater. I’d like to give thanks and offer my Last year at the Festival, friends of hers gratitude to many people who are part were throwing rocks into the river and she of this organization and Festival. First, told them to stop and that Pete Seeger I’d like to thank the Clearwater Board of saved the Hudson River (this was, of Directors for allowing me to direct this course, just before she joined them and Festival since 2010. I’d also like to thank also started throwing rocks in the river too). Linda Richards, our Volunteer Coordinator She asks questions like “Why do people and our 800 volunteers — without them, litter?” and gets really upset when she Revival would not be possible. Thanks to sees it happening. On Earth Day this year John Economos who heads our volunteer she walked around our neighborhood, photography team and is one of the nicest picking up any trash she saw. She knows people you’ll ever meet. Thanks to our Site Pass it down. about the importance of recycling. Manager, Nancy Jane Blake and to our I’ve been thinking a lot about what wonderful Site Crew, who started building DEAR FRIENDS, knowledge and experiences I can pass the Festival on June 4 and will finish down to my daughter. Some of these are packing it up on June 21. Thanks to our Thank you for joining us this weekend as directly related to things that she sees and Festival caterer and good friend, Gregar we celebrate our 40th year as hears at Revival. Because she attends the Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival. Brous, whose team prepares thousands Festival and is learning important lessons of meals for our crew and artists. Thanks Prior to 1978, the Festival was a one-day at a young age, she’s putting together the to Jason Mastrine, our ticketing partner event known as the Hudson Valley Folk building blocks for becoming a person who for many years, for his help and support. Picnic. We have lots of great music deeply cares about our environment. Thanks to the Clearwater staff including performances and workshops, and I often meet people at the Festival who Ann Mellor, Erin Macchiaroli, Michelle opportunities to sing and dance, as well as are with their children and their children’s Acosta and volunteers Jill Greenbaum, many other offerings that you’ll only see at children and they tell me about how many Steve Weinstock, Roberta Goldberg, plus Revival like: The Working Waterfront, years they’ve attended Revival and how other members on the Revival Planning where you can take rides on small boats as young their children were when they began Committee, who have been incredibly well as the sloop Clearwater or schooner attending. While many of you come to helpful and supportive these past years. Mystic Whaler; the Artisanal Food & Farm hear the music, please take some time to Special thanks to our Production Manager Market; the juried Handcrafters’ Village; really look around the festival grounds to and a friend for life, John Doerschuk, as The Green Living Expo, The Marketplace see what important environmental work well as our two sound companies, Klondike and the Activists Area among others. You Clearwater is doing. Take a ride on the Sound and Boulevard Pro. Heartfelt will also see Toshi and Pete Seeger’s legacy Clearwater or Mystic Whaler with your and will feel their presence throughout family and friends. “Pass It Down” is a thanks to our Associate Directors, Cortney the weekend. phrase that you’ll see around the Festival Schwam and Rick Brodsky, you have 2018 is also a big year for me (it’s on our Festival T-shirts too). Passing been absolutely amazing, and it’s been personally, as I celebrated my 50th down to friends or family what you’ve an honor to work with you. And a big hug birthday in May. I’ve been spending a lot experienced or learned by attending and very special thanks to Amy Larson of time thinking about family, friends and Revival or being a member of Clearwater is Bonder, Clearwater’s Acting E.D., and my community. Whether you knew it or not, of great importance. The more we discuss teammate since 2010 — I wouldn’t have when you stepped through the Rainbow these kinds of issues, the more we help been able to accomplish any of this without Gate for the first time, you became part of future generations to be kinder to the only your help and support. the Clearwater community. And that’s a planet we have. And finally, I’d like to thank all of you, very special thing. This year’s Revival theme is Climate our tremendous audience, for coming to Being part of family or community Solutions. In the past, we’ve focused on support Clearwater by attending Revival, means experiencing life cycle events Climate Change, but now environmental whether it’s your first year or your fortieth. together. Since I became Festival Director organizations, including Clearwater, are Thank you for helping us to keep Pete in late 2009, we’ve lost Pete and Toshi dedicated to educating what each and and Toshi Seeger’s legacy alive! and other friends of Clearwater. I lost my every one of us can do to help restore the I hope you and your family and friends father and father-in-law, both of whom Earth to a more balanced state. Please have a wonderful time! loved Revival. But I was also blessed with take some time to visit the Environmental a beautiful daughter, now seven, who I’ve Action/Green Cities, Discovery and Tideline Happy Father’s Day Weekend! been bringing on stage with me to wish tents to learn about solutions-based everyone a Happy Father’s Day since 2011. actions that you and your family and your All my best, My daughter, Jadyn Rose, loves Revival. business can take now. There was a banjo Steve Lurie She has asked several times if she can take player who liked to say, “Think globally, Festival Director 2 CLEARWATER FESTIVAL 2018 Festival History ABOUT CLEARWATER ounded by Pete Econosmith.com Seeger and inspired F by his desire to clean up the Hudson River almost fifty years ago, the Great Hudson River Revival (Clearwater Festival) is the country’s oldest music and environmental festival. Initially the Festival helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and the symbol of effective grassroots action. Today, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a non- profit 501c3 organization that sails at the forefront of the nation’s environmental challenges. The Clearwater Festival is truly a team Merchant, Neko Case, Guster, Drive-By Environmental Protection Agency’s effort, with the dedicated Clearwater staff, Truckers, Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, Steve decision to remove PCBs from the a devoted Revival Planning Committee, Earle, Ani DiFranco, Bela Fleck, Lake Street Hudson River. In 2002, Pete Seeger was and over 800 volunteers all pitching in Dive, Arlo Guthrie, Los Lobos, Angelique named a “Clean Water Hero” for his to bring this weekend to life. The Festival Kidjo, Richie Havens, Old Crow Medicine prominent efforts in the passage of the features eight stages with diverse Show, Grace Potter, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Clean Water Act. His tireless devotion music, dance, storytelling and family- Mahal, Billy Bragg, Hot Tuna, Josh Ritter, to working through Clearwater and oriented programming, as well as a juried Punch Brothers, The Mavericks, Dawes, promoting its message to effectively Handcrafters’ Village, the Green Living The Lone Bellow, Blind Boys of Alabama, Expo, the Working Waterfront with boat Dizzy Gillespie and thousands more.