Pinewoods Camp is a traditional dance and

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camp located on of woodland between Long Pond and Round Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is the oldest continuously run folk dance camp in the U.S., and is arguably the most popular and well-known camp of its type.

History

Initially known as "Pine Tree Camp", Pinewoods was founded in 1919 by Helen Osborne Storrow as the first National Girl Scout Leadership Training School. In 1933, the facility was converted for use as a dance camp. The name was changed to Pinewoods Camp in 1935. Storrow died in 1944, and left the property to Lily and Rick Conant, who operated the property until 1976. At that time, the Conants transferred its ownership to a newly created nonprofit organization, Pinewoods Camp, Inc., that now runs the facility. Pinewoods was added to the

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in 2009.

Activities

Each summer, Pinewoods Camp hosts over a dozen sessions, some of which are a week long, and others of which take place over a weekend. Each session features music and dancing educational programs for adults and is run by one of five Program Providers: * The Country Dance and Song Society * The Country Dance Society, Boston Centre * The Folk Arts Center of New England * The Folk Music Society of New York *

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, Boston Branch Pinewoods has played a central role in the development of

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traditions in the United States.

Grounds and facilities

Pinewoods's facilities include four open-sided dance pavilions (Hands Across, Pine Hollow, Ampleforth and Newbiggin), a dining hall and kitchen, a camp house, and rustic cabins for up to 140 campers (plus offices, staff housing, and support facilities). Three of the pavilions and the dining hall were renovated as part of a recent capital campaign and are

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, although some other facilities are not. File:Pinewoods 1.jpg, Hunsdon House, a house with several rooms for campers File:Pinewoods 2.jpg, Nonesuch, a cabin on the shore of Round Pond File:Lads 2 Pinewoods.agr.jpg, Lads 2, a two-person cabin File:Pinewoods Main Hall.jpg, Dining hall and kitchen File:Serving area Pinewoods Dining Hall.agr.jpg, Serving area in dining hall File:Ducks on Long Pond.agr.jpg, Ducks invade the swimming area on Long Pond File:Sunset Long Pond.agr.jpg, Sunset on Long Pond

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