Jan & Neil Gillies performed some of Jan's
"teaching" songs.
Saturday, January 23, 2010 the Ice Mountain Writers played to a packed Coffee Cupboard with readings and songs by Sally Collier, Bob Caiola, Michael O'Brien, Sibyl MacKenzie, Larry Brown, Phil Gallery, Joe Crawford, and Jan and Neil Gillies. They were followed by an open mic session in which Ted Kalvitis, Deveraux, Kathee Rogers, Jessi Kalvitas and Michaela Baker shared their writing talents. Click here for more photos.
Ice Mountain Writers is the writing arm of the Hampshire County Arts Council.
We get together periodically to share our writing and good conversation. Our members write poetry, stories, songs, essays— whatever form of writing interests them. We welcome all forms and all writers, from children to seniors. We charge no fee, but do ask that you join the Arts Council to help support this website and the Council's many activities in our community.
Our group performs readings and songs for the public each year and invite other writers to join us on stage from time to time. We go into the schools to share our writing with students. Occasionally we publish a collection of writings from our members.
We hope to connect with other groups in the state, such as the West Virginia Writers, to share information about what's going on statewide in the field of writing. We will feature the writing of our members from time to time, as well as discussions about writing. Guests will appear on the site with interviews and opinions on writing. Suggestions from the public on what to include in this site are welcome.
As a group we're relaxed and open to new writing and new
people. If you're at the point that you would like to share
your writing, or listen to others share theirs, please e-mail us at 
so we can notify you of our next planned get-together.
—Sibyl MacKenzie, chairperson
And more Ice Mountain Writers in action 3/28/08
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