NC Songwriters Co-op - MUMFEST

On May 1, Danielle and I met with Penne Sandbeck to discuss having the North Carolina Songwriters Co-op (NCSC) participate in Mumfest. Penne, like her husband Peter Sandbeck, is a writer and researcher currently working at Tryon Palace. Penne is on the NCSC Board which is based in Carrboro. Most of their events and activities take place in the Triangle area, however board members are interested in expanding their outreach to be a resource for singer-songwriters throughout the state. At their last meeting, the board members asked Penne to contact Swiss Bear and explore the possibility of NCSC having a small stage at mumfest to recruit and showcase local singer-songwriters in on-going 15 – 20 minute sets.

At the end of the meeting, we all agreed it would be a great new venue for mumfest. I asked Penne to take our interest and enthusiasm back to her board for approval. At this point, if the NCSC board agrees to move forward with this, it would be held on Sunday in the area where the dance schools perform on Saturday.

The exciting part is it can offer singer/song writers (amateur and professional) in Eastern NC the opportunity to perform in front of a large audience, meet other songwriters and get feed-back on their songs, arrangements and performances from other song writers. It will also add to the wide range of entertainment that is featured at the festival.

For the singer/song writers out there that would like more information on the NCSC, go to ncsongwriters.org.

Would you like to see this venue at mumfest?

Tell us what you think.

Susan Moffat Thomas
Executive Director