East meets West at Monte Toyon as three of the East Coast's top country dance leaders--all three just starred at NEFFA--combine forces with a host of superb Bay Area musicians. Fall Weekend's **English country dance** leaders are:
	Barbara Finney (MA)--Articulate, genial, serene, Barbara is noted for her clear teaching and welcoming presence. A regular Boston Centre teacher, she has led workshops on both coasts and in Canada, and has served as program director for Pinewoods English Week.
	Michael Barraclough (UK, now VA) Michael's English country dance career goes back to the 1970s, when he danced with London Folk at the Albert Hall. In addition to having been the Dancing Master working with England's brilliant band Pyewacket, Michael is an able reconstructor of Playford dances. Michael's website
	Scott Higgs (PA) --Scott has been composing and teaching English and contra dances for over 25 years, with energy and enthusiasm that continue to grow. From Seattle to Antwerp, dancers praise his engaging programs, dynamic presentation and emphasis on fun. Scott's website

The display dance program is looking good! Again, East meets West:
Francis Attanasio (NH)--ECD dancers know Francis as co-editor (with Helene Cornelius) of the Boston Centre's English Country Dance Collection. Display dancers, however, know him as a stalwart of the Pinewoods Morris Men and Cambridge Revels, for which he has taught the dynamic Papa Stour dance. Francis writes:
The Norse name "Papey Stjora", meaning the "Big Island of the Priests", was given by the Vikings, perhaps as early as the sixth or seventh century. Papa Stour is an island just off Mainland, Shetland Isles. The dance is one of the most noted and documented dances from the longsword tradition, and the oldest, starting with a manuscript in 1788, and documented by Sir Walter Scott in "The Pirate" in 1821. The sword dance is unique in Shetland, probably of Norse origin, and related to the longsword dances of northeast England. The traditional tune is in the well-known form of the Norwegian "polsk".

Meg Ryan Meg Ryan-A founding member and sometime leader of Guiding Star Clog Morris, she is also an outstanding performer and teacher of English and Anglo-American clog dance styles. A member of The New Dancing Marleys, Meg has performed in England, Canada and the U.S.. She has studied with masters of English clog including Pat Tracey, Alex Woodcock and Sam Sherry as well as Connecticut's Anna Marley.

Our amazing musical staff
Jon Berger astonishing fiddler and concertina player, Jon will accompany the Papa Stour longsword class.	Noel Cragg jazzy, rocking squeezebox and keyboard artist, Noel will accompany Meg Ryan's clog classes.	Eddy Jay Accordionist Eddy Jay first started playing for English country dancing as the leader of Newfolks, and then teamed with friend and fellow classical player Fiona Barrow on violin as the Bristol Players. Together they have performed internationally for theatre (National Theatre/Kneehigh's 'Tristan and Yesult' - Australian leg), and at the UK's most prestigious folk music and dance festivals (including Lichfield, Sidmouth, Chippenham, Southam Gathering). Eddy and Fiona also appeared at BACDS's recent Spring Weekend, where they were an instant hit. We're delighted Eddy's busy touring schedule has allowed him to join us for Fall Frolick as well.
Shira Kammen Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue and Klamath Rivers. Shira happily collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and performs now with several new groups: a medieval ensemble, Fortune's Wheel: a new music group, Ephemeros; an eclectic ethnic band, Panacea; as well as frequent collaborations with performers such as storyteller/harpist Patrick Ball, sopranos Anne Azema , Susan Rode Morris, medieval music expert Margriet Tindemans, and in many theatrical and dance productions. She has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including 'O', amodern high school-setting of Othello. Some of her original music can be heard in an independent film about fans of the work of JRR Tolkien. The strangest place Shira has played is in the elephant pit of the Jerusalem Zoo. She hopes to spend more time playing music of all kinds in the wilderness. Her website is shirakammen.com.	Rebecca King queen of the keyboard, Rebecca beautifully executes classical music and contradance stompers on piano and accordion.	Judy Linsenberg Judy Linsenberg (recorder) is recognized as one of the leading exponents of the recorder in the U.S. Director of the acclaimed Baroque ensemble, Musica Pacifica, whose eight recordings on the Virgin Classics and Dorian labels have received international acclaim, she has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, including solo appearances at the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center; and has been featured with such leading ensembles as the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, the Los Angeles Opera and the LA, Portland and Seattle Baroque Orchestras. A Fulbright scholar to Austria, she was awarded the Soloist Diploma with Highest Honors from the Vienna Academy of Music. She has been a visiting professor at the Vienna Conservatory and Indiana University's Early Music Institute in Bloomington and has taught at Stanford, the SF Conservatory and early music workshops throughout the U.S.
Jim Oakden has gone through a succession of musical stages, from early music to traditional. Jim has been a staff musician at many West Coast camps including Fall Weekend, both by himself and as part of the GUPpies, and is currently active as a musician for English country dances, contras, Irish and Cape Breton sessions and dances from Brittany. Jim is a board member of the Traditional Dancers of Santa Cruz, led the band for the 2000 Playford Ball, and programmed the 2001 and 2002 BACDS Fall Weekends, and two American Weeks at Mendocino.	Erin Vang Erin Vang holds degrees in horn performance from St. Olaf College and Northwestern University and has studied with Boris Rybka, Kendall Betts, and Dale Clevenger. She freelanced in the Chicago area for seven years, including performances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Symphony II, and Symphony of the Shores, and tours of Korea and Germany with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been appearing with the Oakland East Bay, San Jose, Marin, Monterey, Berkeley, Napa Valley, and Santa Rosa Symphonies; Symphony Silicon Valley, Sacramento and Women's Philharmonics, Festival and Pocket Opera companies, and the Foghorn Quartet. Erin and various beasts from the brass family have also been known to show up at Bay Area English country dance events and for several years perpetrated tuba for Bufflehead Northwest Morris	Chuck Ward and his trusty piano started English dance in the Bay Area many years ago, and is still an incomparable favorite.
Leading singalongs and singing music hall favorites is that Dickens Fair favorite, Doug Olsen of Oak, Ash & Thorn. [There's no way mere words can capture their music, so we won't even try. Go buy their CDs!]		"But I am dancing! It's just that my partner is electronic and has a lot of knobs!" is how Nick responds when asked why he's listening to music instead of dancing. Taking equal joy in producing contra, English, and other folk and couple dance music of the highest quality, Nick's credits as lead or assistant sound engineer include numerous BACDS events and camps (English Week, Fall Weekend, Fall Ball, Sierra Swing, and local tours by The Flying Romanos, Pete Grassby, and Four in a Bar), the first two NBCDS Mad Robin English balls, the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, and the Fairfield (IA) Folk Arts and Dance Co-op's annual Bare Necessities dance weekends.

	Francis Attanasio (NH)--ECD dancers know Francis as co-editor (with Helene Cornelius) of the Boston Centre's English Country Dance Collection. Display dancers, however, know him as a stalwart of the Pinewoods Morris Men and Cambridge Revels, for which he has taught the dynamic Papa Stour dance. Francis writes: The Norse name "Papey Stjora", meaning the "Big Island of the Priests", was given by the Vikings, perhaps as early as the sixth or seventh century. Papa Stour is an island just off Mainland, Shetland Isles. The dance is one of the most noted and documented dances from the longsword tradition, and the oldest, starting with a manuscript in 1788, and documented by Sir Walter Scott in "The Pirate" in 1821. The sword dance is unique in Shetland, probably of Norse origin, and related to the longsword dances of northeast England. The traditional tune is in the well-known form of the Norwegian "polsk".
	Meg Ryan-A founding member and sometime leader of Guiding Star Clog Morris, she is also an outstanding performer and teacher of English and Anglo-American clog dance styles. A member of The New Dancing Marleys, Meg has performed in England, Canada and the U.S.. She has studied with masters of English clog including Pat Tracey, Alex Woodcock and Sam Sherry as well as Connecticut's Anna Marley.