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The Ball |
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Sharon Green
has been dancing forever - or at least since 1988, and calling since 1993.
Dance leader may be the highest-profile role she plays at
but dancers know it is only one of many. Her enthusiasm and generosity spark "the heart and soul
of the community," as one dancer puts it. Sharon has worked most closely with Christine Helwig and
Fried de Metz Herman. Through
CDSS she has taken dance leadership classes with Bruce Hamilton,
Gene Murrow, and Sue Salmons; she has also traveled to England to
attend the initial callers' module (led by Betty Chater, Wendy Crouch, Alan Davies, and Colin Hume) sponsored by
EFDSS. Sharon's memberships in dance organizations read like vintage alphabet soup: in addition to the above, there's NEFFA, NOMAD, BACDS, CDS Boston Centre, Capital ECD, and CDW, plus Heritage and Germantown. She also has danced with the Harpies Molly team and has served, with Paul Ross, as co-director of Christine Helwig's Chelsea English Country Dancers, with whom she began dancing in 1990. |
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Besides being the programmer for the BACDS Wednesday Night English Country Dance series, Charlie Hancock has done it all. His piano and accordion are familiar sounds at BACDS dances and camps for over 10 years. He plays for English, contra, and Scottish country dancing, and plays a bit of jazz for fun. His checkered past has included playing rock, classical, punk, and disco. Charlie appeared at numerous camps and festivals, including the New England Folk Festival playing piano and accordion, and can be found on recent CDs by Cathie Whitesides and Shira Kammen. His infusion of high energy, improvisation, and equal facility in accompanying English country, contras, and ritual dancing, make him a special addition to any event. He also suffers from being an incredible friendly and nice guy. |
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Shira Kammen is fiddling extraordinaire. A hit at English Week in 1999, 2000, 2003, the Playford Ball in 2000, and Fall Weekend in 2002, she's been a highlight of many California Revels shows. She has a degree in music from UC Berkeley and is a member of Ensembles Alcatraz, Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings. She has performed and taught around the US and the world, and is at home in many musical genres, including English and Breton. |
The Workshop |
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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. |
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Susan Worland is a great fiddler who spent many years in the Boston area, where she fiddled up a storm at many Scottish dance events. She moved to Berkeley in 2000 after marrying Michael Bentley. She specializes in music of Scotland and Central Europe, particularly Poland and is presently music director for San Francisco's Lowiczanie Polish Dance Ensemble. This past winter she was featured in "Christmas Revels, Roads of the Roma" in Washington, DC. We get to enjoy her at our afternoon workshop. |
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Ruth Anne Fraley, a long time pianist for English Country and Scandinavian, and a founding accordionist for the Deer Creek Morris Men, will be also providing music for our afternoon workshop. She's been on staff for other events, including the Playford Ball, Fall Weekend, Mendocino, and Pinewoods. Oh, and she's also the manager for the Stanford Soccer Club girls' team the Tsunami. |
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