Scandinavian Folk Music and Folk Dance Events 

Elsewhere in the United States


 
July 22 – 25, 2010
HFAA Music and Dance Workshop.  Folklore Village near Dodgeville, WI.  Norwegian champions to teach music and dance of Hallingdal.  The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America is absolutely delighted to announce that our guest teachers from Norway for our, featuring the music and dance of Hallingdal, will
be Olav Luksengård Mjelva (Hardanger fiddle/ hardingfele), Ulf Arne Johannessen, and Ingunn Stræte Lie (dance). To get a taste of the Hallingspringar, watch Ingunn and Ulf Arne at the Norwegian national folk music and dance competition last summer; with this performance they won the pairdance competition and the King's Cup: <http://www.youtube.com/user/ingunnlie#p/a/u/1/z4QlSWnKzKE>.  Olav Luksengård Mjelva won the Norwegian national competition for Hardanger fiddle in 2008.  To hear Olav playing tunes from Hallingdal, choose any "springar" cuts on his new CD, Fele/Hardingfele Roros/ Hallingdal, available online at iTunes or at: <http://www.myspace.com/olavmjelva>.  Contact:  <www.hfaa.org>; Loretta Kelley, <LorettaKelley@fanitull.org>, <president@hfaa.org>, 608-924-4000, <www.folklorevillage.org>.

August 12-15, 2010
Junction City Scandinavian Festival.  Junction City, Oregon.  Dancing, music, crafts, other culture, and food.  Saturday, August 14, 2010 will be Finnish Day.  Free (except for parking).  Contact:  <www.scandinavianfestival.com/index.html>, P.O. Box 5, Junction City Oregon 97448.
 
Nov 25-28, 2010 
Southern California Skandia Festival Julian  CA. Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon.  Featuring dance teachers Inger Birgit Larsen and Tor Magne Tangen and musicians Marit Larsen Westling, ThomasWestling and Karin Loberg Code.

Inger Birgit Larsen & Tor Magne Tangen
We are very pleased and excited to have Inger Birgit Larsen and Tor Magne Tangen coming to Julian again. They delighted us in 2006 with their skill and  enthusiasm.They are from Hedmark County in Eastern Norway and will beteaching dances from that area including Runnom, Elverumspols and Rendalspolsk. Inger
Birgit is the leader of the Bygdedanslaget I Hamar, and is one of the instructors for the Hedmark Danselag. She has been a judge for the Landskappleik and for several Distriktskappleiker. She has been teaching Norwegian folk dance since1969, and since the Lillehammer Olympicsmostly bygdedans, runddans and a few turdans. Tor Magne has been her partner for the last 10 years.

Marit&ThomasWestling
Marit and Thomas have become well-known among folk music experts, so it is very special for us to have them return to Julian.  Each from musical families, and with much training in their particular music heritage, they bring a fantastic range of Swedish and Norwegian musical excellence. Marit has a masters Degree in music from the NorwegianAcademy of Music, has taught at several music academies and works closely with the dance community as a dance musician. Thomas is a Rikssepelman, the highest award a Swedish fiddler can attain. They can be heard on several CDs, and both continue to teach to local young people’s groups

Karin Loberg Code
Karin has been a life-long string player. She began intense study of the hardingfele in 1990 and soon traveled to Norway.Today Karin is a respected dance fiddler who
has lived two years in Norway, playing weekly for dance groups in Oslo and meeting with master fiddlers. As an American fiddler, she has been on staff, along with
Norwegian-born artists, at numerous festivals and workshops in the US and at Folk Music Week in Hallingdal, Norway in 2002. Her first CD, ‘NorskSpringDance,”
is widely used in this country and in Norway for folk dance accompaniment.

CedarGlenCamp
CedarGlen Camp is located near the small town Julian. It was a gold mining area in the 19th century but is now mostly agricultural, predominantly apple orchards. Driving  time is approximately 1 1/2 hours inland from Oceanside and 1 hour northeast from San Diego. The camp facilities include cabins that house varyingnumbers of people and a large dining and dance hall with a very good wood floor. Most people arrive Thursday afternoon or eveningto get situated. There is no meal service on Thursday.Workshops begin Friday morning after breakfast and conclude Sunday afternoon after lunch.  Please try to make ride arrangements with people from your area. We will attempt to help coordinate transportation from airports but we cannot guarantee rides for any campers. Please provide transportation requests early.
FestivalFee: $310 (check payable to SCSF) You are welcome to add a tax deductible gift to your workshop fee in support of the Southern California Skandia Festival.

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