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.
Send this form and one SASE to:Darlene Martin, 5140Keynote St.,
Long Beach, CA 90808. Instructions/directions will be emailed unless
SASE is provided.
e-mail:darlene.L.martin@gmail.com or tedmart@juno.com Phone:Darlene
562-732-4990
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