BACDS Fall Dance Weekend 2004

<BODY BGCOLOR="#C6EFF7"> <CENTER> <B><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="http://www.bacds.org"> <IMG SRC="../img/small_bacds_logo.gif" ALT="BACDS logo."><BR> The Bay Area Country Dance Society</A> <BR>Presents</FONT></B><BR> <FONT SIZE=+2>The 2004 Fall Dance Weekend</FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE=+2>At <I><A HREF="http://www.camping.org/monte.htm">Monte Toyon</A></I> in Aptos, California</FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE=+2>October 15 - 17, 2004</FONT><BR></CENTER> <P><BR> <HR WIDTH="100%"><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFC6"> <TABLE BORDER> <CAPTION> Fall Weekend Info</CAPTION> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04staff.htmlx" target="Content">Staff</A> </TD> </tr> <tr> <TD> <A HREF="fw04particulars.htmlx" target="Content">Prices, etc.</A> </TD> </TR> <tr> <TD> <A HREF="fw04fragfree.htmlx" target="Content">Fragrance Free</A> </TD> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04tentsched.htmlx" target="Content"> Tentative Schedule</A> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04regstat.htmlx" target="Content"> Registration Status</A> </TD> </tr> <tr> <TD> <A HREF="fw04regform.htmlx" target="Content"> Online Reg Form</A> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fwfaq.htmlx" target="Content"> FAQs</A> </TD> </tr>  <TR> <TD> <A HREF="http://www.camping.org/monte.htm" target="Content">Site Info</A> </TR> </TD> <TR> <TD> <A target="Content" HREF="http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&YY=24881&addr=220%20Cloister%20Lane&city=Aptos&state=CA&slt=36.9948&sln=-121.8960&zip=95003&mag=1&newmag=5">Map to Camp</A> </TR> </TD><TR> <TD> <A target="Content" HREF="fw04directions.htmlx">Directions to Camp</A> </TR> </TD> <TR> <TD> <A target="Content" HREF="fw04contact.htmlx">Contact Us</A> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04flyer.htmlx" Target="Content"> Camp flyers in electronic formats. </A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04_betty_hennessey_scholarship.htmlx" Target="Content"> Betty Hennessey Memorial Scholarship</A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04_dana_pettengill_scholarship.htmlx" Target="Content"> Dana Pettengill Memorial Scholarship</A> </TD> </TR> <TD> <A HREF="fw04_karl_uggla_scholarship.htmlx" Target="Content"> Karl Uggla Memorial Scholarship</A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <A target="_top" HREF="archive.htmlx">Fall Weekend Archive - Past Year Pages</a> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> <P><BR> <HR WIDTH="100%"><BR> <A NAME="staff"></A> <BODY BGCOLOR="#C6EFF7"> <A Name="Top"> <CENTER><B> <FONT SIZE=+2>Featuring:</FONT> </B></CENTER></P> <A NAME="staff"></A> <UL> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>English Country Dance with <B><A HREF="#Michael">Michael Cicone</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>Contra Dance with <B><A HREF="#David">David Millstone</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>Display Dance with <B><A HREF="#Kalia">Kalia Kliban</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>Irish Set Dance with <B><A HREF="#MichaelR">Michael Riemer</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <BR> <P> <CENTER> <TABLE>  <TR><TD colspan=4> <HR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan=2 align=center> <FONT SIZE=+2><B> English dance music by  <A HREF="#Joyful">A Joyful Noise</A> </B></FONT> </TD> <TD colspan=2 align=center> <FONT SIZE=+2><B> American contradance music with </FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan=2 align=center> <B><FONT Size=+1> A Joyful Noise is <A HREF="#Barbara">Barbara Greenberg</A>, <A HREF="#Daniel">Daniel Beerbohm</A>, and <A HREF="#Kathy">Kathy Talvitie</A> </B></FONT> </TD> <TD colspan=2 align=center> <B><FONT Size=+1> <A HREF="#Rodney">Rodney Miller</A>, <A HREF="#Elvie">Elvie Miller</A>, and <A HREF="#Marko">Marko Packard</A> </B></FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan=4 align=center> <B><FONT Size=+1> Display dance and Irish set music by <A HREF="#Jon">Jon Berger</A> </B></FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan=4 align=center> <B><FONT Size=+1> English dance and Irish set music by <A HREF="#Rebecca">Rebecca King</A> </B></FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>Singing with <B><A HREF="#Sylvia">Sylvia Herold</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <BR> </P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Michael">Michael Cicone</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Michael Cicone first learned traditional English country, Morris, and court dance in 1980 as a performer in the green show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he worked with Carl Wittman. He has been leading English country dance ever since, teaching at regular dances and camps in Boston and Western Massachusetts, Albany, Hartford, and Philadelphia, as well as Early Music and English/American weeks at Pinewoods, and at Heather and Rose weekends in Sisters, Oregon. Michael also regularly performs as a musician and choreographer for Christmas Revels productions in Hanover, NH, sings and plays hammered dulcimer with the folk trio Kallet, Epstein and Cicone, and performs world folk and original music in an instrumental duo with Susan Robbins. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="David">David Millstone</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> David Millstone started contra dancing in the early 1970s and has been calling dances for more than twenty-five years. David is known for his clear and supportive teaching, for the breadth of his repertoire, for his sense of humor, for the historical background he is able to share with dancers, and for his ability to pick dances with just the right level of challenge for all audiences. His home dance for twenty-four years has been with the band "Northern Spy" in Norwich, Vermont, a monthly event that attracts both young and old dancers. <P> As a caller for adults, he has performed throughout the Northeast and, more recently, at dance camps and weekends around the country. He performed at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and he also appears on "Choose Your Partners," an album of New Hampshire contra dance music and calling on the Smithsonian Folkways label. He has been on staff at the John C. Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC), Pinewoods, the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (NH), and the Dance Flurry (NY), among others. Upcoming dance weekends take him to Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Oregon over Labor Day Weekend, and again to Brasstown. In addition to calling American dances, David also leads English country dance. <P> As a dance leader for younger or less experienced dancers, David has called for hundreds of family dances, weddings and private parties throughout the Northeast. He has been a staff member at CDSS family dance camps and will be on staff again this summer for Family Week at Camp Ogontz in northern New Hampshire. During his thirty-year tenure as an elementary school teacher, he also taught sword dancing and Morris dancing to his students. <P> His video documentary, "Paid To Eat Ice Cream: Bob McQuillen and New England Contra Dancing," was featured at the Green Mountain Film Festival and broadcast on Vermont Public Television. VPT also aired his latest video, "What's Not To Like? A Community Contra Dance," a portrait of his local dance. In January, 2004, David presented a program of dance and videos at the Brooklyn Public Library as part of the "Dance on Camera" series at Lincoln Center. <P> David Millstone serves on the Governing Board of the Country Dance and Song Society. <P> </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="MichaelR">Michael Riemer</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Michael Riemer will be teaching Irish Set Dancing, a traditional rural dance form that evolved from the French quadrilles, adapting to the local musical preferences of towns and villages across Ireland - think square dancing with simple footwork. Michael has been teaching and performing multiple types of Irish dancing (including Step, Ceili and Set dancing) with a variety of groups (such as the Celtic Dance Ensemble, and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann) since the mid 1990s, and leads both regular classes and special workshops in Northern California. </blockquote> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Kalia">Kalia Kliban</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> A graduate of Berkeley Morris and founder of Sebastopol's Apple Tree Morris, Kalia brings many years of experience in Cotswold Morris, sword dancing, and American and English step dancing (clog) to Fall Weekend. An exemplary dancer and an excellent teacher, her classes in display dance are always well received. </blockquote> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Daniel">Daniel Beerbohm</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Daniel (clarinet, flute, whistles) is a member of Hold the Mustard, A Joyful Noise, and Reunion. He mixes a strong classical background with a dash of klezmer and swing. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Barbara">Barbara Greenberg</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Dance bands A Band Named Bob, Hold the Mustard, A Joyful Noise, and Reunion feature Barbara (fiddle), whose lyrical and driving fiddle playing lifts dancers off the floor. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Rodney">Rodney Miller</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> In 1983, Rodney Miller was designated a "Master Fiddler" by the National Endowment for the Arts. <P> He is widely considered to be the foremost exponent of New England style fiddling. A uniquely American blend of French Canadian and Celtic influences. Over the past 30 years, he has toured the U.S., British Isles, Australia and Denmark, performed and taught at hundreds of music and dance festivals, and recorded over ten fiddle albums. In 1999, Rodney was invited to represent the state of New Hampshire and play at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall in Washington, D.C. In 2003, Rodney played and taught fiddle at Gaelic Roots Week at Boston College, played and taught fiddle at various venues in England,including the Sidmouth Folk Festival and Folkworks Youth Celtic Week and recorded a new album called "Airdance...Flying On Home". <P> Rodney is also a master violinmaker, and his instruments are featured by Stamell Stringed Instruments in Amherst, MA. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Elvie">Elvie Miller</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Elvie Miller grew up in New Hampshire, surrounded by folk music and dance. A senior at Oberlin College, she has already developed a strong reputation as a lively and accomplished dance pianist and piano accordionist, especially in the New England and Midwest contradance communities. She teaches contradance piano and has recently released "Grapevine," a contradance album. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Marko">Marko Packard</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Marko Packard, a recent addition to the Connecticut River valley music community, is an excellent Irish flute player, a soulful and swinging saxophonist, and a dynamic guitarist. He toured for several years with the Ohio-based tap-dance company, Rhythm In Shoes, as their lead saxophonist. He has also toured with the contradance bands Airdance, Reckless Abandon, The Groovemongers, and Flapjack. He is currently working on a solo CD of his own songs and compositions. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <A NAME="Jon"> <CENTER><B><font size=+2>Jon Berger</font></B></CENTER> <blockquote> Jon's fiddle and melodeon have propelled a lot of dancing in the Bay Area. A longtime musician for Berkeley Morris (and now for Apple Tree), he's played for English country dancing both for BACDS and for the Renaissance Faire, done a stint in the Celtic rock band Tempest, and sung with Cyderman's Fancy. His wicked sense of humor has made him a familiar name on the Internet Morris Dance Discussion List. Jon has played for English and Scandinavian dance at Fall Weekend in previous years. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <BR> <A NAME="Rebecca"> <CENTER><font size=+2><B>Rebecca King</B></font></CENTER> <blockquote> Another classically trained musician who later discovered dance music, Rebecca (piano, accordion) plays with Flashpoint, Luceo, and other noted scoundrels, in an assortment of genres - contra, English, Irish, couple dance. </blockquote> <BR> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2> <B><A NAME="Sylvia">Sylvia Herold</A></B> </FONT></CENTER></P> <blockquote> Sylvia's association with Wake the Dead, Cats & Jammers, the Hot Club of San Francisco, and her long involvement with traditional Irish music, give her a varied repertoire, and her passionate feelings about song will bring major energy to camp. See <A href="http://www.sylviaherold.com">her web site</A> for more information. </blockquote> </CENTER></P> <BR> <P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2>Music and calling Workshops! </FONT> </CENTER></P> <BR> <BR> </UL> <BR> <HR WIDTH="100%">  <BR> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"> <DIV ALIGN=right>Page maintained by <I><A HREF="mailto:winston@slac.stanford.edu">Alan Winston</A></I></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right><P>This document last modified: Tuesday, 28-May-2019 02:41:36 PDT </p></DIV> </BODY> </HTML> <HR WIDTH="100%"></P> <P>This document last modified: Tuesday, 28-May-2019 02:41:36 PDT</P> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"></P> <A Name="particulars"></A> <BODY BGCOLOR="#C6EFF7"> <A Name="particulars"></A> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+2>Particulars</FONT></B> </P> <A Name="prices"></A> <P>We're obliged to increase prices this year: <B>Admission $205 (Miller/Morris or camping on-site)</B>, $220 for the more modern Cary Lodge (home of late night noise). Offsite admission (program and meals only) is $175. Click <A HREF="lodging.htmlx">here</A> for a discussion of the lodging choices. [Note that until 2002 we were able to charge the offsite price for tent or vehicle camping; the Monte Toyon management will no longer permit this and will charge us the full onsite rate, which we have to pass on to you, so car or tent camping is also $205.] </P> <P>Work-trade arrangements provide a $70/$60/$55 discount (Cary/Miller/Offsite) for doing some chores to make the camp run more smoothly. </P> <P>Children are welcome, and many of the workshops (which will be shown on the tentative schedule, when we have it ) will be designed for all ages, although children under twelve must have their parents with them in the workshop. Other workshops and evening dances will only be suitable for children who can dance at an adult level; some other activities will be available at this time. Parents are responsible for their children throughout the weekend. A parents' cooperative will be organized so that everybody gets time to dance. Prices are as follows: <TABLE> <TR> <TD> Age </TD> <TD> Price </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 2-5 </TD> <TD> $70. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 6-11 </TD> <TD> $90. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 12+ </TD> <TD> full adult rate </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> <P>Click <A HREF="http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&YY=24881&addr=220%20Cloister%20Lane&city=Aptos&state=CA&slt=36.9948&sln=-121.8960&zip=95003&mag=1&newmag=5">here </A>for a map showing location of the camp, or <I><A HREF="http://www.camping.org/monte.htm">here</A></I> for a very complete description of the Monte Toyon site. </P> <P>Arrive any time after 4:00 pm Friday, October 15. You're on your own for dinner Friday; there are many excellent restaurants in Santa Cruz and some good places in Aptos. The welcome dance party begins at 8:00 pm. Food and dorm-style lodging are provided, along with all kinds of country dance and singing fun, until the farewell dance party ends at 4:30 pm Sunday. Rodney Miller, Elvie Miller, and Marko Packard will play and David Millstone will call at the third-Sunday <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/santacruzcontra/">Santa Cruz contradance </A> afterward; many campers enjoy visiting that large, friendly dance. </P> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"> <DIV ALIGN=right>Page maintained by <I><A HREF="mailto:winston@slac.stanford.edu">Alan Winston</A></I></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right><P>This document last modified: Tuesday, 28-May-2019 02:41:36 PDT Accesses: (none)</p></DIV> </BODY> </HTML> <HR WIDTH="100%"> <DIV ALIGN=right> Page maintained by <I><A HREF="mailto:winston@slac.stanford.edu">Alan Winston</A></I> </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right><A HREF="fwfaq.htmlx">Fall Weekend FAQ</A></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right><A HREF="http://www.bacds.org">BACDS Home page</A></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right><P>This document last modified: Tuesday, 28-May-2019 02:41:36 PDT Accesses: (none)</P></DIV> </BODY>