BACDS Fall Dance Weekend 2012

<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 2011 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 12-14 2012</FONT><BR></CENTER> <P><BR> <HR WIDTH="100%"><BR> <body bgcolor="#ffffc6"> <center> <table noborder> <tr> <td> <A HREF="fw12about.htmlx" target="Content">About</A>  |  </td> <td> <A HREF="fw12staff.htmlx" target="Content">Staff</A>  |  </td>       <td> <A HREF="fw10faq.htmlx" target="Content"> FAQs</A>  |  </td>  <td> <A HREF="http://www.uccr.org/camp/monte-toyon" target="_blank"> Site Info (opens new window or tab)</A> |  </td> <td> <A target="Content" HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Monte+Toyon+camp+Aptos&jsv=121&sll=39.43195,-121.398926&sspn=6.312644,10.810547&ie=UTF8&ei=S5aSSJvzOoq6jgPE3eSOBg&cd=1&cid=36995332,-121896497,3502445877648512809&li=lmd&z=14&t=m" > Map </A>  |  </td> <td> <A target="Content" HREF="fw12directions.htmlx">Directions</A>  |  </td> <td> <A HREF="fw12fragfree.htmlx" target="Content">Fragrance Free</A>  |  </td> <td> <A target="Content" HREF="fw12contact.htmlx">Contact Us</A>  |  </td>    <td rowspan=3> <a target="_blank" HREF="archive.htmlx">Past Years</a> </td> </tr> </TABLE> </center> </BODY> <P><BR> <HR WIDTH="100%"><BR> <A NAME="staff"></A> <HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFD700"> <A Name="Top"> <div align="center"> <table border=2> <caption> Click on the name of a staff member to jump to his or her bio. </caption> <tr> <td> <a href="#Bonnie">Bonnie Insull </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Charlie">Charlie Hancock </a> </td> <td> <a href="#David">David Newitt </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="#Jan">Jan Elliott </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Jim">Jim Oakden </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Joanna">Joanna Reiner </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="#Kalia">Kalia Kliban </a> <td> <a href="#Michelle">Michelle Levy </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Nick">Nick Cuccia </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="#Randall">Randall Cayford </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Rebecca">Rebecca King </a> </td> <td> <a href="#Scott">Scott Higgs </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3> <a href="#Shira">Shira Kammen </a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="left"> <hr> <br /> <br /> <table> <caption> Fall Frolick's <b>English country dance</b> leaders are: </caption> <tr> <td width="15%"> <a name="Scott"><img src="scotthiggs.jpg" alt="Scott Higgs"> </td> <td> <em>Scott Higgs (PA) </em> --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. <a href="http://www.scotthiggs.com">Scott's website</a> </td> <td>   </td> </tr> <tr> </td> <td width="15%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%">   </td> <td> <a name="Joanna"></a> <em>Joanna Reiner (PA)</em> Joanna Reiner has taught English dance, Scottish dance and longsword for over a decade. Her calling has taken her from Amherst to Ann Arbor, from NEFFA to NOMAD, including several sessions at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, MA. Joanna led the Germantown Country Dancers English dance demonstration team for many years, is an avid dance gypsy, and in her spare time, works to support her dance habit. </td> <td width="15%"> <img height="350" src="joanna.jpg" alt="Joanna Reiner"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%"> <a name="David"> </td> <td> <em>David Newitt</em> <p> David Newitt arrived at Swarthmore College in the fall of 1976 and was shocked to discover that this pillar of higher education had a two year physical education requirement. Faced with the alternatives of being smashed to pieces on the football field and going to "folk and square dancing," the choice was clear, and he has been dancing ever since. Starting with international folk dancing, he was soon dragged into the local Scottish Country Dance group, the college morris and rapper sword team, and, when it started in 1978, the Kingsessing Morris team of Philadelphia. He came to Berkeley in 1982 to work on a Ph.D.in physics and to do country and display dancing. Since the dissolution of the One Shot Morris Team due to MIBS (Morris Induced Baby Syndrome) he has concentrated on country dancing in the Bay Area, teaching and playing music for regular Scottish and English dances, and calling contras and the occasional square dance. When not dancing, David takes pictures of people's insides, doing research in Magnetic Resonance Imaging at UCSF, specializing in body parts that start with "B." David is one of the most accomplished country dance teachers in the Bay Area, known particularly for his mastery of dance geography and his ability to make complicated dances seem simple. David's priorities can be guessed from the final acknowledgment in his dissertation, in which he thanks, "All my friends in various dance and music groups without whose continuing support I would undoubtedly have finished this dissertation several years earlier. </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <center> <br> <img src="leaf4.jpg"> </center> <p> <table> <caption> The <b>display and performance</b> leaders! </caption> </p> <td width="15%">   </td> <td> <a name="Randall"></a> <em>Randall Cayford</em> Randall began his long-term dance addiction with a supposedly innocent evening of Scottish dance. A dance enthusiast and teacher for over 20 years, his repertoire includes morris dancing, longsword, rapper sword, Northwest clog, English clog, English country, contra, etc., etc. You name it, he'll try it. He is foreman of both Berkeley Morris and Swords of Gridlock (rapper sword).</td> </td> </tr> <td width="15%">   </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%">   </td> <td> <a name="Jan"></a> <em>Jan Elliott</em> Acclaimed teacher and dancer of morris and longsword, Jan Elliott currently dances with the Martha's Vineyard Swordfish and Thames Valley International, and plays English concertina for the Pinewoods Morris Men. </td> <td width="15%">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">  <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> <td colspan="3">  <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> </p> <br /> </p> <center> </center> <br> <center> <table width="80%"> <caption> <font size=+2> Our amazing musical staff </caption> </font> <tr> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Bonnie"></a>  <br> <em>Bonnie Insull</em> <br> Flautist Bonnie Insull is a leading light of the Southern California English and contra scenes. She's played for the Riverside Harvest Ball, the San Diego May Ball, and the Mad Robin Ball; her contra-dance band, Bonfire has a unique jazzy sound. She brings musicianship and dance skill to all her dance engagements. </td> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Charlie"></a> <img height="200" src="ray_charles_hancock3.gif" alt="Charlie Hancock"> <br> <em>Charlie Hancock</em> <br> Charlie Hancock (CA), pianist and accordionist, is equally adept playing for English country, Scottish country, contras, and display dancing. He has played for BACDS dances, camps, and balls for 18 years, with occasional gigs further afield, including Pinewoods and the Portland (OR) English ball. He is a member of Bay Area folk ensemble Euphonia, and has recorded with Sylvia Herold, Holly Tannen, and Cathie Whitesides. Infusing jazz, swing, and Irish music, he plays with brilliance, drive, and clarity. </td> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Rebecca"></a> <img height="200" src="rebeccaking.jpg" alt="Rebecca King"> <br /> <em>Rebecca King</em> <br /> Rebecca King teaches music to hundreds of children in the Sonoma Valley Schools. By night, she plays piano at English Country dances, and in the contradance bands Flashpoint and Luceo. Her recordings include Swinging On The Gate for the Bay Area Country Dance Society, and Farnicle Huggy, a collection of 18th cen. English Country dances. </td> <tr> <td colspan=3> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Shira"></a> <img height="200" src="shirakammen.jpg" alt="Shira Kammen"> <br> <em>Shira Kammen</em> <br> Multi-instrumentalist and occasional 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 groups Ensemble Alcatraz, Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the King's Noyse, the Newberry and Folger Consorts, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to providing music on river rafting trips. The strangest place Shira has played is in the elephant pit of the Jerusalem Zoo. </td> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Michelle"></a> <img height="200" src="levy.jpg" alt="Michelle Levy""> <br /> <em>Michelle Levy</em> <br /> Michelle Levy has been performing on and exploring the possibilities of the violin/viola for over 20 years. After receiving the McKasson scholarship to Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, she fell in love with the spontaneity of folk music and began a career focused on accompanying vocalists, improvising, and performing ancient music. Michelle feels that the highlights of her career have been performing at dance camps in the woods as well as playing on a whitewater rafting trip with Class V Music Ensemble. With a professional background that includes puppet-making/performance & mural design/illustration, she hopes to combine her passions and join the circus someday. </td> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Jim"></a> <img height="200" src="jimoakden" alt="Jim Oakden"> <br> <em>Jim Oakden</em><br> plays for dancing-lots of kinds of dancing- on a ridiculous array of instruments from accordion to zurna, and has appeared at numerous dance camps throughout the country. Oddly enough, he's also one of the founding members of Sacramento's wacky Ophir Prison Marching Band-which is still going strong after several decades. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Kalia"> </a><img height="200" src="kalia.jpg" alt="Kalia Kliban"> <br /> <em>Kalia Kliban</em> <br /> Kalia, an expert in performance dance from Appalachian clog to morris to longsword, is the house caller for the Sebastopol English dance, and a rising star on the national scene. A fixture at BACDS Family Week, she's the programmer of this year's Fall Frolick. </td> <td width="30%">   </td> <td width="30%" align=center valign=top> <a name="Nick"></a> <img height="200" src="nick_cuccia.jpg" alt="Nick Cuccia"> <br /> <em>Nick Cuccia</em> <br /> "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. </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </CENTER> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"> <DIV ALIGN=right>Page maintained by <I><A HREF="mailto:winston@slac.stanford.edu">Alan Winston</A></I> <br> </div> </BODY> </HTML> <HR WIDTH="100%"></P> <P>This document last modified: Friday, 20-Apr-2012 15:08:13 PDT</P> <P> <HR WIDTH="100%"></P> <A Name="particulars"></A> [an error occurred while processing this directive] <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: Friday, 20-Apr-2012 15:08:13 PDT Accesses: </BODY>