Lark Camp –
The Lark In The Morning
World Music & Dance Camp
July 29-
Lark Camp is an 8 day long celebration of music & dance
that takes place in the heart of the Mendocino redwood forest every year at the
beginning of August. There are sessions 24 hours a day, music & dance
workshops with over 97 instructors, dances, parties and more. Workshops cater
to beginners as well as professionals. A unique aspect of Lark Camp is the
great variety of music & dance: Irish, French, Andean, Balkan, Cajun,
American, Middle Eastern, Mexican, Latin, African, Swedish, English, Breton and
more. Full camp is 8 days, half camp is 4 days. Registration forms and complete
information at: http://www.larkcamp.com
Lark Camp,
Phone (707) 964-4826, Fax (707) 964-8659, email
registration@larkcamp.com
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Registration For Lark Camp 2005 Is
Open
Check out the Lark Camp Website: http://www.larkcamp.com
Online Registration: https://secure1.mcn.org/b/larkcamp/order.html
25th Year Of Lark Camp
Music and Dance from the World Over
Music & Dance Workshops * Cabins * Dances * Parties *
Sessions * Great Food * Dance Hall * Dining Hall * Camping * Fire Circles *
Mendocino Woodlands Redwoods
Full Camp 8 Days or Half Camp 4 Days
Lark Camp Staff 2005
Many hours of downloadable MP3 music of the Lark Camp staff
is available at:
http://www.larkcamp.com/staff.html
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MUSIC & VOCAL
INSTRUCTORS
Jason Adajian
- Bruno Tunes from
Kim Atkinson - Body
Rhythm, Brazilian Percussion, Hand Drumming
Mark Bell - Middle Eastern Drumming
Jon Berger - Creating Improvised
Harmony: Exploring The Depths Of Chordal
And Harmonic Improvisation For English Dance Music, English Band Workshop For
The Dance
Evo Bluestein -
Autoharp, Cajun Button Accordion
Carlo Calabi - Carter Family Style
Country Guitar
Danny Carnahan - Octave
Mandolin, Balladry, Song Writing
Chris Caswell - Celtic Harp, Guerilla Music
Theory
Kevin Carr - Quebec &
Dance Fiddle, Irish Tenor Banjo, Gaiteros De Californio
Beth Cohen - Turkish & Arabic Violin
Richard Cooper - Instrumental Tango Music
Kevin Crehan
- Old Time Clare Style Irish Fiddle
Heath Curdts -
Southern Clawhammer Banjo
Debbie Dawson - Hurdy Gurdy
& French Fiddle
Connie Doolan - Swing
Vocals
Seamus Egan - Irish Tenor Banjo &
Mandolin
Tony Elman
- African and Sacred Chants And Rounds,
Ali Sinan Erdemsel - Turkish Music Ensemble
Faruk Erdemsel
- Turkish Sufi Singing, Frame Drum
Chuck Ervin - String Bass
Sulyman Feldthouse
- Middle Eastern Music, Flamenco
Marla Fibish - Irish Mandolin
Steve Forman - Bodhran
Ryan Francesconi - Bulgarian
Music, Bulgarian Ensemble
Philip Gelb - Shakuhachi (Japanese
Flute), Japanese Folk Music For All Instruments
Jack Gilder - Irish Music on the
Anglo System Concertina, Irish Flute
Zhimming
Han - Chinese Music, Chinese Music Ensemble
Peter Heelan
- Uilleann Pipes, Reed Making
James Hendricks - Songs Of The Sea & Civil War
Sylvia Herold
- Beginning Swing Guitar
Erik Hoffman - Contra & Square Dance Band, Repertoire
& Orchestration, Swing Fiddle
Paul Hostetter - Italian Music For Mandolin And Other Instruments, Mandolin Technique
Cynthia Hsiang
- Chinese Music, Chinese Music Ensemble
Shira Kammen - Early Music, String Techniques for Early Music,
Early Round Singing
Jeremy Kammerer - Old Time Irish
Music
Alan Keith - Button
Accordion, Highland Bagpipes (All you need is a practice chanter.)
Chris Knepper - Contra &
Square Dance Band, Intermediate Irish Fiddle, Contra Band Repertoire &
Orchestration
Leo Kretzner
- Mountain Dulcimer, Mountain Dulcimer Chord Styles, Celtic/Melodic Dulcimer
Styles
Butch Kwan - Kids Fiddle
Russ Landers - African Music From
Zimbabwe, Mbira, Marimba, Mouthbow,
Song and more
Ian Law - Pennywhistle, Ocarina Orchestra
Wanda Law - Beginning Fiddle
Georgios Leftheriotis
- Greek Music & Fiddle
Franny Leopold
- Old Time Songs And Back-up Guitar
Richard Mandel - DADGAD Irish Guitar
Manose -
Bansuri (Bamboo) Flute, The Music Of
Matthew Montfort
"Ancient Future" - World Beat Boot Camp Band (Be all that you can
beat. Increase your rhythm skills by playing the rhythms of
Gregg Moore - World Band (Bring Your Band
Instruments: Horns, Clarinets, Saxophones, Flutes, Piccolos, Drums
Etc.) Brass Band Music >From
Enrique Ramirez - Mexican Music, Chicano Music
Moez M'Rabet
- North African Ensemble & Songs
Amber Roullard Mueller
- Old Time Bass Fiddle, Beginning Old Time Fiddle
Jim Mueller - North
Carolina & Midwestern Fiddle Tunes For Fiddle & Mandolin,
Beginning Old Time Fiddle
Mark Nelson - Hawaiian Slack
Key Guitar, Fun With Your Ukulele
Dan Newton - Piano Accordion,
Musettes, Tangos, Folk Tunes, Americana & More
Eric Peterson - Beginning Folk Guitar
Robin Petrie - Hammered Dulcimer
Repertoire & Technique
WB Reid - Old Time String Band Songs, Twin
Fiddle
Adam Rose - Old Time Southern Fiddle
John Rothfield - Cajun Fiddle,
Ty Rust - Klezmer
& Balkan Band
Gregg Schneeman -
Bowed Psaltery
Erin Shrader - Irish
Songs & Fiddle
Bon Singer - Old Balkan
Favorites Of Past Years, Balkan Song Favorites
John Skelton - Irish Flute,
Breton Music
Nils Olof
Söderbäck - Swedish Fiddle, Klezmer Music For All Instruments,
Bulgarian Accordion & Fiddle
Susan & Anna Spurlock - Music And
Drama For Kids Of All Ages
Judy Stavely - Old Time Slow
Session
Pam Swan - Mouth Music Around
the World
Holly Tannen
- Women's Mysteries; Songwriting
Simo
Tesla - Piano Accordion, Serbian Ensemble
Eric Thompson - Old Time Guitar And Mandolin
Cynthia Valenzuela - Celtic & Latin Harp
Francy Vidal "Chaskinakuy" - Music Of
The
Joanne Weil - Children's Songs: a
Workshop for Teachers and Parents, Beginning Guitar Accompaniment for Old Time
and Irish Tunes
Paul Wernick - Aegean Music
Session
Vickie Yancy - French
Music & Button Accordion
Bonnie Zahnow - Old Time Music
Open Jam, Twin Fiddle
Daniel Zamalloa "Chaskinakuy" - Fiddle
Styles Of The
Radim Zenkl - Mandolin
DANCE INSTRUCTORS
Jason Adajian - Morris Dance
Toby Blome - Scandinavian Folk
Dance
Shirleigh Brannon - Irish Ceili & Step Dance
Gary Breitbard
- French Dance
Harriet Bye - Tango
Malaika Finkelstein - Beginning
East Coast Swing & Charleston, Intermediate
Swing (Lindy Hop)
Deborah Fischbach - World Folk
Dance For Kids
Bruce Hamilton - English Country Dance
Erik Hoffman - Contras, Squares,
Waltzes, Couple Dances, Ham-Bone
Kalia Kliban
- English Waltz Clog, Long Sword
Antonea Leftheriotis
- Greek Dance
Erin M'Rabet - Belly & North
African Dance
Janis Reynolds - Irish Set Dancing
Heidi Sapere
- Free Form Vail Dancing For Kids Of All Ages
Larry Sawyer - Tango
Yael Schy
- Appalachian Clogging, Cajun & Zydeco Dance
Sue Williard
- Balkan Dance
KID'S WORKSHOPS
More To Be Added Later
Robert Crawford - Storytelling
Deborah Fischbach
- World Folk Dance For Kids
Butch Kwan - Kids Fiddle
Heidi Sapere
- Free Form Vail Dancing For Kids Of All Ages
Susan & Anna Spurlock -
Music, Dance And Drama For Kids Of All Ages
LARK
These programs are presented by the Mendocino Woodlands
Naturalist staff and occur each once during camp.
Night Awareness Walk For Children
A Hike to Lilly's Swimming Hole
Bat Slide Show
Early Morning Birdwalk
Big Tree Hike
Send for a reservation form or check out our:
Website http://www.larkcamp.com
Register online. https://secure1.mcn.org/b/larkcamp/order.html
Lark Camp
(707) 964-4826, Fax (707) 964-8659
email registration@larkcamp.com
Lark Camp Website http://www.larkcamp.com
Online Registration https://secure1.mcn.org/b/larkcamp/order.html
Musically yours,
Mickie Zekley
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email mickie@larkcamp.com
Lark Camp Website http://www.larkcamp.com
Mickie &
Mendocino English Country Dance http://www.larkcamp.com/ecd
"Take A Dance" English
Country Orchestra http://www.larkcamp.com/takeadance.html