Contra Dance Camp
September 12-14, 2008
Performers
| Kathy Anderson | |||
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Kathy Anderson is a dedicated advocate of dancing, with the emphasis on quick teaching and interesting figures, bringing this enthusiasm to thousands of dancers across the US, Canada, and Europe. An old-time banjo and piano player, she enjoys connecting the dancers to the music with style and humor. Her taste in good flow, quirky contras, and high energy squares makes for exciting dancing. |
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| Erik
Weberg |
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| “I love
to see dancers having fun, grooving on the music in a interesting
and flowing dance,” says Erik Weberg of Portland, OR. Erik has
called throughout the Northwest for over a decade and is returning
to call at BearHug. “The bottom line for me is that it’s
gotta be fun and it’s gotta feel good.” Erik’s teaching is clear and efficient, and his calling is accurate, friendly, and concise. Bear Huggers can expect a good choice of dances with interesting progressions and figures. |
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| KGB |
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Returning for a third time is KGB, a high-powered
acoustic trio disguised as a contra dance band. They play New England tunes with flair, incorporating smoky tango riffs, jazz-rock phrases, and frantic Balkan scales. The ‘K’ in KGB stands for Julie King, whose piano style is driving and richly chordal, providing KGB’s music with emotional tension; ‘G’ is for fiddler Claude Ginsburg who inserts elements of Klezmer, Latin, jazz, and French Romantic music into New England fiddle tunes; and ‘B’ is for Dave Bartley, (mandolin, guitar and cittern) who glides from melody to harmony to rhythm to counterpoint, throwing in rock riffs, cross-rhythms, classical motifs, and Eastern tonalities. |
| The Rhythm Rollers | |||||
| The Rhythm
Rollers play New England Contra Dance music with boundless joy and drive because they have always loved the music so much. Cathie Whitesides (fiddle) performed Irish music with a passion for several years with Kevin Keegan and Joe Cooley. She met Laurie Andres (accordian) in 1980 and they began playing for contra dances and appeared at camps all over the US, including Pinewoods, Augusta, and many others. WB Reid (guitar, banjo-guitar, and fiddle) joined the band after moving to Seattle in 1997. He began playing for contra dances in the 1970’s with Fred Breunigis and is known for his mastery of a wide range of musical genres. The heart of the group is Bob McQuillen, whose piano expertise spans generations and links music lovers and dancers from all over the world. |
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