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Thread #174062 Message #4221949
Posted By: GUEST,Holly Tannen
02-May-25 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Occidental World Music & Dance Festival
Subject: Occidental World Music & Dance Festival
A shout-out for anyone in Northern California. I've been helping organize this extraordinary one-day festival modeled on Lark Camp. Saturday June 7th. Kids free. Occidental is 20 minutes west of Santa Rosa.
You can email me at htannen@mcn.org if you have questions.
Evening Performance: Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter
Performances
Sol Flamenco: Flamenco dance and song Taylor Mountain Bluegrass Band The Story Wrens Will Marsh and Tim Witter - Sitar and tabla The Bezhenar Sisters - Folk music of Ukraine Raman Osman - Kurdish music Leslie and Michael Hubbert - Puerto Rican and Cuban songs
Workshops, Jams, and Demonstrations
Sophia Zimmerman - Unlock your voice: a friendly master class Carlitos Medrano: Cuban and Latin rhythms Janessa Lynna - Belly dance Shawna Selline: Celtic Harp (all day) Katiana Vila: Iberian songs and percussion Bobby Edwards - Alpenhorn Mark Sellin - Easy Irish tunes; No-tangle cable coiling; Stage skills for musicians Ken Genetti - Qanun Darina Drapkin - Balkan singing; Kids’ songs from around the world Sean Tergis - Balkan Drumming Chris Hanlin, luthier - guitar set-up Michael Hubbert - Irish tunes for fiddle and other instruments Al Striplen - Native American flute Will Wheeler - Irish jam Greg Jenkins - Greek rebetika Jason Adajian - French jam Shay Black - Expand your Irish song repertoire Craig Kurumada - Japanese Obon dance Chris Reid - Love songs in Spanish Tyehimba Kokayi - West African dance Michael Greenberg - Fingerstyle guitar. Old-timey jam Greg Johnson - Musical rhythms for all ages Raman Osman - Kurdish music Celia Ramsay - Traditional song circle Aryeh Frankfurter - Nordic music for all instruments Sue Williard - Balkan dance Jim Partridge - Sea shanties sing-along Kim Atkinson - West African Drumming; Brazilian drum jam