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Folk Dance Federation of California, South, Inc.
By Dick Oakes |
THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ONLY
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Mendocino Folklore Camp (1962-2019) in northern California began as a weekend in the town of Mendocino in 1962, followed the next year with a full week in town. Madelynne Greene, the founder, had taught at Maine Folk Dance Camp that year and decided with C. Stewart Smith to try a West Coast camp. She wanted it to have a woodsy setting, much like Maine Folk Dance Camp, and to also be a place where not only international folk dances were presented, but where music, customs, folklore, and ethnic foods set the scene for a truly unique experience.
Two years later Madelynne moved the camp to the Mendocino Woodlands and it flourished under her creative direction as The Madelynne Greene Folklore Camp. In 1970, Madelynne's death left the camp in the care of C. Stewart Smith, Gordon Engler, and Nora Hughes and they managed the camp that year and the next. Then Honora Clark organized a group to continue the camp. In 1972, she, Dean & Nancy Linscott, and Joan & Dale Donleavy became directors of the Mendocino Folklore Camp. Under their dedicated leadership, Folklore Camp and the Woodlands saw growth and improvement in every possible way.
The directors evolved through the years, and included wonderfully dedicated people; Leon Pinsker (as in "Pinsker Grove"), Knute Fisher, Bev Mann, Jeff O’Connor, Marilyn Smith, Mary Korn, Mark Wegner, Sharon Fisher, Debbie Evenich, Phylis Tobler, Dave & Emma Charlebois, Wendy Zukas, Jay Michtom, Billy & Susie Burke, and Daniel Tuutau.
Mendocino Folklore Camp held its 57th "Grand Final Year" from June 15 to 22, 2019.
TEACHERS BY YEAR
- 1962 – Madelynne Greene.
- 1965 – Dick Crum, Gordon Engler, Madelynne Greene, Ralph Page, C. Stewart Smith.
- 1967 – Jan Sejda, >Nelda Drury, Madelynne Greene, C. Stewart Smith, Gordon Engler, Maureen Hall, Dorothy Kvalnes.
- 1968 – Jan Sejda, Gabrielle Hildebrand, Nelda Drury, Maureen Hall, Madelynne Greene, C. Stewart Smith, Gordon Engler.
- 1970 – Vincent Evanchuk, Yves Moreau, C. Stewart Smith, Sunni Bloland<, >Dean Linscott, Bruce Taylor, Gordon Engler.
- 1971 – Shlomo Bachaer, Barry Glass, Neal Sandler, Billy Burke.
- 1972 – Csaba Pálfi, C. Stewart Smith, Barry Glass, Dean Linscott.
- 1973 – Fred Aalto, Dick Crum, Anthony Ivancich, Yves Moreau, C. Stewart Smith.
- 1974 – Morry Gelman, C. Stewart Smith, Margo Milligan.
- 1976 – Yves Moreau, Nena Šokčić, Glenn Weber, Shlomo Bachar.
- 1978 – Candi deAlaiza, Per & Margareta Jennische, Marcus Holt, Mary & David Brandon, Dean & Nancy Linscott.
- 1979 – František Bonuš, Sunni Bloland, Bill Burke, Brad Foster, Ingvar Sodal.
- 1984 – Susan Cashion, Sharron & Armand Deny, Jaap Leegwater, Dean & Nancy Linscott.
- 1986 – Susan Cashion, Joe Graziosi, Jaap Leegwater, Robert McOwen.
- 1988 – Kete Ilievsky, Steve Kotansky, Kálmán Magyar, Richard Powers.
- 1989 – Ira Bernstein, Pierre Corbefin, Martin Koenig, Richard Powers.
- 1990 – Dick Crum, Bruce Hamilton, Ahmet Lüleçi, Carles Mas.
- 1992 – Jacek & Bożena Marek, Jaap Leegwater, Barry Glass, Tony Parkes, Billy Burke.
- 1993 – Tommy & Ewa Englund, Robert McOwen, Martin Koenig, John Pappas, Billy Burke.
- 1998 – Tom Bozigian, Youri Nelzine & Risina Didyck, Erik Hoffman, Iliana Bozhanova.
- 1998 – Richard Powers, Larry Weiner, Michael Alpert.
- 2001 – Robert McOwen, John Pappas, Benjamin Hernandez, Erik Hoffman.
- 2002 – Yves Moreau, Dean Linscott, Sarah Marshal, Jerry Duke.
- 2003 – Željko Jergan, Marilyn Smithy, Jerry Duke.
- 2004 – Helen & Stig Eriksson, Sarah Marshall, Larry Weiner.
- 2005 – Steve Kotansky, Ayanna Contreras, Richard Hill, Jason Koteen.
- 2006 – Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion, Michael Ginsburg, Jeff O'Conner, Tzvetanka Varimezova, Billy Burke.
- 2007 – Yves Moreau & France Borque-Moreau, Chris & Lynnanne Miller.
- 2008 – Lynn Ackerson, Istvan Szabo & Ellie Wiener, Zelko Jergan.
- 2008 – Sue Foy, Nikola Krcadinac, Anindo Marshall, Becky Ashenden, Billy Burke, Dave & Emma Charlebois, Erik Hoffman, Sandra Kesler, John Morovich, Michele Simon.
- 2010 – Britt-Mari Westholm & Bengt Mård, Ana Maria Alvarez & Cesar Garfiaz, Michale Ginsburg.
- 2011 – Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion, Yuliyan Yordanov, Cesar Garfiaz & Ana Maria Alvarez, Becky Ashenden, Billy Burke, Lynanne Hanson-Miller, Craig Kurumada.
- 2012 – Želko Jergan, Ziva Emtiyaz, Kyelakos Moisidis, Emma & Dave Charlebois, Russal Linscott, Billy Burke.
- 2013 – Željko Jergan, Ziva Emtiyaz, Kyriakos Moisidis, Chris & Lynnanne Miller, Billy Burke, Dave & Emma Charlebois, Russel Linscott, Souhail Kaspar.
- 2014 – Istvan Szabó, Deanne Hendricks.
- 2015 – Yves Moreau & France Borque-Moreau, Bruce Hamilton, Billy Burke, Cesar Garfiaz, Chris & Lynnanne Miller, Linda DeNike.
- 2016 – Ventzi Sotirov, Erik Hoffman, Miljenko Piškorić.
- 2017 – Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion, Roo Lester & Harry Khamis, Yannis Konstantinou, Billy Burke, Linda DeNike, Lynnanne Hanson-Miller.
- 2018 – Cesar & Jocelyn Garfiaz, Tanya Kostova, Helene Erikson.
- 2019 – Aaron Alpert, Michael Ginsburg, Robert McOwen, Lynnanne Miller, Billy Burke, Yaninka Chemerisov, Erik Hoffman.