John Mayberry recently retired from the Department of Theatre, York University, Toronto, in the Design/Production Area. His interests include traditional song and dance, clowns, magic, street theatre, and physical performance. John performs as one of the Bullero Brothers, stage-Irish vaudevillians, and has been the “Fool” of the Toronto Morris Men at fairs, festivals, and streets in Cuba, Iceland, Mexico, Canada, USA, Finland, Estonia, and England. John has twice been on the jury of the Comediada Clown Festival in Odessa,
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Laurie is a dance enthusiast and delights in sharing her latest passions with any who show the slightest interest. These days it’s jazz, salsa and disco (not all at the same time, but come to think of it…)
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Eden MacAdam-Somer went to her first contra dance in Amherst, MA when she was 13 years old. That night inspired a lifetime love and fascination with music and dance, carrying her all over the world to teach, perform, and study. Today, Eden is a full-time faculty member at New England Conservatory, where she teaches courses, ensembles, and studio lessons, in addition to serving as Co-chair of both the Department of Contemporary Improvisation and NEC’s doctoral studies program.
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Imogen Mills is a family and English dance caller from Western, MA. Originally from NJ, she began dancing as child, and has grown up in the folk dancing community. In her day job as an elementary school music teacher, she brings the joy of community dance to her students. Her goal as a caller and teacher is to bring kindness and play to the dance floor.
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Sophie Wellington is a Boston based musician – fiddler, flatpicker, jazz vocalist, and percussive dancer. She has a distinctive voice across these instruments, and her music creates a dialogue between them. Her solo project is influenced by her upbringing in old time Appalachian music, study of jazz vocal improvisation (Berklee Class of 2022), social dancing and Appalachian flatfooting.
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Erica Morse grew up surrounded by the folk music and dance community and attended Family Week at Pinewoods throughout her childhood. Currently she teaches preschool music and tutors elementary school students. She was also an elementary school teacher for many years. In addition to teaching she plays bass, cello and sings. She enjoys working in her garden, hiking, swimming and skiing. She lives in Vermont with daughter and sweet old dog.
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Ann Percival is a pianist, guitarist, dancer, singer, erstwhile social worker, and artist. Ann’s dancing days started when her Norwegian grandparents took her dancing at the Sons of Norway hall in Brooklyn. At Girl Scout Camp she discovered that she loved singing. She has in recent years found special enjoyment teaching visual arts and crafts. Ann is a founding member of Wild Asparagus, The O-Tones, and Dear Ella. She is an exceptional dance musician for contras,
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Erika Roderick has been dancing her whole life. A graduate from Tom Kruskal’s “Rapper Academy,” Great Meadows Morris and Sword, where she was a founding member of Candyrapper, she now helps teach rapper and morris to current morris youths. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and currently dances with Muddy River Morris, Orion Longsword, Candyrapper VSOP and Maple Morris. When she isn’t busy dancing, she is a Fourth grade teacher at The Meadowbrook School of Weston,
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