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English Country Dancing
Some contra dancers think that English Country Dancing is polite and staid. Well, Anna Rain has a thing or three to show you. Music by Owen Morrison, Jesse Hazzard-Watkins and Anna Patton.
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Intermediate/ Advanced Waltz
Laces with extra twirl? Chicken wing to skaters? Gaye Fifer and Wayne Albright will enlarge your dance vocabulary (verbal and physical) with two wonderful waltz workshops (plus early morning waltz to recorded music).
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Yoga
Yoga means "union" in Sanscrit. The poses and breathing exercises help unify mind, body and spirit. Anna Rain, a certified instructor in the Iyengar tradition, will lead early morning practice sessions.
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Kerry Set
Irish Set dances are fast and bouncy, mostly done in cozy square sets of four couples. Gaye Fifer will teach a North Kerry Set, with music by Owen Morrison.
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Sing-Sing
Did we mention that Nils Fredland has a mellifluous voice? Even if yours isn't quite in that category, come to his vocal workshop and sing out.
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Basic Clogging
Clogging is the official state dance of North Carolina, and Warren and Terry Doyle, who live there, will teach you the "drag-slide" and more.
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What kind of dance do buns do? Abundance.
Ted Hodapp will emcee the Saturday night audience participation Joke Show. This year: bring your best light bulb and doctor jokes. Or a light bulb AND doctor joke.
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Waltz, Scandinavian Style
Ted Hodapp and Lynn Baumeister will explain and demonstrate elements of several Scandinavian turning dances which can be added seamlessly to embellish and enhance your waltz step repertoire.
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FootSore
The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, and 19 muscles and tendons. Camp doctor Susan Schmitt will explain how to take proper care of all that stuff, so you can keep on dancing.
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Hone that Hambo
For those who already know this Swedish turning dance, often played at the "top of the second half," Ted Hodapp and Lynn Baumeister will
review the basics and offer style pointers.
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Ruffles and Flourishes
Camp organizer April Blum will show you how to make a no-zipper skirt with great twirl factor, using a ruffler/pleater. Pattern and directions will be yours to keep.
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Philo-Fossical
University of MD’s John Merck will provide a guided tour of the Camp's exceptionally rich fossil pit. You dig it, you get to keep it.
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International Dance
Master sound technician Jamie Platt dances rings around most people, and he'll help you do likewise (recorded music).
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Juggling 101
Bill Amos will show you how to keep it all up in the air.
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