Amalie Kinsarvik Tvilde comes from Hardanger, western Norway, and is an active member of the Norwegian button accordion and folk music scene.
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Two-Row Accordion
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Anbjørg Myhra Bergwitz is a renowned folkdancer from Tønsberg, Norway. Audun Grüner-Hegge is an accomplished dance teacher and performer from Oslo, Norway. They will teach the lively Polsdans fra Finnskogen (AKA Finnskogspols).
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Norwegian Dance
(Polsdans fra Finnskogen / Finnskogspols)
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Bengt Jonsson, from Hälsingland Sweden, will teach the Swedish Cow Horn classes. He has been named a Riksspelman (National Musician) for his playing of the cow horn.
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Cow Horn
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Elise Tegnér will play fiddle for the Finnskogspols dance classes.
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Norwegian Dance
(Polsdans fra Finnskogen / Finnskogspols)
Class Musician
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Eva Karlsson, a very popular dance fiddler from Sweden, will teach a class in music for Finnskogspols.
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Fiddle tunes for Polsdans fra Finnskogen / Finnskogspols
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Janne Wallman and Pär Frejd will play fiddle for the Swedish dance classes.
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Swedish Dance
(from Dalarna and Hälsingland)
Class Musicians
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Josefina Paulson is a world-renown nyckelharpa player and teacher who will teach the nyckelharpa classes.
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Nyckelharpa
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Kenneth de Gala, an accomplished Hardanger Fiddle player and teacher from Telemark, will teach a class on Hardanger Fiddle.
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Hardanger Fiddle
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Linda Gross, a Scandia Camp director and folk dancer, has loved and studied a number of Scandinavian textile arts and handicrafts. She will teach the Crafts class on Woven Paper Hearts.
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Crafts (Woven Paper Hearts)
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Loretta Kelley has been teaching, writing and performing on the Hardanger Fiddle (hardingfele) for more than 40 years. Her recordings and performances have received critical acclaim both in the US and Norway. Loretta will teach Beginning Scandinavian Fiddle.
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Beginning Scandinavian fiddle
Hardanger fiddle
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Laura Ellestad, a Canadian Hardanger Fiddle player, has trained in Norway and specializes in the music from Valdres. She will teach a Hardanger Fiddle class.
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Hardanger Fiddle
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Mia Marine, is a talented and popular Swedish musician and fiddle teacher, who will teach Swedish fiddle tunes.
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Swedish Fiddle
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Mikael Björck, Susanne Björck, and Oscar Björck will teach Swedish dances. They are a family of talented and fun instructors.
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Swedish Dance
(from Dalarna and Hälsingland)
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Peter Michaelsen is known for his fiddling, teaching and music leadership. His powerful style and broad repertoire inspire musicians and dancers alike. Peter will lead musicians through a selection of the most well-known and played dance tunes during the Group Playing (Allspel/Samspel) classes.
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Group Playing (Allspel/Samspel)
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Roo Lester and Larry Harding, well known American teachers of Scandinavian dance, will teach Scandinavian Dance Fundamentals, Hambo and Scandinavian styles of waltz.
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Scandinavian Dance Fundamentals
Hambo 101
Waltz Scandinavian Style
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Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen, a highly regarded singer from Foldal, Norway, will teach primarily songs for dancing.
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Norwegian Singing
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Vegar Vårdal, is a skilled and engaging teacher of Norwegian music and dance. Vegar will teach a selection of Norwegian gammeldans (translates as “old dance”). This genre includes the waltz, mazurka, reinlender, polka and hoppvals.
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Norwegian Gammeldans
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