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| Staff Peter Amidon Mary Alice Amidon Stefan Amidon Darryl Thomas Valerie Bergman Greg Canote Jere Canote Penn Fix Cathie Whitesides Carolyn Hatch Kim Buchanan Mel Luedders Mary K. McNeil Patty Ratcliffe Pat & Vickie Marron | 
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Program Highlights
Our goal during this week is to create a safe and caring community where families can interact in healthy, positive ways through participation in traditional arts. Our daily schedule includes three age-based workshops along with two all-community gatherings. At the end of the day, time is set aside for swimming, sailing, hiking, and just relaxing.
The Amidon Family
Lady of the Lake welcomes back the talented Amidon family from Brattleboro,
Vermont. Peter and Mary Alice have played a pivotal role in
providing family dance material through their many publications. They are the
very best when it comes to dances for young and old. They
will help our kids ages 7 to 12 learn how to dance in a fun, easy way. In
addition they are superb singers and will lead our adult and teen
singing workshop. Joining them will be at least one of their gifted sons, Stefan.
We'll keep our fingers crossed that his brother Sam will join us, too.
Together, the brothers have many musical albums between them.
Stefan is currently majoring in percussion at Oberlin College. He
will help with the music as well as share his percussion
talents with old and young.
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Darryl Thomas and Valerie Bergman It seems we just can't get enough of these two! Darryl and Valerie return to offer their eccletic and exacting dance offerings including hip hop, salsa, African and more. Darryl and Valerie are the principals of the Rainbow Dance Theatre. They have extensive professional experience in modern dance and ballet. Their theatre is cutting edge, fusing contemporary dance with elements of traditional and pop. Most importantly, they are unbelievable teachers! |
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| Greg and Jere Canote The heart and soul of Lady of the Lake return with their magic. Greg and Jere make our family gatherings a celebration of community and more. These identical twins from Seattle sing and play into your hearts. Goofy songs, leading our children to bed, hammering out old time music, playing swing tunes late at night, and even mastering card games - these two do it all at Lady of the Lake. |
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Mary K. McNeil and Carolyn Hatch
With the new building at camp, we can now offer singing and
playing music at the same time. Mary K returns for a third year at Lady of the
Lake to teach wonderful songs to ages 7 through 12. She has long and rich
background of singing education in the Seattle area. Carolyn
has been teaching violin for thirty years throughout the US and Canada. One of
our original staff years ago, she rejoins us in this new venture.
Kim Buchanan and Patty Ratcliffe
Art is a cornerstone at Lady of the Lake. We are fortunate to have two very
gifted teachers. Kim hails from Seattle where she has taught art for
many years. Here at camp, she works with ages 7 to 12, offering unique projects
in drawing, painting, and crafts. Patty has taught in the
Spokane public school system for several years. She challenges our adults and
teens with sophisticated and thoughtful projects that make
all of us look like artists supreme! The highlight of each camp is our final
day art show, where our whole camp comes to admire the art we have all done.
Cathie Whitesides
A Lady of the Lake favorite, Cathie returns to play fiddle for many of our dance
opportunities. Besides being a wonderful player, she is a great
teacher. She will be working with our adults and teens to help them learn more
about playing. Cathie hails from Seattle where she plays for
a variety of bands, including New England, Greek, and Irish.
Mel Luedders
Mel has taken on many hats while on staff at Lady of the Lake. This year she
will watch over our "wee little ones" - providing activities for the
parent co-op and kids ages 3 and under. In addition, she will work with our 4
to 6 year olds. Mel lives in Spokane where she heads up a young children's program.
Penn Fix
Founder of Lady of the Lake, Penn will offer his famous early morning contra
class for adults and teens. Always fun, even when you are half
awake! Penn also is from Spokane where he has been calling dances for nearly 30
years!
Pat & Vickie Marron
Long time committee members of Lady of the Lake, this versatile duo will provide
sound for our workshops as well as play some wonderful
tunes. They hail from north Idaho and come out of the woods every so often to
play hearty and heartfelt music.
Workshop Summaries
Ages 0 - 3: Mel works with the little ones effortlessly. It's a co-op with parents there with their kids.
Ages 4 - 6: Mel and others will offer several kinds of experiences for this age group including arts and crafts, singing, stories, and dance.
Ages 7 - 9 and 10 - 12: Our long-range plan has finally come to fruition
with the new building. We will be able to offer these age groups some choices!
First, Peter will teach contras, squares, and other community style dances. Second, Kim
will offer project based arts and crafts. During the third session, kids will be able
to choose between singing with Mary Kay or playing music with several of our staff instructors.
Ages Teen to Adult: Penn starts off the morning with a rousing session of contras for everyone. Darryl is going to work just with the teens in their own special workshop - rock on! Darryl and Valerie will bring back the ever popular salsa class. Peter and Mary will offer singing and Patty will have studio art again. Mel will lead teens and adults in singing.
Tentative Daily Schedule
Monday through Friday
| 8am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Workshop Session #1 |
| 10:00 | Snack & Family Gathering |
| 11:00 | Workshop Session #2 |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Rest and Extra Workshops |
| 2:00 | Workshop Session #3 |
| 3:00 | Free Time and Swimming |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:15 | Family Gathering |
| 8:30 | Bed for 9 and under Community Dance 10 and older |
| 9:30 | Bed for 10 - 12 year olds Evening dance for teens & adults until 11 PM. |
For questions about this camp, please contact:
Penn Fix by email at contradancing@ladyofthelake.org or phone at (509) 838-2160.
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