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Bodil and Knut Odnes have danced
Vågå-springleik together for many years and are class A
dancers at the Landskappleik. They are members of Vågå Spel
og Dansarlag and have danced and taught springleik, par-halling and
gammaldans throughout the world. Knut studied Norwegian Folk dance at
the University in Trondheim focusing on Springleik, the dance traditions
of Gudbrandsdalen, and how to teach these dances. He has been a dance
judge at Landskappleik and other kappleiks.
Ivar Odnes grew
up fiddling and dancing within the tradition of Springleik from
Gudbrandsdal, especially Vågå. He has been a member of
Vågå Spelemannslag, has played extensively with Leif-Inge
Schjølberg andwas a member of the popular band, Nye Ringnesin. He
is now a member of the international ensemble Firkløveret. He has
toured and taught extensively in Norway and abroad, especially in USA.
Students and dancers love his clear, enthusiastic teaching and playing.
Ewa and Tommy
Englund are favorite dance teachers in the USA and Sweden. They
are known for their clarity of presentation and warmth to participants.
Born in Hälsingland, residing in Sandviken, Gästrikland, they have both
earned their big silver medals for polska dancing, have won the Hälsinge
Hambo Contest four times, and they both serve as judges for various dance
events.
Bengt Jonsson
has been playing fiddle since he was very young. His group,
Jonssonlinjen, plays for Polskecirkusen, a dance group he organized in
his home region of Hälsingland. He has played for the Hälsinge Hambo
Contest and uppdansning, and he leads the Bollnäsbygdens Spelmanslag. He
plays/has played for several dance instructors, including Bo Peterzon,
the Karlholms, the Englunds and Kalle Strandell. Bengt is the director of
Norrlandia Camp in Järvsö, Hälsingland. In 2000, he became a
Riksspelman on cowhorn.
Kerstin
Palm plays for Polskecirkusen, Jonssonlinjen, and the dance
workshops at Norrlandia Camp. She is a talented singer with a special
interest in kulning and is an appreciated teacher at various camps in
Sweden and the US. Kerstin is interested in crafts and her crafts
classes at camps are always well attended.
Kerstin's and Bengt's children Staffan (20) and Lena (18) will accompany
them to camp. They are talented classical and folk musicians in their own
right.
Staffan
Jonsson plays the fiddle, the guitar and the bouzouki. Recently,
he's picked up the Hardanger fiddle and spent autumn 2004 in Hallingdal,
studying Hallingspringar with some of the greatest Norwegian
fiddlers. Like his father, Staffan enjoys playing for dance.
Lena Jonsson will finish senior high school
with a concentration on music, dance and drama this June. She started to
play the violin in a Suzuki group when she was 6 years old. The folk
music has been a natural part ofher growth. Lena's singing class at
Norrlandia Camp 2004 was well received.
Staffan and Lena play in many bands in Bollnäs and Hälsingland and of
course in the legendary Bollnäsbygdens Spelmanslag. They have toured in
Norway, Denmark, Estonia, England, Russia and the U.S.
Sarah Kirton will lead Allspel this year, and
play at the evening dance parties. Sarah lives in the San Francisco Bay
area where she teaches both fiddle and hardingfele. She has a special
interest in the music of Valdres where she lived for a year and a half
in the late 1990s. Her ability to facilitate music to musicians is
renowned.
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