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kef times spring 2011

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Spring 2011 (current issue)

Alan Zemel — Julie Lancaster
Decades of research find permanent home in Serres — Yvonne Hunt
Fabulous lineups for 2011 Workshops — EEFC Program Committee
From the Board — Brenna MacCrimmon
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
New & Notable
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2010 / Iroquois Springs 2010
Dick Crum/Kef Scholarships
2010 EEFC members
In memoriam: Dennis Boxell, Nadka Karadžova

Spring 2010

Ruth Hunter, Christos Govetas and family — Julie Lancaster
From the Board — Brenna MacCrimmon
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Sneak peek at the 2010 Workshops — Denys Carrillo
New and notable
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2009 / Iroquois Springs 2009
Dick Crum/Kef Scholarships
2009 EEFC members
In memoriam: Athan Karras, George Caba
Remembering George Caba — Leslie Barr
Blasts from the past

Spring 2009

Beth Bahia Cohen — Julie Lancaster
From the President — Michael Sensor
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
New and notable
New faces at the Workshops for 2009
Csenge’s summer violin experience — Beatrix Nagy
How you can help the EEFC — Linnea Mandell
Photos from Mendocino 2008
The wedding of Mina & Kalin
Photos from Iroquois Springs 2008
Blasts from the past
EEFC members: contributing members as of March 1, 2009
Letters from the 2008 Dick Crum/Kef Scholarship recipients
In memoriam: Bora Gajicki, George Tomov, Vulkana Stoyanova, Sami "Buco" Zekirov

Spring 2008

Jerry Kisslinger — Julie Lancaster
O kyklos / The circle — Jay House
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board
New and notable
Contributing members as of May 2008
Blasts from the past

Fall 2007

Kids at camp — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
From the Board
New and notable
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2007 / Iroquois Springs 2007
Letters from the Scholarship recipients
2007 contributing members
In memoriam: Mirjana Lausevic — Suzanne Ahmed Leonora
Blasts from the past

Spring 2007

Interview with Bill Cope — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
From the Board — Denys Carrillo
New and notable
Bulgarian folk seminar in Plovdiv: a new concept and a new partnership — Larry Weiner
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2006 / Iroquois Springs 2006
Letters from the 2006 Scholarship recipients
Top 10 reasons to join the EEFC
In memoriam: Emil Cossetto
2006 contributing members

Summer 2006

Interview with Lauren Brody — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Matthew Fass
Advice for starting a band — Matt Smith
From the editor — Julie Lancaster
Obituaries : Dick Crum and Don Sparks
From the 2005 Kef Scholars
New and notable Balkan recordings and publications
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2005 / Iroquois Springs 2005
2005 contributing members

Fall/Winter 2004-2005

Interview with Sonia Tamar Seeman, Ph.D. — Pat MacSwyney
From the EEFC Board — Matthew Fass
From the 2004 Kef Scholars
Thank you, East Coast Kafanameisters
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Kenneth Melvin White [obituary]
New and notable Balkan recordings and publications
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2004 / Mt. Washington 2004
2004 contributing members

Fall/Winter 2003-2004

Delving into the heart of brass: Zlatne Uste goes to Serbia — Rachel MacFarlane
From the EEFC Board — Matthew Fass
Édessa in Japan — Lise Liepman
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Interview with Bob Leibman — Julie Lancaster
New and notable Balkan recordings
The Kef Scholarship and me
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2003 / Mt. Washington 2003 / Balkanalia! 2003
2003 contributing members

Spring/Summer 2003

Interview with Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Barbara Babin
EEFC recording soon to be released!
Questions and answers about Mount Washington, Balkan camp’s new East Coast site
From the Editor — Jule Lancaster
In memoriam: Aleksandar Sarievski — Yves Moreau
Interview with Polly Tapia Ferber — Julie Lancaster
New and notable Balkan recordings and publication
2003 contributing members

Fall/Winter 2002-2003

Letting the music wash over you…
From the EEFC Board — Barbara Babin
Interview with Jane Sugarman — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
In memoriam: Kostadin Varimezov — Yves Moreau
Tamburitza music is alive and well in Croatia and Vojvodina — Anastasia Herold
New and notable Balkan recordings and publications
The Great Meat Rebellion — Julie Lancaster
How the EEFC Board works —Barbara Babin
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2002 / Ramblewood 2002 / Balkanalia! 2002
Kef Scholarship program — Barbara Babin
2002 contributing members

Fall/Winter 2001-2002

Balkan camp branches out: East Coast camps: History of the Balkan Music & Dance Workshops, continued — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Michelle Benoit
Interview with Larry Weiner — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
New and notable Balkan recordings and publications
Balkan folk dancing in Kansai, Japan — Jane Wieman
Édessa came, played, conquered
What do you remember about the first Ashokan camp?
Photo spreads: Mendocino 2001 / Ramblewood 2001 / Balkanalia! 2001
2001 contributing members

Spring/Summer 2001

Interview with Carol Silverman — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Laura Blumenthal
Interview with Eran Fraenkel — Lisa Shochat
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Vaska Ilieva [obituary] — Yves Moreau
New and notable Balkan recordings
Balkan village in the redwoods: History of the Balkan Music & Dance Workshops, continued — Kim Wollter
A history of Zlatne Uste — Michael Ginsburg
What the surveys showed — Julie Lancaster
2001 contributing members

Fall/Winter 2000-2001

Many threads: history of the Balkan Music & Dance Workshops — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Laura Blumenthal
Interview with Steve Kotansky — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
New and notable Balkan recordings
Interview with Mark Levy — Julie Lancaster
Images from Mendocino 2000
Quietly making room for the impromptu — Belle Birchfield
Ramblewood 2000 scenes
Balkanalia! 2000
A floor unlike the others — Lanita Hyatt
Where our $ comes from—where your $ goes — Rachel MacFarlane
2000 contributing members

Spring/Summer 2000

Interview with Miamon Miller — Julie Lancaster
From the EEFC Board — Laura Blumenthal
Carol Freeman: 30 years of learning, performing and teaching subtleties — Jodi Hewat
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Ziyiá celebrates our first ten years — Dan Auvil
Ramblewood: special guest for an evening of Pontic lyra — Laura Blumenthal
EEFC branches out: sponsoring East European music at the Folk Alliance — Rachel MacFarlane
New and notable Balkan recordings
George Tomov to donate sculpture to Ramblewood workshop auction — Martie Ripson
2000 contributing members

Fall 1999/Winter 2000

Staying in tune: memories of the 1999 workshops
From the EEFC Board — Laura Blumenthal
Farewell to Dino Pappas — Julie Lancaster
From the Editor — Julie Lancaster
Mendocino impressions, 1999 — Julie Lancaster
Ramblewood highlights
Balkanalia! — Dina Franz
1999 contributing members

Spring/Summer 1999

New faces at the workshop — Rachel MacFarlane
From the EEFC Board — Matt Smith
From the Editor — Rachel MacFarlane
Dick Crum turns 70 — Rachel MacFarlane & Miamon Miller
New Balkan recordings and publications
Slovenians and Croatians love the pravo! — Yves Moreau

Fall/Winter 1998

From the Board — Matt Smith
Ajde na poi balls! — Alina Niemi
From the Editor — Rachel MacFarlane
Balkanalia! blast — Rachel MacFarlane
Mendocino highlights — Suzanne Leonora
Ramblewood impressions — Kathleen Smith
Demystifying the Balkan voice — Jan Williams
1998 contributing members

Spring/Summer 1998

Expanded tuition assistance for ’98 Balkan camps! — George Long
The Balkans return to camp — Michael Ginsburg
From the Editor — Steve Ramsey
Sound at Balkan camp: a hot topic — Lise Liepman
Balkanalia! returns to the Pacific Northwest — Lanita Hyatt
Noteworthy Balkan recordings
Mendocino Woodlands update — Ann Norton
Kef explained — Steve Ramsey
1998 contributing members

Fall/Winter 1997

From the Board — Belle Birchfield
Traveling with Esma — Michael Ginsburg
A tour through the larynx: part 1 — Jan Williams
Mendocino 97 — Donna Andert
Ramblewood 97 — Lynette Garlan
The art of balkanalia! — Rikki Weaver
New and noteworthy publications from Balkan camp staffers
1997 contributing members

Spring/Summer 1997

Balkanalia!
EEFC sponsors tour for the "Queen of Romani Music" — Carol Silverman
From the EEFC Board — George Long
From the Editor — Nancy Leeper
Faces we will miss: Pece Atanasovski and Stevo Teodosievski
Albanian singer to teach at Ramblewood — Jane C. Sugarman
Acclaimed Bulgarian clarinetist at Balkan Music & Dance Workshops
EEFC becomes a membership organization — Belle Birchfield
1997 contributing members

Winter 1996

Greek music & dance at Ramblewood, 1996
National Endowment for the Arts supports 1995 EEFC program — Craig Kurumada
From the EEFC Board — Jeanne Busch
From the Editor — Nancy Leeper
New Q&A column in EEFC News — Nancy Leeper
A look back … Mendocino
A look back … Ramblewood — Matt Smith
EEFC scrambles into the Information Age

Fall 1994

ZU visit, Mendo World Cup highlight 1994 Mendocino Workshop — David Bilides
Musings on Ramblewood ’94 — Laura Pannaman