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Enid Ames sings songs that appeal to children (and their parents and grandparents too) as they can relax and reconnect with one another in the space of the heart. Enid's original songs are inspired by and sometimes co-written and sung with her own three children. After majoring in theatre at Dartmouth College she went on to study songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Enid is a winner of the John Lennon Songwriting contest and lives in southern New Hampshire. She has recently released "Your Golden Heart", a collection of love songs and lullabies for children.
Animaterra is a 50-member women's chorus that promotes community through multi-cultural folk music. A nonprofit organization based in Keene, Animaterra has performed at numerous venues throughout the region. Director Allison Aldrich of Nelson teaches audiences the easy-to-learn songs, promising fun for all ages. The name Animaterra is a play on words, combining the Latin word, "anima", meaning "spirit", with "terra", meaning "earth". The word "mater", meaning "mother", is found within, suggesting the translation, "Spirit of Mother Earth." For more information, visit: www.animaterra.8m.com
Arrubla was trained in Flamenco in Spain, and later moved and performed in Amsterdam and Europe. Since coming to the United States in 1998, she has conducted Flamenco workshops in numerous schools, colleges, and universities with the goal of introducing her cultural heritage and the art of Flamenco to the American culture. She is recognized for her high degree of skill in conducting residencies by the MCC's Creative Teaching Partners roster. Arrubla also has established the Inés Arrubla Flamenco Dance Theater. She has created five major theater-dance productions to date. Her performances and choreography have garnered great acclaim both at theaters and festivals and with the audiences and the press, and have earned her a reputation as one of the nation's premier Flamenco performers.
Pub Songs, Sea Chanties, Novelties, and more! Bart Bales leads songs of the British and American vocal traditions, plus some new songs, with lots of opportunity to join in on rich choruses. Bart Bales is a long-time member of the Juggler Meadow Morris Men, a singer of a wide variety of traditional songs of Britain and America, as well as writer of new songs. Bart has performed leads in musicals and in Western Massachusetts' version of Revels, Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration since 1987. This year he was the author of their mummers play. He also has a program of children's songs he can present. For more information, please call 413-863-4992 or email balenergy@aol.com
Local young musician Will Bauch offers an eclectic mix of folk covers and originals performed vocally, on piano and guitar. Will has performed locally at coffeehouses such as Local's Cafe in Wilton and J Beaner's in Amherst and studied music with Nanette Perrotte of Greenfield.
Behind the Veil's commitment is to educate the general public about this beautiful and beneficial Eastern art form and dispel the impression of "hoochy koochy" that developed back in the days of American vaudeville. Two of the dancers, Joanna and Tanina are mother and daughter which exemplify the traditional ancient "way" of the dance. The multicultural dance troup is sponsored by the YMCA of Athol and includes Jen, midwife Jennie from England, Nimblegail from Philippines, Elpian from Indonesia, choreographer/teacher Elizabeth Nett, and musician Dominic Nett on the tamborine and Moroccoan dumbek (drum). The group offers classes and a class is being organized in Peterborough. Both pregnant and other beginners/novices are invited to register. The Bonnie Brooke Academy of Irish Dance Dedicated to the preservation of the fine art of Irish Dance, The Bonnie Brooke Academy not only creates exquisite dancers, but also makes a positive impact in the lives of others. Going into its fourth year, it has taken part in many charity events and fund raisers, including Tsunami Relief for the American Red Cross, Salem New Hampshire's annual Folktale Carnival, which benefits children with developmental disabilities, the Nashua fairytale Festival to promote literacy and the Lake Sunapee area Toys for Tots Christmas benefit show. Micaael Caruso
Michael Caruso began studying the Martial Arts in 1988 at age 15. Versed in many of the martial arts taught of the Monadnock Dojo, he presently is a studies at Menashi Dojo in Rindge, NH. He is a council member of the Aiki-Kan Preservation Society. See www.aiki-kan.org.
What happens when a fairy comes a-wooing? What happens when she wants you to join her in immortal bliss, never to return to your own world? If you have to choose, which world is the best for living and loving? We'll look for answers in an 8th century Irish tale, a modern Irish folktale about the leannán síor fairy lover, and in a host of songs that tell about love for fairies, love by fairies, or love of people who just seem like fairies. Kate Chadbourne sings traditional Irish songs in Irish and English, composes original songs for voice, piano, and flute, improvises musical embellishment for storytellers as they spin their tales, writes and teaches about Celtic languages and literatures, invents stories for young and old, shapes sounds and sense into poem. For more information about this performer visit www.realmsofsilver.com/kate.
Aaron Clegg took up the tin whistle in his teens and began performing Irish traditional music with his father, singer/songwriter Douglas Clegg. During college, he played saxophone and clarinet in jazz bands and began singing and playing flute in pub sessions. Besides his father, vocal influences include Liam Weldon, Donal Maguire, Jay Smith, and Stan Rogers. Reagh Greenleaf has been playing Irish and Maritime music for five years. He was born in Merrimack, and picked up music in pub sessions throughout New England. Reagh attended the First Annual Tommy Makem International School of Song in Northern Ireland, and performed with the High Pukka Flying Squad out of Portsmouth, NH. His greatest love is nature and old ways of living, which fuel his interest in traditional music.
Lynne Cullen is an artist, writer and storyteller living in Portland, Maine. She became a storyteller while living in Yorkshire, England, inspired by the richness and fun of the old stories. She absorbs odd information to create worlds original and strange. Other influences include: Classic Warner Brothers' cartoons; superhero comic books; Rod Serling; folktales; history, and growing up in the Catholic, working class city of Waterbury, Connecticut. Lynne has performed at clubs, festivals, schools, and parties all over New (and Old) England. For more information, write Lynne Cullen at thetwacorbies@yahoo.com.
Professor Rick Davis, Ph.F. (Doctor of Funology) teaches all those party tricks and stunts that you should have learned in sixth grade, but didn't. Designed to Rick Davis is the speaker you're looking for if you're looking for something different, and you don't mind convulsing with laughter. He gives corporate audiences plenty of laughs by showing them, believe it or not, how to do tricks and stunts with office supplies. Rick Davis is an amazing comic and the author of two books: Totally Useless Skills and Totally Useless Office Skills. Recently featured in People magazine, he's performed at EPCOT Center, Radio City Music Hall, and the White House, as well as on HBO and the Today Show. He also holds a degree in philosophy—his first useless skill. "Afterwards, you'll be able to tell romantic fortunes, shrink your arms, bounce an apple, disappear your tongue, twirl a pencil, and remove your brains, " promises Professor Davis. For more information, please visit www.schoolshows.com More... Mariposa has been fortunate with diverse and numerous performers educating and entertaining us. To read about more performers select from the alphabetical listing below. A-E | F-J | K-L | M-P | Q-Z other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war. 
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