Dear :
We'd like to thank you for attending the 2017 Door County Folk Festival.
This year's Festival was an event where everyone seemed to be having a great time. Throughout the years we have tried to maintain DCFF as a "user-friendly" festival, and I feel that we really reached that level this time. Everyone who participated this year deserves a big "Thank You".
There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into Festival planning as well as at the festival itself. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that gets venues setup and running on time. There is lots of room for improvement and we will be working on doing things better in the future.
Before I get to this year's recognitions, I must send out a big "Thank You" to Chris Alfeld and Sarah
Bennett who developed, organized and led the Work Scholar program for 13 years. Work Scholars play a very important, yet almost transparent role in the Festival. Even though Chris and Sarah were unable to attend the Festival for the last two years, they continued to plan and coordinate the Work Scholar program before turning it over to Kristina and Pedro Arellano this year.
Let's also recognize Nina Lusterman and Jonathan Sivier for putting together an excellent series of dance workshops; and we also thank Steve Kotansky, Meg Dedolph and all of the regional dance instructors for introducing so many memorable dances and workhops.
This year we initiated a Marketing Team (led by Emily Eisbruch) that achieved some excellent results. We'd like to get them started early on activities that will broaden individual and group awareness of the Festival and increase active participation for next year.
Now let's recognize and thank everyone who assisted with year's Festival.
This is a long list and I hope that I've included everyone who helped.
Team leaders/coordinators noted in bold.
Planning
Kristina Arellano, Pedro Arellano, Gerhard Bernhard, Paul Collins, George Davis, Emily Eisbruch, Forrest Johnson, John Lampi, Nina Lusterman. Karen Tutkowski
Regional Dance Workshop Instructors
Linda Blohowiak, Melissa Boutell, Penny Brichta, Meg Dedolph, Paul Collins, Donna Di Bella,
Barb Du Fresne, Jennifer Forbes-Baily, Dan Garvin, Leigh Holden, Carol Johnson, Rick King,
Nina Lusterman, Phil Moss, Elaina Qureshi, Catherine Rudin, Jonathan Sivier, Lynn Szatkowski,
Theresa Utschig, Arne Van Art, Cecelia Wilkinson
Special Guest Dance Instructor
Steve Kotansky
Singing Workshops
Carol Crawford, Tri Bratovchedki: (Dan Garvin, Debbie Kmetz)
Dance Parties/DJs/Dance Reviews
Melissa Boutell, Paul Collins, George Davis, Forrest Johnson, Steve Salemson, Jonathan Sivier, Karen Tutkowski
Sound
John Lampi
, Rachel Reinders, Jeffrey Rovner, Jonathan Whitall
Musicians
Nick Bratkovich, Jason Busniewski,
Cosmic Otters: (Meg Dedolph, Jonathan Whitall),
Rare Privilege: (Amy Mcfarland, Maria Terres),
Tantsova Grupa: (Laura Bouffard, Mary Lou Durham, Janet Epstein, Sam Frazzee, Greg Jones, Michael Lewandowski)
Mini Concerts
Gerhard Bernhard, Nick Bratkovich, Jason Busniweski, Patti Cohen, Paul Collins, Sanna Longden, Dick Miller, Miriam Miller, Cecelia Wilkinson, Rare Privilege, Tantsova Grupa, Tri Bratovchedki
Youth Activities
Meg Dedolph, Sanna Longden, Dick Miller, Miriam Miller
Work Scholars
Kristina Arellano, Pedro Arellano
, Kathleen Carins, Jennifer Forbes-Baily, Holly Hinnrichs-Dahms, Leigh Holden, Linore Huss, Marc Kotz, Judi Lindquist, Linda Nicoli, Richard Nicoli,
Marsha Swenson, Martha Lee Turner, Theresa Utschig, Arne Van Art
Marketing
Emily Eisbruch
, Judi Lindquist, Jeffrey Rovner, Catherine Rudin, Steve Salemson, Theresa Utschig,
Arne Van Art
Fish Boil
Gerhard Bernhard, Grace Bernhard, Melissa Boutell
Hospitality
Linda Blohowiak, Barb DuFresne, Avi Eisbruch, Emily Eisbruch, Fran Gilbert, Kathy Fico,
Lynn Kaishian, Nancy Jo Lame, John Lemerond, Judi Lindquist, Marie Merkel, Dick Miller,
Miriam Miller, Wendy Seaman, Mary Pat Schmidt, Judith Solomon, Marsha Swenson
with advice from: Jackie Davis, Kristina Arellano
The Grotto
Ken Pagenkopf and anonymous contributors
Photography/Videography
Ron Fico, Arlene Furlong, Nancy Jo Lame
Setup/Tear Down
Kathleen Carins, Bill Farichild, Gayle Fairchild, Leigh Holden, Linore Huss, Marc Kotz, Judi Lindquist, Linda Nicoli, Richard Nicoli, Catherine Rudin, Deniz Rudin, Marsha Swenson, Martha Lee Turner, Arne Van Art
Again, thanks to all staff and participants and see you again next year - Wed-Sun, July 11-15, 2018!
Sincerely,
Paul Collins
Get Your Foot in the Door!
39th Annual Door County Folk Festival
(Wed-Sun, July 11-15, 2018)
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