(Photo: Margaret Loomis)
The Balkan Music & Dance Workshops have inspired generations of singers, instrumentalists and dancers . . . spawned any number of groups throughout North America that carry on the music and dance throughout the year, bringing them to even more people . . . provided a venue where regular folks can study from experts—in some cases, superstars—in their respective fields . . . and delivered unforgettable experiences to attendees of all ages.
But tuition doesn’t cover the cost of the workshops, and as our Board works hard to assure the EEFC’s sustainability, you can do your part by donating or becoming a member.
Congratulations and hearty thanks to all those who donated or joined during 2015:
2015 Members & Donors
Bands, Choruses & Dance Groups
Brasslands
Caprice Rouge
Chubritza
Fanfare Zambaleta
Grupa Dunbarov
Humboldt Folk Dancers
Kypseli Greek Dance Center
Mixed Bag
Rakiya
Svirači
Tuesday Night Revival Balkan Folk Dancing
Xopo
Young Bulgarian Voices NY
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
Corporate Donors & Matching Donations
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Salesforce Foundation
Union Pacific Railroad
Individual & Family Members & Donors
Ed Abelson
Andy Adler
Jerry Agin
Douglas Allen, Luda & Zuvuya Talley
Susan Anderson
Leslie Arberman
Becky Ashenden
Joanie Atkinson
Dan Auvil
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Atilla Aydin
Annie Bachar
Judy Barlas
Stacey Barnett
Paul Beck
Evelyn Behr
Batja Bell
Marsha Beller
Michelle Benoit
Gail Berlin
Heidy Berthoud & Robert Pleshar
Frederick Bialy
David Bilides
Hannah Blair
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg
Irene Blanchard
Sunni Bloland
Barbara & Joseph Blumenthal
Laura Blumenthal
Marion Blumenthal
Susan Bolotin
Jessica Bondy
Abigail Bordeaux & Ira Gessel
Zina Bozzay
Louise Brill & Mary Donnelly
Dean Brown & Dee Ramee
Paul Brown
Patricia Buhl
John Burke
Jeanne Busch
Laura Bush
Nancy Butowski
Janet Capps
Denys Carrillo & Joe Finn
Sandra Cherin & Michael Gage
Leslie Clark
Morgan Clark
Joyce Clyde
Bruce Cochran
Beth Bahia Cohen
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin
Hasina Cohen
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman
Sarah Cohen
Steve Collins
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson
Kimberly Cope
Jane Corey
Jaqueline Corl-Seidel
Delores Crawford
Jo Crawford
Meg Crellin
Susan & Teymour Darkhosh
Naomi Segal Deitz
Jenny Dennis
Kimberly DiMattia
Judy Donaldson
Oved Dorit
Mary Ann Downs
Elyse Dubin & Family
Jerry Duke
Deborah Dukes & Randy Carrico
Marlene Dworkin
Sonia Efron
Anne & Leela Ehrhart
Debra Elkins
Elena Erber
Leah & Necdet Erez
Sheila Ewall
Rima Fand
Matthew Fass
Jeffrey Fine & Jocelyn Hassenfeld
Jonathan Finger
Steven Finney
Shel Finver
M.J. Fischer
Jeanne Fleming
Béla Foltin
Mark Forry
Catherine Foster
Barbara Friedman
Carol Friedman
Anna Rose Gable
Marisa Galitz
Jeff Garaventa
Sharon Gardner
Steven Gardner
Lynette Garlan & James Rumbaugh
Betsy & Jim Garrett
Emily Geller
Ken Genetti
JoAnn Gentry
Erica George
Sarada & Craig George
Erika Gerson
Kate Gerson
Steve Ginzbarg
Eleanor Gjelsten
Daniel Goldberg
Melanie Goldberg, John Parrish, Anna & Felicia Goldberg
Barbara Golding
Isadora Goldschneider
Eugene Goldwater
Adam Good
Mathew Good
Barbara Gottfried
Joe Graziosi
Chilton Gregory
Kris & Tom Grinstad
Sharon Grodin
Ellen & Nels Grumer
Francesca Guido
Annie Hallatt
Bryn Hammarstrom
Drew Harris, Teresa Twomey & Family
Susan Hatlevig
Emerson Hawley
Glynis Hawley & Andy Kacsmar
Jim & Marie Hayes
Adriana Helbig
Jo Farb Hernandez
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins
Susan Hinkins
Peter Hobbs
Robert Hoffnung
Vita Hollander
Camille Holmes
Georgia Horn
Jeremy Hull
Melinda Hunt & Matthew Smith
Lanita Hyatt
Leslie Hyll & Edmund Cordray
Arlene Imagawa & Mark Jenkins
Carolyn (Cappy) Israel
Pat Iverson
Scherri T. Jacobsen
Susan M. Jones
Terry Jones
Jenavieve Kachmarik
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Lea Anne Kangas
Vicky Kastner
Nina Kavardjikova
Luba Kazacoff
Solange Kellermann
Loretta Kelley
Pat & Bill King
Sara Klak
Nancy Klein
Karen Klevanosky
Ula Konczewska
Evgeniya & Kalin Kopachevi
Hinda Kriegel
Andy Adler
Jerry Agin
Douglas Allen, Luda & Zuvuya Talley
Susan Anderson
Leslie Arberman
Becky Ashenden
Joanie Atkinson
Dan Auvil
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Atilla Aydin
Annie Bachar
Judy Barlas
Stacey Barnett
Paul Beck
Evelyn Behr
Batja Bell
Marsha Beller
Michelle Benoit
Gail Berlin
Heidy Berthoud & Robert Pleshar
Frederick Bialy
David Bilides
Hannah Blair
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg
Irene Blanchard
Sunni Bloland
Barbara & Joseph Blumenthal
Laura Blumenthal
Marion Blumenthal
Susan Bolotin
Jessica Bondy
Abigail Bordeaux & Ira Gessel
Zina Bozzay
Louise Brill & Mary Donnelly
Dean Brown & Dee Ramee
Paul Brown
Patricia Buhl
John Burke
Jeanne Busch
Laura Bush
Nancy Butowski
Janet Capps
Denys Carrillo & Joe Finn
Sandra Cherin & Michael Gage
Leslie Clark
Morgan Clark
Joyce Clyde
Bruce Cochran
Beth Bahia Cohen
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin
Hasina Cohen
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman
Sarah Cohen
Steve Collins
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson
Kimberly Cope
Jane Corey
Jaqueline Corl-Seidel
Delores Crawford
Jo Crawford
Meg Crellin
Susan & Teymour Darkhosh
Naomi Segal Deitz
Jenny Dennis
Kimberly DiMattia
Judy Donaldson
Oved Dorit
Mary Ann Downs
Elyse Dubin & Family
Jerry Duke
Deborah Dukes & Randy Carrico
Marlene Dworkin
Sonia Efron
Anne & Leela Ehrhart
Debra Elkins
Elena Erber
Leah & Necdet Erez
Sheila Ewall
Rima Fand
Matthew Fass
Jeffrey Fine & Jocelyn Hassenfeld
Jonathan Finger
Steven Finney
Shel Finver
M.J. Fischer
Jeanne Fleming
Béla Foltin
Mark Forry
Catherine Foster
Barbara Friedman
Carol Friedman
Anna Rose Gable
Marisa Galitz
Jeff Garaventa
Sharon Gardner
Steven Gardner
Lynette Garlan & James Rumbaugh
Betsy & Jim Garrett
Emily Geller
Ken Genetti
JoAnn Gentry
Erica George
Sarada & Craig George
Erika Gerson
Kate Gerson
Steve Ginzbarg
Eleanor Gjelsten
Daniel Goldberg
Melanie Goldberg, John Parrish, Anna & Felicia Goldberg
Barbara Golding
Isadora Goldschneider
Eugene Goldwater
Adam Good
Mathew Good
Barbara Gottfried
Joe Graziosi
Chilton Gregory
Kris & Tom Grinstad
Sharon Grodin
Ellen & Nels Grumer
Francesca Guido
Annie Hallatt
Bryn Hammarstrom
Drew Harris, Teresa Twomey & Family
Susan Hatlevig
Emerson Hawley
Glynis Hawley & Andy Kacsmar
Jim & Marie Hayes
Adriana Helbig
Jo Farb Hernandez
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins
Susan Hinkins
Peter Hobbs
Robert Hoffnung
Vita Hollander
Camille Holmes
Georgia Horn
Jeremy Hull
Melinda Hunt & Matthew Smith
Lanita Hyatt
Leslie Hyll & Edmund Cordray
Arlene Imagawa & Mark Jenkins
Carolyn (Cappy) Israel
Pat Iverson
Scherri T. Jacobsen
Susan M. Jones
Terry Jones
Jenavieve Kachmarik
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Lea Anne Kangas
Vicky Kastner
Nina Kavardjikova
Luba Kazacoff
Solange Kellermann
Loretta Kelley
Pat & Bill King
Sara Klak
Nancy Klein
Karen Klevanosky
Ula Konczewska
Evgeniya & Kalin Kopachevi
Hinda Kriegel
Noel & Judy Kropf
Sheila Krstevski
Rick Kruse
Michael Kuharski
Carol Kycia
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer & John Hill
Carrie Lanza
Michael Lawson
Sheila Krstevski
Rick Kruse
Michael Kuharski
Carol Kycia
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer & John Hill
Carrie Lanza
Michael Lawson
Michael Leach
Nancy Leeper
Bob Leibman
Sonne Lemke
Karen Levine
Roberta Levine
Paula Lieberman
Lise Liepman
James Little & Linda Persson
Shulamit Locker
Barbara Logan
George Long, Mary & Nicholas Long
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner
Penelope Lord
Barbara MacLean
Joe Mandell
Linnea Mandell & Craig Kurumada
Alex Marković
Kathy Maron-Wood
Mary Marshall
Helen Marx
Jackie Mathwich
Michael Matthews
Jeremy McClain
Katia McClain
Jim & Nancy McGill
Michael McKenna
Janice Mendelson
Melissa Miller
Amy C. Mills
Bill Mize
Claire Molton
Judy Monro
Diane Montgomery
Christine Montross & Rich Schultz
Yves Moreau
Shireen Nabatian
Fanche Nastev
Nan Nelson
Alina Niemi
Nancy Norris
Ann Norton & Mike Slama
Peter Notarfrancesco
Marilyn Novosel
Julie Orth & Frank Garcia
Beryl Asako Oshiro
David Owens
Craig Packard
Laura Pannaman
Tom Papadopoulos
Ann Partlow
Nancy Peterson & Ed Kautz
Susan Pinkham
Janet Platin
Jamie, Betsy, & Hannah Platt
Holly Plotner
Sophia Poster
Zina Pozen
Mary Proudfoot
Nada Putnik
Nancy Leeper
Bob Leibman
Sonne Lemke
Karen Levine
Roberta Levine
Paula Lieberman
Lise Liepman
James Little & Linda Persson
Shulamit Locker
Barbara Logan
George Long, Mary & Nicholas Long
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner
Penelope Lord
Barbara MacLean
Joe Mandell
Linnea Mandell & Craig Kurumada
Alex Marković
Kathy Maron-Wood
Mary Marshall
Helen Marx
Jackie Mathwich
Michael Matthews
Jeremy McClain
Katia McClain
Jim & Nancy McGill
Michael McKenna
Janice Mendelson
Melissa Miller
Amy C. Mills
Bill Mize
Claire Molton
Judy Monro
Diane Montgomery
Christine Montross & Rich Schultz
Yves Moreau
Shireen Nabatian
Fanche Nastev
Nan Nelson
Alina Niemi
Nancy Norris
Ann Norton & Mike Slama
Peter Notarfrancesco
Marilyn Novosel
Julie Orth & Frank Garcia
Beryl Asako Oshiro
David Owens
Craig Packard
Laura Pannaman
Tom Papadopoulos
Ann Partlow
Nancy Peterson & Ed Kautz
Susan Pinkham
Janet Platin
Jamie, Betsy, & Hannah Platt
Holly Plotner
Sophia Poster
Zina Pozen
Mary Proudfoot
Nada Putnik
Meghan Quinn
Maclovia Quintana
Robert Radcliffe
Steve Ramsey
Ray Ranic
Monica Ravinet
Susan Reagel
Polly Reetz
Chris Rietz
Martie Ripson
Suzanne Rizer
Lucy Roberts
Thorn Roby
Sharon Rogers
Lois Romanoff
Barbara & Norman Rosen
Sanna Rosengren
Myra Rosenhaus
Nancy Lee Ruyter
Elizabeth (MB) Ryan
Jonathan Ryshpan
Bruce E. Sagan
RosieLee C. Salinas
Mary Ann Saussotte
Barbara & Owen Saxton
Stuart Schaffner
Betsy Schiavone
Daniel Schleifer
Robert Schulz
Leslie Scott
Maclovia Quintana
Robert Radcliffe
Steve Ramsey
Ray Ranic
Monica Ravinet
Susan Reagel
Polly Reetz
Chris Rietz
Martie Ripson
Suzanne Rizer
Lucy Roberts
Thorn Roby
Sharon Rogers
Lois Romanoff
Barbara & Norman Rosen
Sanna Rosengren
Myra Rosenhaus
Nancy Lee Ruyter
Elizabeth (MB) Ryan
Jonathan Ryshpan
Bruce E. Sagan
RosieLee C. Salinas
Mary Ann Saussotte
Barbara & Owen Saxton
Stuart Schaffner
Betsy Schiavone
Daniel Schleifer
Robert Schulz
Leslie Scott
Marjorie & Bill Selden
Joan & Matt Shear
Jennifer Shearer
Wendy & Doug Shearer
Robert Sheiman
Mary Sherhart
David Shochat & Gini Rogers
Lisa Shochat & Len Newman
Bonnie Silver
Carol Silverman & Mark Levy
Sharon Simkin
Caroline Simmonds
Leah Sirkin
Jonathan B. Skinner
Sarah Small
Lew Smith
Helen Snively & David Golber
Corinna Snyder
Roberta Solomon
Cheryl Spasojević
Julie Spiegel
Carolyn Spier
Lynda Spratley
Cathie Springer
Paul Stafura
Joan & Matt Shear
Jennifer Shearer
Wendy & Doug Shearer
Robert Sheiman
Mary Sherhart
David Shochat & Gini Rogers
Lisa Shochat & Len Newman
Bonnie Silver
Carol Silverman & Mark Levy
Sharon Simkin
Caroline Simmonds
Leah Sirkin
Jonathan B. Skinner
Sarah Small
Lew Smith
Helen Snively & David Golber
Corinna Snyder
Roberta Solomon
Cheryl Spasojević
Julie Spiegel
Carolyn Spier
Lynda Spratley
Cathie Springer
Paul Stafura
Rebecca States
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Olea Stevens
CB Stevenson
Buddy Steves
Suzanne Stonbely
Jim Stringfellow
Helen Stuart & Family
Corinne Sykes
Debby Szajnberg
Terri Taggart
Rose Tannenbaum
Sarah, David, Angela, & Katy Tanzer
Demetri Tashie
Balder ten Cate
Ben Thomas
Gawain Thomas
Dina Trageser
Keiko Trenholm
Randy Trigg
Jonathan Tsevi
Dr. Stephen R. Turner
Barbara & John Uhlemann
Carmen D. Valentino
Lucy Van de Vegte
Sallie Varner
Kristina Vaskys
Bill & Carol Wadlinger
Paul Wagner
Sandy Ward & Ken Harstine
Frances Wieloch
Jan Williams
Jessica Wirth
Sabine Wolber
Kimberlee Wollter
Loretta M. Yam
Meg York
Naomi Zamir
Dan Ziagos
Erica Zissman
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Olea Stevens
CB Stevenson
Buddy Steves
Suzanne Stonbely
Jim Stringfellow
Helen Stuart & Family
Corinne Sykes
Debby Szajnberg
Terri Taggart
Rose Tannenbaum
Sarah, David, Angela, & Katy Tanzer
Demetri Tashie
Balder ten Cate
Ben Thomas
Gawain Thomas
Dina Trageser
Keiko Trenholm
Randy Trigg
Jonathan Tsevi
Dr. Stephen R. Turner
Barbara & John Uhlemann
Carmen D. Valentino
Lucy Van de Vegte
Sallie Varner
Kristina Vaskys
Bill & Carol Wadlinger
Paul Wagner
Sandy Ward & Ken Harstine
Frances Wieloch
Jan Williams
Jessica Wirth
Sabine Wolber
Kimberlee Wollter
Loretta M. Yam
Meg York
Naomi Zamir
Dan Ziagos
Erica Zissman