Saturday - June 18, 2011
Sunday - June 19, 2011
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Pastor Joey “pj” Bailey, Sr.
Born in the Bronx, New York and attended school in New York and Baltimore. BA from University of Baltimore. MDiv from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. MPA from Upper Iowa University. Married (to Michelle) with five children and two grandchildren. Served in the following places: York, Pa, Philadelphia, Rocky Boy Indian Reservation (MT), mission experiences in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, Socastee, SC and Lancaster, SC. Currently serving Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Alango, MN and Calvary Lutheran Church in Orr, MN. Passionate about social justice issues and the marginalized and poor. Also a certified spiritual director and graduate of the Shalom Spiritual Direction Program through the Benedictine monastery at St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. I feel that God is about shattering barriers that separate. One of our goals is to reach those the church has hurt and marginalized. Tradition should NEVER stand in the way of reaching another; it should also not be discarded just because. New, old, and all the rest are ways God comes to us. Imagination and creativity are gifts. Let's explore and discover God's presence! |
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Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl
Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl have been described by Nashville’s City Paper like this: “Masterful guitarist Metsa and slashing harmonica player Earl serve as a contemporary counterpart to Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry.” Metsa and Earl have been playing together for 14 years, with an up tempo mix of classic blues, swing, originals, folk, and country. They have two releases on Metsa’s label, online at www.maximumfolk.com and have been played on over 200 radio stations around the world. They have performed in concert with Hubert Sumlin, Son Seals, Buddy Guy, to name a few, and toured Iceland in 1999 with the MN Dept. of Tourism as “Minnesota’s Musical Ambassadors.” Paul Metsa, a Virginia, MN native will have his memoirs, Blue Guitar Highway, published in the Fall of 2011 in hardcover by the University of Minnesota Press. His mother Bess, was one of the founders of the Land of the Loon Festival. Their website is www.paulandsonny.com and Paul’s new website for his book will be at www.blueguitarhighway.com
Alabaster Falls is Bill Kaiser, Paul Jones and Julie Kaiser. Their self-described folkgrass style is defined by close three part vocal harmony and excellent instrumental skills. Bill plays fingerstyle guitar and sings baritone. Paul plays fingerstyle guitar, dobro and sings tenor. Julie sings the lead vocal and has been spotted recently with a mandolin. These three musicians have decades of performing experience and have played in a variety of venues, including festivals, fairs, concert halls, coffeehouse stages and even grocery stores! The trio is based in the Minnesota northwoods between Bemidji and Walker and, if you ask, will come and play just about anywhere! Any day with music is a good day and in the words of one listener, Alabaster Falls is "...two guys and a woman who can sing the pink into the morning sky."
SHELTERED REALITY -- Founded in 1996, Sheltered Reality (SR) is a nonprofit musical organization whose performing membership spans all ages (currently as young as 4 and as old as 76!!). However, the majority of the members are youth aged 7-18 who come from practice sites located in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (with more sites and states to come). SR believes that Music can have Meaning, yet be a blast at the same time! SR performances use the power of percussion set to music, as well as high energy choreography, to engage and then motivate audiences to realize that any person, at any age in life, can dream and succeed. Success is first demonstrated through audience drum lessons followed by one or more audience participation songs; these always prove to be fun for audience members of all ages. However, SR then uses stories of hardship and triumph, as well as a sequence of Steps of Success to teach personal empowerment, character building, and ultimately translate the drum-playing success into something much more important: success in changing the world, and especially helping advocate for youth in crisis...the ultimate mission of Sheltered Reality.
Range Academy of Dance
The performing dancers of the Range Academy of Dance, called RADETTS, have entertained at the Land of the Loon Festival for 34 of the 35 years it has been in existence. Dancers 3 years of age and up have enjoyed sharing their love of dance with all those attending. Miss Erveen, Director of the Range Academy of Dance, has taught dance for 58 years on the Range.
ZIA'S MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE
Shirley Taramelli - I started bellydancing in 1989 thru community ed. in Duluth under the direction of Debbie Poldoski , I was in her dance troupe for 9 yrs. I then continued & still take classes with Cassandra Shore of Mpls. I have taken classes from top Egyptian dancers that came to the U.S. teaching workshops & that have also come to Oasis Dance Camps.
I started teaching in 1998 thru Community Ed in Chisholm. I also have been teaching in Grand Rapids Community Ed. With the thought of a needed new kind of exercise, body awareness and dance movements that I wanted to share.
In both towns I have beginners, intro & teenage girls classes. This dance is made for a womens body, many of the movements are natural to a womens body also there are no restrictions to any age, any size or ethnic background. This is a womens dance – it is for every women.
My personal goal is to encourage, instruct, inspire students to explore the art of Middle Eastern Dance & North African Dance. I want them to experience the rich musical rhythms, become enlightened on the dance culture, its origin & philosophy. Most of all have fun learning this beautiful dance. It is total wellness for the mind, body & soul of a women.
Rutka's Rangers - Stan Rutka has entertained for over 60 years all over the country. He played the night and country club scene for over 40 years in Denver, Colorado. He was the featured accordionist on the Western Stampede Show on KOA radio and the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show in San Bernadino, California. He played and recorded with other artists such as Frank Yankovic, Rex Allen, Lefty Frizzell and many others.
The Sound of Strings
The Sound of Strings Ensemble of Duluth, under the direction of Michelle Gribbon, will once again exand it’s musical circle by traveling to Finland this coming Summer of 2011. Previous tours have gone to England, Canada, Austra, Germany and Russia. Seven students in 9th & 10th grade from Central-Denfeld, East and Marshall High Schools will be participating in a music project involving outreach concerts in schools and the community, special events and nursing homes with a music program of classical, Finnish, sacred and American music. The 10 months of performing in the Twin Ports, The Iron Range and The Twin Cities areas will culminate in a trip to Finland from July 24 – August 3, 2011 to interact with Finnish music teachers and students, participate in the MinjArt Music Courses for advanced musical studies at The Sibelius Academy and other locations in Helsinki, and perform Sound of Strings concerts in Helsinki and Turku, Finland. The idea for this year of culture and music exchange began at the Salolampi-Soiva Music Camp, associated with Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, Minnesota, last June 2010.
Sound of Strings is supported in this personal and community enriching music project by The Finlandia Foundation National, The Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society, Dr. Jeanne Doty of UMD, The Lyric Center for the Arts, and the Kaleva Hall Organization.
Performers:
Violinishts: Alia Gribbon, Andrea Daube, Brianna Krause, Ben Johnson, Joe Hodge, Sarah Curran, Michelle Gribbon
Piano: Cason Sjerven, Michelle Gribon
Guest Vocalist: (MN concerts): Stephanie Curran
Directory & Music Arranger: Michell Gribbon
