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Fiddle,
Piano & Step
Dancing Camp Instructors
Our
2005 Instructors are some of the best in Canada -
Shane Cook - Fiddle
Shane is
a remarkable, innovative player and master of several fiddling styles
including Texas, Canadian old-time, Cape Breton, Scottish, Irish and
French Canadian. Among the over 250 awards he has earned are the
prestigious
U.S. Open Fiddle Contest at Weiser
Idaho in 1999, which he is the
only Canadian ever to win, and which he accomplished at only 17 years of
age, the
Canadian Grand Masters Championship
in 2000, 2002 and 2003 in Ottawa Canada, and the
Canadian Open Championship in Shelburne,
Ontario in 2001, 2003 and 2004. Shane rates at the top of the short list of the finest fiddlers
in the world today, is a featured performer with the World-touring
violin show
"Bowfire"; and he is an excellent teacher! We welcome Shane back to the Hockley Valley Music
Camp.
Patti Curran - Fiddle
Patti is
a very accomplished teacher and performer with over twenty years of teaching experience.
Patti is a master of Canadian old-time and Irish fiddling. Patti teaches by music and by
ear as all our instructors will be doing.
Katy McCormack & Bridget Norris - Stepdancing
Katie and Bridget are outstanding
dancers who have teamed up to give step dancing lessons at camp 2003.
Each operate their own step dancing school- Bridget in the Mitchell,
Ontario area and Katy in Durham, Ontario.
Debbie Herriot-Howes - Piano
An accomplished pianist and
teacher, Debbie is recognized as being one of the leading traditional
and celtic piano players and instructors in Canada. Debbie's innovative
chord progressions and left hand phrasings have influenced numerous
accompanists, and her enthusiasm and skill as a teacher is infectious. If you can't learn
from Debbie - you can't learn! See more about Debbie at her
website.
Phil Howes - Fiddle
Phil is a devoted scholar of
Canadian, Scottish and Celtic fiddling. Phil specializes in "Scotch
Music", having spent many years performing with well known Cape Breton
musicians, however his musical tastes include virtually all styles
including rock and roll. He is an acclaimed judge and
teacher and brings his vast knowledge and teaching skill again to our
fiddle camp. Check out Phil & Debbie's
website.
Kyle Cook - Fiddle
Kyle will be teaching beginners at this year's camp as well as
specializing in problem solving for the younger set. Kyle is one of the
best all round fiddler's in Canada and we are pleased to have him on our
teaching staff.
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