Folk Tours offers educational and entertaining music and dance events in the United States and in Turkey.Our goal is to use music and dance to build bridges between cultures. We want to educate, enlighten and inspire students of all ages, genders, creeds and ethnic backgrounds. We also provide tours of Turkey with a special emphasis on seeing the sights, learning the history and experiencing the culture.
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Memorial Day weekend Friday May 25th - Monday May 28th 2012
INTRODUCING OUR 9th Annual Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music Camp. We welcome all levels of dancers and musicians, from beginner to professional!
Once again we will return to CAMP VACAMAS in the beautiful countryside of western New Jersey, just outside of NYC. We have heard all your suggestions from last year and are making many changes to make your camping experience better than ever!
CAMP VACAMOS--- (Located approximately 25 miles from New York City-- easy to reach by car or bus -- 100 miles From Philadelphia (2 hours drive) and 4.5 hours from Washington DC)
Experience the magic of singing, dancing, and making music in nature. Camp Vacamas is located in Northern New Jersey, only 45 minutes from New York City, on 230 private wooded acres with a spring-fed lake. Their Labadorf Conference Center is the ideal choice for day trips & weekend retreats. The camp offers an outdoor amphitheatre overlooking the lake, inside fireplace, cozy upstairs balcony area with couches, large front porch with tables & chairs for meals and just hanging out, a kitchenette, large dance class studio areas, and rustic cabins for music classes. Enjoy three hearty meals a day, dormitory style cabins in the woods, nightly dance parties with extraordinary music (10 musicians + student musicians & guest artists), professional and student cabaret dance performances to live music and, of course, daily music and dance classes 12 dance classes/15 music classes per day, plus special dance classes with musical accompaniment. Also there will be vendors, henna artists, energy healing, tarot & massage therapists.
Camper pre-show performance showcase -- Sat & Sunday-- 8:30- 9:30 pm- to participate see details
OUR 2012 DANCE TEACHERS SO FAR:
Nourhan Sharif, Asharah (Ca), Zenaide, Aszmara, Blanca, Ayshe, Alexia (NJ), Ibrahim Tunc and Tayyar Akdeniz,
OUR 2012 MUSIC TEACHERS (so far confirmed-more to come):
Souren Baronian, Ali Kahya, Sami Abu Shumays, Rachid Halihal, Seido Salifoski, Mike Uzatmaciyan, Ossama Farouk, Umut Yasmut, and Tayyar Akdeniz, Soner Cicek
Some PAST teachers and performers have included such luminaries as Artemis Mourat,Tayyar Akdeniz, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Seido Salifoski, Yuri Yunikov, Tamer Pinarbarsi, Hamit Golbasi, Cassandra, Nourhan Sharif, Eva Cernik, Kajira Djoumahna, Dalia Carella, Sahra Saeeda, Paulette Rees-Denis, Steve Kotansky, Mohamed Shahin, Jajouka, Samara, Aszmara, Ara Dinkjian, Sonar Cicek, Karim Nagi, Ali Kahya, Haig Manoukian, Souren Baronian, Ibrahim Tunc, Ede Thurell, Fahtiem, Morocco, Christina King, Rachid Halihal, Sami Abu Shumays, Avram Pengas, Maurice Chedid, Umut Yasmut, Brad Sidwell, Amir Naoum, Rayhana, Azsmara, Ossama Farouk, Ayshe, Nursel , Lee Ali, Darshan, and many other wonderful talents!
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL UNTIL APRIL 20th $375
REGULAR PRICE AFTER APRIL 20th $400
Special day rates are available at $110 per day 10:00am to 6:30pmLAST DAY TO REGISTER, FOR FULL WEEKEND ATTENDANCE, IS MAY 12, 2012. BALANCE DUE IN FULL MAY 12, 2012 (**REFERS TO ENTIRE WEEKEND CAMPERS ONLY- day trippers can come day of and register at the camp!)
Please come and join our Folk Tours family for an unforgettable experience!
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SONER CICEK Turkish Baglama, Saz Soner Cicek was born in Mus, Turkey and grew up in Izmir. At the age of 9, he began playing the Saz ... |
Warm-up and Yoga THE MORNING WARM-UP CLASS WITH YOGA Explanation of the DAILY WARM-UP CLASS: DAILY WARM-UPI want this to be a class to warm-up the students, ... |
DALIA CARELLA Dunvayi World and Gypsy Dance (Dunvayi World Dance) is a world-renowned Middle Eastern Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Instructress and Global Fusion Artist. Audiences from ... |
ASZMARA "Dance is emotion in motion" describes accurately the quality of Aszmara’s dance. Performing and teaching workshops regulary in the USA and Europe, she is... |
YURI YUNAKOV Saxophone As one of the founders and biggest stars of Bulgaria's wildly popular "wedding music" scene, Yuri Yunakov is a saxophone player of... |
MIMI FONTANA American Tribal Style Dance A life-long dancer, athlete and musician, Mimi has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe . Upon herintroduction to belly ... |
Swap Meet On Saturday evening only during dinner and until the show, we will have a swap meet for anyone who wishes to sell their music/dance/ethnic ... |
NURSEL Balkan Romany and Oriental style Dances. Life is a dance. Dance is a ritual of breathing, movement, harmony of the body and expression of ... |
Dance Party Beginning with our Friday night welcome party, our wonderful musicians will play for you every ... |
Network Table A table will be provided in the vendor area for everyone to put out their flyers, business cards and calendars. Please use this opportunity ... |
NAJI HILAL Arabic Oud The legacy begins pre-biblical from 1600 BC in an area today called The Middle-East. Passed on from one generation to the next, ... |
MOROCCO Arabic oriental dance Morocco (C. Varga Dinicu) is considered the leading performer & authority in her field internationally, evidenced by frequent invitations to te... |
ALI KAHYA Turkish singing, maqam, ensemble class (Instructor/ performer) A longtime professional entertainer, is a diversely skilled musician, playing and singing in both Eastern and Western s... |
What to Bring ALL DANCERS PLEASE BRING COMFORTABLE DANCE SHOES! (Dance class rooms have nice floors, so you may also choose to be barefoot) A good ... |
CHRISTINA KING American Tribal Style DanceChristina King, A dancer of many styles since childhood, Christina discovered Middle-Eastern folkloric dance and began her studies in 1992 with Tahjah of ... |
Public Transportations Airports:Nearest Airports; Newark Airport, LaGuardia Airport Train:AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH WE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS BEST TO TAKE A TRAIN INTO NYC OR PHILLY AND TRA... |