African Harvest
Grand Auditorium of Hancock County
September 1996
Camden Opera House
December 1996
African Harvest for the World
7:00 P.M. Sunday, September 29, 1996
at the
Grand Auditorium of Hancock County
Main Street
Ellsworth, Maine
Press Release 10 September 1996 | Program 29 September 1996
Arthur Hall artistic director
Christine Covert concert manager |
Jim Williams stage manager
Patrice Janssen treasurer |
Bruce Williams producer
The Company
Dancers
Meg Barclay | Cathy Butler-Corish | Shana Bloomstein
Dean Buckley | Erma Colvin | Chris Covert
Dagney Ernest | Kat Gifford | Gail Gulick
Arthur Hall | Patrice Janssen | Cheryl Mitchell
Lisa Morgan | Martin Steingesser | Lynn Stone
Martine Toulouse | Bruce Williams | Van Williams
Musicians
Arthur Floyd | Phil Frey | Stu Gillam | Eric Horschak
Brandon Klarich |
Gail McCullough | Asia Sikkila
Three Spirals
Masqueraders
Van Williams | Martin Steingesser
Dean Buckley
Special Guest Artists
Hawk, flute
The Taildraggers
Rick Bishop | Jim Rorden | Lauren & Trent Souter
Shalimar & Shatila
Patti Luchetti | Yosarian
Robinson Ballet
Kelley Holyoke | Maureen Lynch | Lauren Lynn
Jobo Kunda
Gray Parrot | Chris Covert
The Program
Overture
The Taildraggers
This Ground
Martin Steingesser
Fanga
Arthur Hall choreography
Liberia via the late Pearl Primus
Patrice Janssen, solo
Harvest Dance
Arthur Hall choreography
Ghana via Saka Acquaye
the company
Oriental Dance
Shalimar & Shatila
Patti Luchetti, solo
Sierra Leone
Arthur Hall choreography
via the National Dance Co. of Sierra Leone
the company
Snake Dance
Arthur Hall choreography
Arthur Hall, solo
Liberte
Erma Colvin choreography
the company
Masquerade
~ intermission ~
Kora Praise Song
The Gambia
Jobo Kunda
Gray Parrot, Kora
Stilt Masquerade
Ode to Yemaya
Arthur Hall choreography
In praise of the Great Mother
Van Williams & Cheryl Mitchell
Agong
Arthur Hall choreography
The Power in women's hands, sometimes used well,
sometimes not well, however it is used,
it will not go away.
Cathy Butler-Corish, solo
Celebration
Arthur Hall choreography
Guinea via Ballets Africains
Erma Colvin arrangement
the company
Flute Interlude
Hawk, solo
Yanvallu
Arthur Hall choreography
Haiti via Lavinia Williams
Erma Colvin | Patrice Janssen | Cathy Butler-Corish
EM~ELL~SEE
Kelley Holyoke choreography
Colman Hawkins music
Robinson Ballet
The Earth is a Satellite of the Moon
Heart and Drum
Martin Steingesser
Drummer's Choice
Stu Gillam & Co.
Finale
~ exeunt ~
Arthur Hall choreography
from Dance Conga
Haiti via Lavinia Williams
the company
