{"id":4973,"date":"2013-06-18T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2013-06-18T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T02:41:35","slug":"carl-mendocino-camp-photos-pg1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2013\/06\/18\/carl-mendocino-camp-photos-pg1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendo Camp Life Photos 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Page 1 of Photos from Mendocino Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp<\/h2>\n<h3>photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/aboutuspages\/carlsermon.htm\">Carl Sermon<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"footnotes\">posted June\t18,\t2013 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A week long immersion into Middle Eastern music and dance while camping in the Mendocino redwood forest. Expect live music every night and classes with many music and dance teachers each day. Many of the names are linked to video interviews we have conducted with individuals or to their bio pages here on Gilded Serpent. <span class=\"artist\">Joshkun<\/span> is the organizer and has long been a supporter of Gilded Serpent, advertising seasonally before each year&#8217;s event. Thank you Joshkun! I hope this year is as wonderful experience as always! This year, the fun begins again on July 6!<\/p>\n<table width=\"80%\" border=\"3\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#333333\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/forestclass.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Class in the forest\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Forest classroom<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/dror.jpg\" width=\"327\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dror\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/archives\/musicalinstrumentlibrary.htm#Dror\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">Dror<\/a> teaches drum ensemble<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/forestjam.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Musicians jam<br \/>\n  1, 2, 3-Faruk Tekbilek, 4, 5-Hamid Saeidi\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/aubre.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Aubre\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/aboutuspages\/Aubre.html\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">Aubre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/group1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"502\" alt=\"Group\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joshkun, Suzie (Faruk&#8217;s wife), Faruk, ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/FridayJewishShabot.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Jewish Sabat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday night Sabat<br \/>\n  Yuval Ron on oud, Dror in yellow cap\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/gypsyGirl.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"unknown\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unknown girl in lovely coat!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/intentduet.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>duet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/archives\/musicalinstrumentlibrary.htm#Souren\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">Souren Baronian<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/archives\/musicalinstrumentlibrary.htm#Omar\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">Omar Faruk Tekbilek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/Joshkunsoup.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Joshkun\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joshkun<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/kitchenparade.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Kitchen staff parade\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kitchen staff parade<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/kitchenduet.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" alt=\"kitchen duo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>kitchen duo<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/leader.jpg\" width=\"381\" height=\"500\" alt=\"organizer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roy, an organizer<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/Paulteaches.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Paul teaches\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/archives\/musicalinstrumentlibrary.htm#paul\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">Paul<\/a> teaches a young dude<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/saladtossing.jpg\" width=\"433\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Salas toss\" \/><\/p>\n<p>salad tosser<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/ShoshannaFam.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" alt=\"Shoshanna's family\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"photocapblackbg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/aboutuspages\/shoshanna.html\">Shoshanna<\/a><\/span> and her girls<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/skirt.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"500\" alt=\"skirt\" \/><\/p>\n<p>spinning skirt<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art59\/graphics59\/carl-camp\/zombie.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Zombie musician\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zombie musician on a Persian Rabab?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Page 2 coming soon!<\/h3>\n<h3>More info on the Mendo camp here <\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastcamp.com\/Middleeastcamp\/Mendocino.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"photocapblackbg\">on their site<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/archives\/musicalinstrumentlibrary.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Check out our Magical Muscial Instrument Tour!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastcamp.com\/Middleeastcamp\/Mendocino.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/adds\/joshkun2horizbanner.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" alt=\"Mid East Music and Dance Camp\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/graphics\/acommentbox.jpg\" alt=\"use the comment box\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ready4more\">\n<p>Have a comment? Use or comment section at the bottom of this page or <a href=\"mailto:editor@gildedserpent.com\">Send us a letter!<\/a> <br \/>\nCheck the &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/let2ed.htm\">Letters to the Editor<\/a>&quot; for other possible viewpoints!<\/p>\n<p>Ready for more?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!--end ready4more --><\/p>\n<div class=\"articlelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">1-15-13<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2013\/01\/15\/diamonds-in-the-rough-polished-perfection\/\" class=\"articlelink\">Diamonds in the Rough &amp; Polished Perfection, 2012 Berlin SomerFestival-Thursday Competition<\/a>, <span class=\"articleauthor\">Photos by MaShuqa and Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Produced by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes, Held in September, 2012. The costumes were innovative and personalized with many of the competitors from the Ukraine, Russia, and Asia. Many of whom are also ballroom competitors. As a result, the costumes were visually striking and elegant.  The trend in costuming is floral with tribal going towards more colorful stylized burlesque (ala Chicago musical). <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">4-2-12<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2012\/04\/02\/carl-sermon-raks-la-2011\/\" class=\"articlelink\">Raqs LA Photos, Page 2: H-Z<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Glendale Civic Auditorium, California, April 16 &amp; 17, 2011, produced by Bellydance Superstars and Miles Copeland<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-15-12<\/span> <span class=\"articlelink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2012\/03\/15\/carl-sermon-photos-raqs-la-2011-page1\">Raqs LA Photos Page 1: A-H<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Glendale Civic Auditorium, California, April 16 &amp; 17, 2011, produced by Bellydance Superstars and Miles Copeland<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">11-4-11 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2011\/11\/04\/carl-sermon-photos-sfba-mecda-2010\/\"><strong>SFBA MECDA Gala Show &amp; Festival 2010<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">Photos by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Produced by the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association, held on November 15, 2010, in the Hillview Community Center in Los Altos, CA <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">5-10-11<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2011\/05\/10\/ahava-ana-raasa-showcase\/\" class=\"articlelink\">Ana Ra&#8217;asa Showcase: Egyptian Bellydance Past &amp; Present<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Ahava, photos by Carl and MaShuqa<\/span><br \/>\n      My purpose for doing this show was to bring Bellydance to the stage. We have such amazing talent in the Bay Area, and I feel that those dancers deserved a stage to showcase such amazing talent.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-4-11<\/span> <a class=\"articlelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2011\/03\/04\/denise-pangia-yaa-halla-2010\/\">Pangia Does Texas: A Warm Howdy!<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Denise Manion, photos by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Carmine Guida (New York) Pat Olson (Californina) and I, are all members of the band, Pangia. In August of 2010, we had the pleasure of teaching workshops and performing  at Yaa Halla, Y&#8217;all!  in Grapevine, of the Dallas\/Fort Worth area of Texas.  It was a distinct delight to have enthusiastic, involved, and engrossed participants in attending our workshops. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\"> 1-30-11 <\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2011\/01\/30\/katherine-carl-north-bay-bellydance-bazaar\/\">Fun TImes at the Third Annual North Bay Belly Dance Bazaar, A Northern California Community Event<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Katherine Goldsby and photos by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Deborah Bennett and TerriAnne Gutierrez co-produced the third North Bay Bellydance Bazaar (NBBB) which was held on September 18 &amp; 19, 2010 at the Sebastopol Community Center in Sonoma County, California.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">9-26-10 <\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/09\/26\/iman-yahalla-2010\/\">A Dancer&#8217;s Perspecitive: 2010 Yaa Halla Y&rsquo;all Belly Dance Competition<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Iman, Photos by Carl Sermon and MsShuqa<\/span><br \/>\n      Yaa Halla Y&rsquo;all is an action-packed, four-day event for all styles of<br \/>\n      Belly dance: Tribal, Alternative, and Cabaret.<\/li>\n<li> <span class=\"articledate\"> 8-12-10 <\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/08\/12\/carl-cario-caravan-2010-page-1\/\">Abdominal Freakish Delights: Aboard The Queen Mary! Photo Report from MECDA&rsquo;s Cairo Caravan 2010, June 4-6, 2010 PAGE 1<\/a> AND <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/08\/12\/carl-cario-caravan-2010-page-2\/\">PAGE 2<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Ma*Shuqa Mira Murjan and Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\n      Staying onboard the ship Queen Mary makes the event special and a unique and amazing experience As you walk the long curved and richly carpeted halls, you realize that you really are aboard a stately ship&ndash;named after a queen&ndash;a ship that once sailed the Atlantic Ocean.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">9-13-08<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art44\/ninafolktours.htm\">Folk Tours 6th Annual Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> Report and Photos by Nina Amaya<\/span><br \/>\nheld at Camp Greenlane in Pennsylvania, May 2008. The authenticity of the camp is amazing. I love Rakkasah and Tribal weekends as much as anyone else, but watching and listening to Arab musicians play Arab music and Turkish musicians play Turkish music, well, that adds a little something! After the nightly shows, the musicians keep playing to the wee hours and the camp dances in the big dining hall until we drop.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">8-19-08 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art43\/medcamp.htm\">The Mendocino Middle Eastern Music &amp; Dance Camp 2008, Part 1<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> report by Sophia &amp; Lynette<\/span><br \/>\nThis morning the classes begin. Dinner and breakfast was quite good! The students on scholarship working the kitchen were cheerful and surprisingly bright eyed after being up so late last night!<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">10-23-07<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art41\/denisetunisiantour.htm\">Khamsa Holidays, A Dance and Culture Camp in Tunisia<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> Report and photos by Denise Leclair<\/span><br \/>\nHow do  you judge a dance trip? Would you go back next year? &#8230;in a heartbeat. Damn  the cost and mercury retrograde and the heat. It was that good! <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">5-5-06<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art35\/ZaqraaFolkTours.htm\"> 2005 Folktours Middle Eastern Music &amp; Dance Camp Pennsylvania<\/a>,<span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Zarqaa, Photos by Sarah Skinner and Carl Miller<\/span>.<br \/>\nLook around and delight in the glory of the dancers and musicians.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-6-05<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art30\/pipercamp.htm\">The Folk Tours Dance &amp; Music Camp Review<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Piper (and baby pics too!) Photos by Carl Miller, May 2004<\/span><br \/>\nOnce upon a time, in far away lands, I performed five shows a night, seven nights a week to great live music. I don&#8217;t miss the wily club owners, late nights, or cigarette smoke, but I do miss the music.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">10-4-04<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/articles27\/artemisfolktoursphotos.htm\">Folktour&#8217;s 2nd Annual Music and Dance Camp<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">Photos by Carl Miller, Report by Mark Balahadia<\/span><br \/>\nPennsylvania, May 2004, Dancers and musicians all over the East Coast (and abroad) came to participate in the four-day oriental dance and music camp. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">8-12-04<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art28\/davidmideastcampphotos.htm\">The Photos &amp; Poetry of David Ludwig<\/a> o<span class=\"articleauthor\">f the Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp in Mendocino in August<\/strong><\/b> 2003<\/span><br \/>\nthere is a time each year, when dancers and musicians gather, in a magic forest, to reconnect , with their creative source&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">12-7-03<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/articles24\/tahyaeastmideastcamp.htm\">Report of the Eastern U.S. Middle Eastern and Balkan Music and Dance Camp <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"articles24\/tahyaeastmideastcamp.htm\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>October 2-5, 2003<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">report by Tahya<\/span><br \/>\nThe camaraderie of a camp &#8211; bunking with strangers who soon become friends, &quot;breaking bread&quot; together, learning new dance steps, songs, and drum rhythms &#8211; has all the ingredients for a treasured experience, and this camp lived up to that potential. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">11-11-03<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/articles24\/medcampphotos.htm\">MORE Photos from The Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp in Mendocino<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by GS staff and friends<\/span><br \/>\nJust the extra photos of our art and faces you know projected into a beautiful natural setting.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">10-13-03<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/articles23\/shelleymedcamp.htm\">The Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp in Mendocino <\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\">by Yasmela<\/span><br \/>\nThere is nothing like immersing yourself in study and in the strange and unique culture of the Middle Eastern music and dance &#8220;scene&#8221;. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page 1 of Photos from Mendocino Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp photos by Carl Sermon posted June 18, 2013 A week long immersion into Middle Eastern music and dance while camping in the Mendocino redwood forest. 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