Welcome to the 54th annual
San Antonio Folk Dance Festival
March 16-18, 2012

Yves Moreau lives in Montreal and is recognized as one of North America's foremost exponents of Bulgarian dance and folklore. He has travelled to Bulgaria almost annually between 1966 and 1986 to research dance and to record music. He has also lectured and conducted workshops throughout North America as well as on numerous occasions in countries all over the world.

From 1972 to 1988, Yves was director of Les Gens de Mon Pays, a widely-touring Montreal-based folk ensemble specializing in Bulgarian and French Canadian folklore. From 1986 to 2000, he was the coordinator of FCI's annual Heritage International folklore workshop in Quebec and Ontario. He has also choreographed several stage suites of Bulgarian and French-Canadian material for professional and amateur performing groups worldwide.

Yves teaches mostly non-choreographed village material collected during his many field trips. A special emphasis is put on regional styles and background information. Above all, Yves wants to share his love for Bulgarian folklore and communicate the fun of dancing.

George A. Fogg was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and began English dancing with the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Inc. In 1968, when the leader and principle teacher retired, the Appalachian Mountain Club's Country Dance Society "Cardigan Dance/Hiking Weekend" needed another teacher/leader. George was selected and has been teaching English Country Dance ever since. For his years of service to the organization, he was made a "Life Member" of the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Inc.

In 1968, with Ms. Joe Ray, he started the South Weymouth English Country Dance Group in Weymouth, Mass. George says, "It was out of this group I was able to present my first George Washington's Birthday Ball in 1984." He has continued presenting the ball ever since. He is also well known as a regular at the Mainewoods Dance Camp.

He has been the Dancing Master at the Hartford Playford Ball in Hartford, Connecticut, Sudbury Militia Balls at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass., and the Billerica Colonial Minutemen, Billerica, Mass. He holds membership in several dance organizations, including the Country Dance and Song Society of America (CDSSA), Country Dance Society (CDS), English Folk Dance & Song Society (London, England), New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA), Pinewoods Morris Men (PMM), and Black Joker Morris Men. He has produced nearly forty Christmas Country Dance Balls and George Washington Birthday Balls. George has been on hundreds of Morris tours, including England with the PMM and Black Jokers.

George has published several folk dance-related books (and has several works in progress), including:

• Co-author of A Choice Collection of Country Dances , etc. Dublin Printed & Sold by John & William Neal in Christ Chrch Yard. (c. 1726) (commonly referred to as the "Neal Book")
• Co-author of Country Dances from Colonial New York, James Alexander's Notebook, 1730

For additional information about George, please click on Dick Oakes' Phantom Ranch web site. These bio notes and photo were borrowed from Dick with his permission.

Ira Weisburd has been teaching and choreographing folk and line dances for more than 30 years. He is especially known for his Latin-style line dances, and has made his mark on the world of Israeli folk dancing through his own dances and through collaborations with well-known Israeli choreographers. Ira gives workshops throughout the USA and recently embarked on a world tour with workshops in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.