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Bogdan and Celtic Fusion at Lol Ha, November 3, 2011
On Thursday, October 3, Akumal was treated to a rare evening of
delicious entertainment, as Bogdan Djukic had three of his friends and fellow
musicians
from
Canada in town to play their Celtic Fusion music at the Lol Ha Beach Bar.
Accompanying Bogdan
were
Shane Cook, Jake Charron, and Stephanie Codman. Bogdan Djukic heads up
Arpason every Thursday evening (in season) in the Lol Ha restaurant; watch
Arpason on YouTube.
Born and raised in Yugoslavia, Bogdan Djukic studied at
the Music Academy of Belgrade where he won first prize in three national violin
championships. After receiving a grant to study music in Canada, Bogdan moved
there permanently in 1999. He has studied classical violin performance on
scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Music
Shane Cook "rates
at the top of the short list of the finest fiddlers
in the world today," says the Canadian Fiddlers'
Hall of Fame. His adventurous playing encompasses an array of fiddle styles,
earning him an ECMA for his latest record and multiple Canadian Open and US
Grand National fiddle titles. Still in his twenties, Shane has toured
extensively across North America as well as Germany, England, China and Taiwan.
Jake Charron is
continuing to build a reputation as one of Canada’s finest accompanists for
fiddle music. He has become a much sought-after musician for traditional
styles, playing piano and guitar with artists across Canada and the United
States. Jake graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in
Kinesiology.
Stephanie Cadman has been performing since the age of four, delighting
audiences with her top-notch Celtic fiddling and dazzling footwork. She appeared
as a lead in the musical Swingstep, combining her considerable talents as actor,
dancer, singer and fiddler. She then went on to perform in the Mirvish Celtic
review Needfire, with the Broadway National Tour of 42nd Street, and was with
Anne of Green Gables and Canada Rocks at the Charlottetown Festival. When
Stephanie is not on the road with Bowfire she tours with the Celtic dance show
The StepCrew and with her own band Celtic Blaze. As a dancer and
choreographer, Stephanie is accomplished in tap, Celtic stepdancing, ballet and
jazz. At the age of 17 Stephanie won the top female tap dancer at the
World Tap Dance Championships in Germany and has won three Canadian stepdancing
titles. She has appeared as a dance soloist and Celtic fiddler with the
National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Edmonton, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Seattle
and Portland Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Kennedy Center's National
Symphony Orchestra.
Needless to say, there
was a good turn out for both shows, and a good time was had by all.
Thanks, Laura.
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Bogdan has extensive performance experience in Classical music, Klezmer, Latin and Eastern European folk music. |
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Shane Cook performs regularly with several ensembles including his own groups, When Here Meets There and the PBS hit, Bowfire.
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Jake Charron has been travelling and performing with several fiddle icons including Shane Cook, Troy MacGillivray, and Irish-American fiddler Liz Carr |
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Stephanie Codman has participated in a Canadian Forces show-tour where she performed for the troops at several bases in the Middle East
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And, here they are in Akumal!! |
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There is some real toe tapping music there. |
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Stephanie and Bogdan got it going. |
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"Yeah, we got it going now." |
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Now, Stephanie is really kicking up her heels. |
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Arpason, with Bogdan, plays every Thursday evening in the Lol Ha Restaurant, in season. |
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