Ti Ti Tábor 2012 Teachers
Dance 2012 —
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We are extremely pleased to welcome back
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“Cimbi”
started dancing at age 9
with an amateur ensemble in Ajka near his hometown of Devecser in western Hungary,
and by his early twenties was artistic director of the group.
He has worked with many performing groups and has taught widely throughout Hungary.
He is a 1997 recipient of the “Young Master of Folk Art”
and has received the highest solo dance honor of three “Golden Spur”
awards (in 1997, 1999, and 2001), which makes him a “Perpetual Golden Spur” winner.
danced and studied with various dance groups in Ajka in western Hungary,
was the women's leader in the Apte Dance Ensemble,
and is the recipient of the Sirítő award for solo dancing.
She is currently an active dancer and student in the folkdance instructor program
at the Hungarian Dance Academy.
She is a resident of Kiscsősz and teaches several children's groups there,
and travels the world teaching with her husband, Cimbi.
Singing and Children’s Program 2012 —
will return to Ti Ti Tábor 2012
for her eleventh year.
She is a professional singer and certified
teacher of Hungarian folk singing.
She instructs at the teachers’ training college
in Nyíregyháza and at local middle schools.
is lead vocalist in the Karikás Ensemble
and finds time to direct two singing groups,
as well as be guest vocalist on various folk recordings.
Instruments 2012 — Dűvő Együttes
We are delighted to welcome Dűvő back to their sixteenth straight year as our music instructors and táncház band! Their skill as teachers and musicians, combined with their humor and playfulness has endeared them to campers. Dűvő has taught music at folk camps throughout Europe and are a favorite at folk festivals in Hungary. They play a vast repertoire from all ethnic groups of the Carpathian basin and Felvidék area, have earned the “Young Master of Folk Arts” in 1983, are the accompanying band for the Nógrád Dance Ensemble, and have played for many recent Western Canadian Hungarian Festivals. Dűvő has released at least nine major recordings as well as numerous teaching recordings.
- Dénes Hrúz (second from left) plays violin, duda and ütögardon, and is well known for his amazing singing.
- Szabolcs Hrúz (left) plays violin, kontra and koboz.
- Zsolt Nagy (second from right) plays clarinet, kontra and furulya.
- Albert Mohácsy (right) plays bass, koboz, and ütögardon.
Zsolt and Albert (Berci) joined the band in 2008 and came to their first TTT in 2009, but are well known to listeners of Hungarian folk music for their many years of playing together in Méta.
Instruction will be available on all of the above-mentioned instruments.
More information on Dűvő, including many pictures and Dénes’ blog, can be found on their web page at www.duvo.hu