-Deb Montrose, your B'YACHAD Northwest Coordinator debbirm@aol.com B'YACHAD '17 Recap  By Debbi Montrose The Stampfer Center/home of Camp Solomon Schechter is such a beautiful and idyllic setting for us to dance and schmooze together at B'YACHAD every year; and for sure this could not happen without THOSE OF US THERE (you've heard me say over and over each year!). Having the dance floor so full and running so smoothly has been our "constant" each year; and for sure this also can't be done without our amazing dance leaders too! Thanks again to you all for your camaraderie and devotion to what makes this weekend so wonderful. If you go to the website: portlandisraelidance.com, you'll see a tab for B'YACHAD '17. There you will find a list of the dances with videos we learned at B'YACHAD this year. Thank you Deborah and Donna for putting this together. You can also see PIFD News (sites.google.com/site/pifdnews) for links to B’YACHAD and more. And see the photo album at our Facebook site: Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR. Once again, our amazing PNW session leaders pulled it together for us and helped make dancing so fun and cohesive. I think I danced almost every dance I know and more! Our energy on that floor sure could fill this world with love like from nowhere else! Be well everyone, SHANA TOVA to you, and see you on and off the dance floor soon I hope! -Debbi PS I think the music CD this year is FANTASTIC (as it is every year). Thank you to Ellie and Dianne for putting it together! Check with me if you'd like to purchase more at debbirm@aol.com and I'll have Dianne make more. See photos on Facebook at: B"YACHAD 2017 See dances at portlandisraelidance.com DEBBI MONTROSE, director. debbirm@aol.com Here are the dances taught: B'YACHAD '16. Another great year!  B'YACHAD 2016 held August 26th-28th / Camp Solomon Schechter (Olympia WA) Beautiful venue, old friends & new, perfect weather! Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-in-Portland-OR-384857678264291/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1116325201784198 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201645079165927&set=pcb.10201645080285955&type=3&theater Dances taught: Ma Hen Ha'Milim / Avi Levy Kol Yom (Ani Kan Bishvilech) / Elad Shtamer Inshalla - Michael Barzelai Toda La'Olam - Oren Ashkenazi Ad Eliach P - Avi levy Ze Lo At P - Avi Levy 2016 dance staff:
Idan Porat- Sound engineer extraordinaire! Rachel Stern - Extremely popular Yoga Hour by the lake Cindy Droker - Children's session Esther Oulman Carver - for overseeing just about everything with a smile & many thanks to.... Candy Swan Moshe & Becca Patton . . . did I forget anyone? All of the amazing dancers this year & 3:20 am dance floor survivors! Debbi Montrose/ Camp director - thank you, thank you for all that you do & making this all possible for us! Ellie Morhaime 2015/2016 Dance Program Director See more photos at: ____________ B'YACHAD 2015 - Another great year!!  Photo by Candi Swan. See lots of photos at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.894107620672625.1073741849.384857678264291&type=3¬if_t=like____________ From PortlandIsraelidance.com B’YACHAD NorthwestB’YACHAD NW 2015 is over for this year. We hope you can join us next year. B’YACHAD 2015 was great fun, despite a rather wet beginning. We had the larger wooden floor again. Dancers came from all over the Northwest (Oregon, Washington and British Columbia), California, Nevada and Georgia. Quite a few people brought their families so that they too could enjoy the camp environment. All the dances were taught by local session leaders; Donna Cole, Avi Tayar, Allison Victor (Portland, OR), Esti Livne, Ellie Morhaime, Dianne Casper, Gail Levy (Seattle, WA), and William Harvey (now in southern California, but raised in Portland). Nona Malki (Vancouver, BC) was present, but sadly, could not dance or teach, due to an injury. Still she helped inestimably with making the program entertaining. The dance party on Friday night was amazing! There was so much energy and so many wonderful dances. Everyone had a fabulous time. Thank you, Esti and Donna and Ellie, for such a great evening. Saturday night was more laid back, with plenty of dances from the nostalgia category. Thank you Diane and Allison. And thanks also to all the teachers, for introducing us to some lovely new dances. The food this year was considerably better than last, with plentiful, healthy snacks available throughout the dance sessions. Great leisure time activities were enjoyed by dancers and non-dancers alike. once the skies cleared.
____________ 2015 & 2014 B'YACHAD RECAPS -- See photos on Facebook: Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR  To see all the photos Candi took please go to Facebook "Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR" By Nona Malki, 2014 B'Yachad Northwest, 2014 Israeli Dance Weekend was held this past weekend at Camp Solomon Schechter retreat, near Olympia, Washington. Dancers and families spent a wonderful weekend together at this amazingly beautifully serene and spiritual venue. Old friends & new met to spend a perfect weekend together with perfect weather & plenty of dancing! This camp is directed by Debbi Montrose and thanks to her hard work and lovely vision, B’Yachad was again great and successful! Our 2014 dance staff (teachers/ markidim) Portland: Donna Cole & Avi Tayar Seattle: Dianne Casper, Ellie Morhaime, Esti Livni & Gail Levy Vancouver: Nona Malki New Jersey: Special Guest: Mitch Ginsburgh See photos on Facebook "Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR" ____________________  Dancers at the B'YACHAD Northwest '13, gather for a group photo.
 See pictures of B'YACHAD Northwest 2013 on Facebook. Facebook: Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR. Click on Photos and also Albums. From Debbi: B'YACHAD Northwest 2013, Pacific Northwest's Israeli Dance Retreat for Intermediate/Advanced Dancers, just completed its 13th retreat August 16-18, at The Stampfer Center/Camp Solomon Schechter in Tumwater/Olympia, Washington. The facility is a little piece of heaven on earth, and to the 65+ dancers/session leaders/family and friends who attended: you too helped make it the "best on earth" to me! Thank you to Ellie, Dianne, Donna, Avi, Esti, Allison, William and Cindy D., all who helped to run and teach at sessions throughout the weekend, and of course Rachel with 30 yogi's this year, and to Dorice for helping to bring the "Bar Mitzvah" feeling to us this year! Thank you's also go to Frank, Zach and the camp staff for readying the camp and feeding us all weekend, and again to all us dancers for bringing the best of camaraderie and dance to this incredible location. Happy dancing, and a wonderful New Year to you all! From Ellie: Beautiful venue, old friends & new, perfect weather lots of dancers & plenty of dancing! From Allison: Israeli dance weekend! B'Yachad at beautiful camp setting! Canoeing in water lily accented lake and fabulous dancing! Our 13th year! B’YACHAD Northwest 2012 and other past years . . . See Facebook page for tons of pictures! Israeli Folk Dancing in Portland, OR. |
