Balkan Music &
Dance Workshops

Every summer the EEFC presents two week-long workshops. Follow the links below to read all about them!

June 26-July 3, 2027
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Dates TBD
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Current Donors

Thank you!

2026 Donors

Contributor list updated as of September 10, 2026. Our 2026 drive has brought in $76,093 — which includes $53,362 in general donations and monthly sustaining contributions, $21,051 for our Kef Scholarship Fund, and $2680 for our Nest Egg Endowment Fund.

Please consider donating to EEFC today.

Donations of any size are always welcome!

Bands, Choruses & Dance Groups

Humboldt Folk Dancers (Arcata, CA)
Luk Na Glavata (DC Metro Area)
Planina Songs of Eastern Europe (Denver, CO)
Razzmatazz Folk Dance Club (Santa Rosa, CA)
Tuesday Night Revival Balkan Dancing (Waltham, MA)

Individual, Family & Sustaining Contributors

(monthly sustaining contributors marked with an asterisk)

Mitchell Allen
Timothy Allen
Sylvia Altschuler
Abigail Alwin
Evgenia Angelova
Jana Filcich Ashbrook
Chloe Athanasopoulos
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Annie Bachar
Kostadin Balkanski
Judy Barlas
Richard Bass
Julia Begley-Gray
John Bendix, in memory of Jane Bendix
Michelle Benoit
Gail Berlin
Frederick Bialy
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg*
Irene Blanchard*
Carol Bloom
Barbara & Joseph Blumenthal
Leslie Boden & Jerry Kisslinger*
Susan Bolotin
Camellia Boutros
Steve Boyer
Paul Brown
Jeanne Busch
Nancy Butowski
Eliza Cantwell
Priscilla Carlson
Lou Carrig
Christopher Castelle
Sandra Cherin & Michael Gage
Morgan Clark
Steven Clarke
Jeanne & Ralph Clifford
Bruce Cochran
Debra Cohen
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin*
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman
Lorraine (Ilana) Cohn, in memory of my mom, who wanted me to keep dancing
Stephen Collins
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson*
Teymour & Susan Darkhosh
Frank David
Naomi Segal Deitz, in memory of Judith Schrier and Marianne Taylor
Susan Cohen DeStefano*
E. John Doubt
Marian Eines
Rachel Birtha Eitches
Jordan Ellison
Brad & Ashley Emmett
Gabriela Enescu
Joanne Erde
Chris Erway
Rima Fand
Matthew Fass
Polly Tapia Ferber
Sarah Ferholt*
Melinda Fields
Jeffrey Fine
Sylvia Fine
Sheldon Finver & Dee Albert
Mark Forry
Kathy Fors
Catherine Foster*
Rosanne Fox
Joseph Friedman
AnnaMarie Fritschi
Ellie & Ilya Ganelin
Brent Geary
Gaelen Genetti
Ken Genetti
Erica George*
Sarada George
Ira Gessel
Stoyan Getsov
Cora Gherga
Sarah Gilberg
Elaine Gilbert, in memory of Edward Gilbert
Eleanor Gjelsten
Anna Goldberg
Henry Goldberg
Melanie Goldberg
Barbara Golding
Eva Goldwater
Barbara Gottfried
Rima Grad
Lynne Graham & Bryn Hammarstrom
Wade Gray
Linda Griggs
Sharon Grodin
Steven Gruverman
Thea Hambright, in honor of Ethel Raim & Catherine Foster
Emerson Hawley
Glynis Hawley
Susan Hatlevig*
Jo Farb Hernandez
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins*
Peter Hess
Camille Holmes
Shira Hopson
Caleb Horvath
Stasha Hughes
Lanita Hyatt
Dawn Imada
Brook Indries*
Morty Isaacson
Pat Iverson
Ralph Iverson
Elanor James
Emily Jarrett Hughes
Jill Johnson
Nicole Johnson
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Lea Anne Kangas
Carole Kantor
Hannah Kates
Nina Kavardjikova
John Keem
Solange Kellermann
Bill King
Monica Kirkland
Karen Klevanosky
Ralph & Chanpen Knag
Judy Kogod
Ayla Kol
Katy Kondrat*
Dr. Chris Kostek
Marlis Kraft
Hinda Kriegel
Noel Kropf*
Sheila Krstevski
Rick Kruse
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer
Michael Leach
Sonne Lemke
Roberta Levine
Nada Lewis
Roberta Lighty
Sara Lindberg
Sonia Lipson
James Little
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner
Rachel MacFarlane
Barbara MacLean
Jim Madigan*
Linnea Mandell & Craig Kurumada
Alex Marković*
Kathy Maron-Wood
Helen Marx
Nancy McGhee & Clayton Newman
Jim & Nancy McGill
Amy Mills*
Betsy Moore
Matt Moran
Kathleen Mratinich
Fanche Nastev
Judy Newland
Clayton Newman & Nancy McGhee
Emese O’Donnell
Craig Packard
Laura Pannaman
Ann Partlow
Holly Plotner
Janet Pollock
Martin L. Proudfoot
Lara J. Ramborger
Susan Reagel
Chris Rietz & Deb Huxtable
Suzanne Rizer*
Thorn Roby
Sanna Rosengren
Eva Salina
Owen & Barbara Saxton
Betsy Schiavone
Daniel Schleifer & Johanna Walczak
Rick Schultz & Christine Montross
Bob Schulz
Leslie Scott
Marjorie Selden
Jenette Sellin
Julia Sewell
Mary Beth Shaw
Wendy & Doug Shearer*
David Shochat & Gini Rogers
Lisa Shochat & Len Newman
Carol Silverman & Mark Levy
Sharon Simkin
Jonathan Skinner
Lewis R. Smith & Melissa Miller
Marilyn Smith
Matthew Smith & Melinda Hunt
Jeffrey Sonis
Carolyn Spier
Cathie Springer
Danny Staveris
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Michael Sternberg & Linda Mansdorf
Ilana Stoelting
Jane Sugarman
Debby Szajnberg*
Sarah Talbot
MaryAnn Downs Tanaka
Radka & Ulf Temnitzer
Petar & Josie Teodosijev
Ben Thomas
Dina Trageser
Randy Trigg
Barbara & John Uhlemann
Annemoon van Erp
Flora van Wormer
Jennifer Vanora
Amita Vempati
Ruth Viera
Johanna Walczak
Deborah Weinreich
Denis & Anne White
Frances Wieloch
Scott Wilson & Leni Cohen
Shana Winokur, in memory of Yves Moreau
Mary Wolff
Merideth Wright & Fred Emigh*
Loretta M. Yam
Danilo Yanich
Janet Yeracaris
Eleni Zaharopoulos
and five anonymous donors

 

Please report any corrections or omissions to office@eefc.org.
THANK YOU!
 

2025 Donors

Contributor list updated as of September 30, 2025. Our 2025 drive brought in $79,157 — which includes $54,572 in general donations and monthly sustaining contributions, and $20,979 for our Kef Scholarship Fund, $3,100 for the Nest Egg Endowment Fund, and $500 for for our special East Coast Children’s Program Fund.

Bands, Choruses & Dance Groups

Chubritza International Folk Band (Arcata, CA)
Gradina Folk Ensemble (Sebastopol, CA)
Intemperance Collective (Madison, WI)
Planina Songs of Eastern Europe (Denver, CO)
Tuesday Night Revival Balkan Dancing (Waltham, MA)

Individual, Family & Sustaining Contributors

(monthly sustaining contributors marked with an asterisk)

Douglas Allen
Kathie Allen
Abigail Alwin
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Martha Awdziewicz & Dennis Weis
Nancy Bannister
Judy Barlas
Norman Bates
John Bendix, in memory of Jane Bendix
Mara Bennett
Michele Benoit
Fran Berge
Gail Berlin
Frederick Bialy
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg*
Belle Birchfield, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Irene Blanchard*
Barbara & Joe Blumenthal
Marion Blumenthal
Leslie Boden & Jerry Kisslinger*
Carol Bloom
Joseph Blumenthal
Susan Bolotin
Jessica Bondy
David Brock
Dean Brown & Dee Ramee
Paul Brown
Joel Bruxvoort
Melissa Bryden
Sam Buchieri
Jeanne Busch
Nancy Butowski
Priscilla Carlson
Christopher Castelle
Donna Clark
Morgan Clark
Jeanne Clifford, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Joyce Clyde, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Rena Cochlin
Bruce Cochran
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin*
Leni Cohen & Scott Wilson
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman*
Lorraine Cohn, in memory of Beverly Friedman
Steve Collins*
Olivier Conan
Sonia Connolly
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson
Jo Ann Crawford
Logan Daniel
Joyce Desaussure
Naomi Segal Dietz, in honor of Mandala
Pascal Diez
Dossev & Weiner Families
Darina Drapkin
Elyse Dubin
Marchette DuBois
Colin Dunphy
Marlene Dworkin
Karen Eckhart
Marian Eines
Rachel Birtha Eitches
Jordan Ellison
Brad & Ashley Emmett
Sheila Ewall
Rima Fand & Greg Squared
Lila Feingold
Sarah Ferholt*
John & Gunila Feroe
Melinda Fields
Mark Forry
Catherine Foster
Rosanne Fox
Susan Frank
Ellie & Ilya Ganelin
Ken Genetti
Erica George*
Sarada George
Ira Gessel
Anna Goldberg
Henry Goldberg
Melanie Goldberg
Barbara Golding
Eva & Gene Goldwater
Barbara Gottfried*
Rima Grad
Michael Graham, Abigail Snyder, Antanas & Clayton McMullen, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Linda Green
Leslie Griffin
Sharon Grodin
Steven Gruverman
Thea Hambright, in honor of Michael Ginsburg & Cathie Springer
Bryn Hammarstrom & Lynne Graham
Karen Hammer
Joan Hantman, in memory of Bora Özkök, Moshe Eshayo, Atanas Kolarovski & Yves Moreau
Susan Hatlevig*
Emerson Hawley
Glynis Hawley, in memory of Andy Kacsmar
Jo Hernandez
Linda & Jay Herson
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins*
Frances G. Hoenigswald
Camille Holmes
Vita Hollander
Shirah Hopson
Susan Hovorka
Stasha Hughes
Melinda Hunt & Matt Smith
Lanita Hyatt
Dawn Imada
Arlene Imagawa & Mark Jenkins
Morty Isaacson
Pat Iverson
Emily Jarrett Hughes
Jill Johnson
Nicole Johnson
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Kitty Kagay
Lea Anne & Tom Kangas
Jane Katz & Dan Mullen
Nina Kavardjikova
Alice Kazin
John Keem
Solange Kellermann, in memory of Corinna Snyder
Bette Kelley
William & Judy Keswick, in honor of Dick Crum Tapestry (John Filcich to Linnea Mandell to Chico World Dancers)
Jori Ketten & Chris Erway
Monica Kirkland, in memory of good times at camp!
Karen Klevanosky
Ralph & Chanpen Knag
Katy Kondrat
Dr. Christine Kostek
Marlis Kraft
Hinda Kriegel
Noel Kropf
Sheila Krstevski
Rick Kruse
Craig Kurumada
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer
Thos Lankston
Michael Lawson
Michael Leach
Sonne Lemke
Jan Letowski, in honor of Nancy McGill
Roberta Levine
Michele Levy, in memory of years of wonderful dancing!
Roberta Lighty
Sonia Lipson, in honor of Ralph and Melinda of the Woodshed
Jim Little
George Long, in memory of Vassil Bebelekov
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner
Everett Lunsford
Rachel MacFarlane
Barbara MacLean
Jim Madigan*
Linnea Mandell
Linda Mansdorf & Michael Sternberg
Alex Marković & Cristina Ocon
Kathy Maron-Wood
Helen Marx
Nelson Max
Katia McClain, in memory of Dick Crum
Elizabeth McIlroy
Eileen Menteer
Amy Mills*
Elizabeth (Betsy) Moore
Mary Most
Matt Moran
Kathleen Mratinich
Hilary Musaji
Judy Newland
Clayton Newman & Nancy McGhee
Craig Packard & Joan Dubinsky, in memory of Mile Kolarov
Laura Pannaman, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Ann Partlow
Rob Pleshar
Holly Plotner
Janet Pollock
Ariadne Helen Prater
Gary Prince
Mary Proudfoot
Maclovia Quintana & Adam Waite
Susan Reagel
Polly Reetz, in memory of Debby Bowinski
Elizabeth Reid
Chris Rietz & Deb Huxtable
Sara Rigler
Suzanne Rizer
Victor Robin, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Jason Rosenman
Nancy Ruyter
Eva Salina, in memory of Corinna Snyder
Mary Ann Saussotte
Owen & Barbara Saxton
Daniel Schleifer & Johanna Walczak
Robert Schulz
Rich Schultz & Christine Montross
Leslie Scott
Dan Seamans
Marjorie & Bill Selden
Evin Sellin
Wendy & Doug Shearer*
David Shochat
Lisa Shochat
Peter Sieck
Bonnie Silver
Michele Simon & Jeff Garaventa
Lewis R. Smith & Melissa Miller
Marilyn Smith
Max Spitzer
Catherine Springer, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Patricia Stenton
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Stacey Sternberg
Aaron Strelnikoff
Stuart Family
Jane Sugarman
Olivia Sumich
Howard Susser
Teri Sykes
Debby Szajnberg*
Sarah Tanzer Talbot
Mary Ann Downs Tanaka
Demetri Tashie
Radka & Ulf Temnitzer
Josephine Teodosijeva
Ben Thomas
Carol Toffaleti
Jan Tominaga
Randy Trigg
Yuma Uesaka
Carmen D. Valentino
Annemoon van Erp
Flora, Heshel & Zusya van Wormer
Kristina Vaškys
Ruth Viera
Sandy Ward & Ken Harstine
Sandy Ward, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Frances Wieloch
Mary Wolff
Patrick Yacono
Loretta M. Yam
Danilo Yanich & Rosemarie Paolinelli, in memory of Mary & Ben Yanich
 

and two anonymous donors