Kathy Delumpa
Allegri is a plein air artist and instructor since 1992 and paints
on location in Provence, on Hawaii, throughout mainland US and Canada.
She has a Bachelor of Science in Art from Colorado State University
(Pueblo), is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and Portland
Plein Air Painters and is represented by White Bird Gallery in Cannon
Beach. A native of the Phillipines, she embraces her island roots with
He Makana O Aloha Hula Halau and Teatro Bagong Silangan (Theatre of
the New East).
Christen Allsop
has studied and practiced yoga for twenty years and has taught for the
past ten. Her practice is influenced by lyengar yoga and Vinyasa Flow.
Dr. Maureen Becker
graduated as a Naturopathic Physician in 1981 and as an Acupuncturist
in 1989. She completed a residency in Childbirth and Family Practice,
went on to teach gynecology and obstetrical courses as an associate
professor at NCNM. She currently has a primary care practice in Portland
and is a provider for the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program,
and the Wise Women program providing screening for low income women.
She integrates her natural medicine skills with modern scientific research.
Michael Burgess
is an author, columnist and award-winning journalist who also teaches
writing at Tillamook Bay Community College.
Daryl Karunakar
Eigen, Ph.D., RYT-500 and Lucy Jeevani Eigen, MA, RYT-500 bring
a combined 25 years of training, study and teaching to their enthusiastic
classes and workshops. They have studied classical yoga extensively
in the U.S., Asia and India with master yogis and senior teachers. Lucy
is also an advanced certified craniosacral therapist and Daryl is a
volunteer teacher for Living Yoga in Portland.
William Eldridge,
PhD is a retired existential psychotherapist and social work professor
(Ohio State University) with 40 years experience teaching, consulting,
researching and writing about various dynamics of human growth, development,
self-actualized living, psycho-emotional harmony and balance, inspirational
living and healthy communities. He was the founder of the Center for
Peace Studies and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio.
John Fraser has
been a computer consultant for over 20 years in the CB area and worked
with the Small Business Administration to assist startup groups with
individualized data systems.
Rich Hedlund
is a therapist specializing in individual, couple and family counseling
as well as life transitions.
David Kinhan
studied painting and art history at PSU. His work has been exhibited
many times, most recently at the Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery.
Jennifer Myers,
an Oregon Coast native, was introduced to yoga in 1987 at Portland State
University and completed a year-long anusara yoga teacher training with
Sarahjoy Marsh in 2004. She has been teaching yoga for twelve years.
Nadine Nordquist
has thirty years experience teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical and
tap and has trained in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and at the
American Ballet Theatre in New York. She has owned and directed several
dance schools in the Northwest.
Katrina Repka
is a London based yoga master, author and teacher. She is a student
of Yoga Master Alan Finger (NY) and is influenced by the ISHTA tradition,
a blend of hatha, tantra and ayurved. She has led numerous workshops
and retreats worldwide and is the co-author of two books: Chakra Yoga
and Breathing Space and Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman.
Peter Spud
Siegel is a well known and highly regarded mandolin player whose
current group, the Floating Glass Balls, is the house band for Bills
Tavern in Cannon Beach and performs throughout the region.
Susan Simon
has studied at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and Pacific NW College
of Art, exhibited at the Whitebird Gallery and Cannon Beach Arts Association,
and taught at Clatsop Community College. She has practiced encaustic
painting for eight years.
Alisha Smith
began her career in 1998, conducting group fitness classes and providing
personal fitness training. Over the past ten years, she has held several
fitness certifications including Apex, Nautilus and the National Academy
of Sports Medicine.
Melissa Thornton
has a degree in International Studies and has lived in Mexico.
Richard Thomasian,
aka Richard T., a guitarist/vocalist of 45 years, plays several styles
of music but specializes in jazz. He has performed professionally in
the San Francisco Bay Area for 18 years and all over Oregon and Washington
for 10 years. He currently leads 2 different trios, Swing Cats and The
Thomasian Trio, and does solo work on and around the North Coast.
Lorain Trzyna
has a degree in music education (choral and instrumental) from Illinois
State and performed graduate work at Cardinal Stritch University. She
has taught general music, piano and voice since 1989.
Glynis Valenti
is a commercial photographer with a degree in communications/journalism.
She has taught for parks & recreation programs and the juvenile
justice system.
Dick Weissman
has written 18 books about music and the music industry, has recorded
for numerous major and minor labels, had a song on last season's NBC
TV show My Name Is Earl, and has music on the Biography Channel and
on BBC TV. He has written over a hundred recorded songs and instumental
pieces. He has performed as a soloist and in the band The Journeymen
throughout North America, and has taught workshops about music and the
music business at the University of Colorado at Denver, Portland Community
College, Clatsop Community College, and for the Puget Sound Songwriters,
the Portland Songwriters Association and the West Coast Songwriters.