Contact Us

Please feel free to contact any of the following with any questions you may have related to the HFAA and/or Norwegian folk music and dance traditions. For general information questions, send us email at info@hfaa.org. Or you can contact us by regular mail or by telephone at:

You may communicate with the HFAA and with other HFAA fans by joining our Facebook group, click here to join.

The following members of the HFAA are volunteers who further the efforts of the organization. (Updated as of July, 2022.)

Membership: Ross Schipper (Queensland, Australia) - membership@hfaa.org

Merchandise: Karen Rebholz (Wisconsin) - merchandise@hfaa.org

Sound Post: Catherine Springer (New Jersey) - soundpost@hfaa.org

Web Content Editor: Karin Code (Michigan) - webeditor@hfaa.org

Workshop Committee Chair: Catherine Springer (New Jersey) (phone 612-568-7448) - workshopchair@hfaa.org

Committees:

2022-2023 Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Patrice George (New York), Bevan Wulfenstein (Utah); Sarah Pradt (alternate) (Minnesota) - adultstudent@hfaa.org

2022-2023 Audit Committee: Alison Wallace (Minnesota), Steven Petersen (Minnesota) - auditors@hfaa.org

2022-2023 Balchen/Hegge/Skjervheim Hardingfele Scholarship Committee: Mira Dickey (Texas), Rachel Ulvin Jensen (Minnesota), Bevan Wulfenstein (Utah); Maggie Gerty (alternate) (Minnesota) - scholarships@hfaa.org

2022-2023 Harold K. Sersland Young Dancer Scholarship Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Harriet Gerber (Maryland), Greg Winz (Wisconsin) - youngdancer@hfaa.org

2022-2023 Nominating Committee: Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Karen Odden (Minnesota), TBD

2022-2023 Young Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Laura Hummel (Maryland); Kari Tauring (alternate) (Minnesota) - youngstudent@hfaa.org

The following members of the HFAA have been elected to serve as officers and as members of the Board of Directors for the current term. Officers are elected to one-year terms and may be elected multiple times. Board members are elected to three-year terms and may be elected multiple times. Terms run from July to July. (Updated as of July, 2021.)

President, 2022-2023: Loretta Kelley (Maryland) - president@hfaa.org

Vice President, 2022-2023: Vilde Aaslid (Rhode Island) - vicepresident@hfaa.org

Secretary, 2022-2023: Eden Ehm (Iowa) - secretary@hfaa.org

Treasurer, 2022-2023: Arna Desser (Oslo, Norway) - treasurer@hfaa.org

Board Member, 2020-2023: David Boyden (California) - dboyden1 at gmail dot com

Board Member, 2020-2023: Steven Petersen (Minnesota) - pete5315 at gmail dot com

Board Member, 2021-2024: Kitty Kagay (Massachusetts) - kagay dot hfaa at yahoo dot com

Board Member, 2021-2024: Jennifer Turbes (Vermont) - jennifer at jeturbes dot com

Board Member, 2022-2025: Eric Gjøvaag (California) - egjovaag at gmail dot com

Board Member, 2022-2025: Barbara Kringstad (Rhode Island) - bkringstad at hotmail dot com