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:

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The following members of the HFAA are volunteers who further the efforts of the organization. (Updated as of July, 2021.)

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

2021-2022 Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Patrice George (New York), Bevan Wulfenstein (Utah); David Boyden (alternate) (California) - adultstudent@hfaa.org

2021-2022 Audit Committee: Lane Foster Harrell (Texas), Steven Petersen (Minnesota) - auditors@hfaa.org

2021-2022 Balchen/Hegge/Skjervheim Hardingfele Scholarship Committee: Georgia Beatty (New York), Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Jonathan Een Newton (District of Columbia) - scholarships@hfaa.org

2021-2022 Harold K. Sersland Young Dancer Scholarship Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Harriet Gerber (Maryland), Greg Winz (Wisconsin) - youngdancer@hfaa.org

2021-2022 Nominating Committee: Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Karen Odden (Minnesota), Carol Sersland (Minnesota)

2021-2022 Workshop Committee Chair: Catherine Springer (New Jersey) (phone 612-568-7448) - workshopchair@hfaa.org

2021-2022 Young Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: David Boyden (California), Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Kathleen Thomson (New York) - 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, 2021-2022: Loretta Kelley (Maryland) - president@hfaa.org

Vice President, 2021-2022: Vilde Aaslid (Rhode Island) - vicepresident@hfaa.org

Secretary, 2021-2022: Eden Ehm (Iowa) - secretary@hfaa.org

Treasurer, 2021-2022: Arna Desser (Oslo, Norway) - treasurer@hfaa.org

Board Member, 2019-2022: Barbara Kringstad (Rhode Island) - bkringstad at hotmail dot com

Board Member, 2019-2022: Bevan Wulfenstein (Utah) - bevan at hardingfele dot com

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