TAB L E OF CONT E NT S

National Team of Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Site-Specific Dance as an Art Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Our Specific Site: The Entire River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
History of this Local Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Local Site Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
This Evenings Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Music and Dance Unique to Your Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
All-Site Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
All-Site Dancing to Original Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Site map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Poem by P. Trainor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Call to Action & Stewardship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Local Environmental Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
Environmental River Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
Itasca Site Performers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20
Local Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Poem - Untitled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the Local Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Acknowledgements: One River Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Donor Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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ONE RI VE R MI S S I S S I P P I NAT I ONAL TE AM OF ART I S T S
Artistic Director Marylee Hardenbergh has been creating large outdoor site-specific perform-
ances for twenty-five years, in such sites as wastewater treatment plants, aerial lift bridges,
library windows, and a clock tower on the Volga in Russia. She has been named Artist of the
Year twice and received numerous grants and fellowship awards, including the National
Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight and Soros Foundations. She has been creating site-
specific dances on the Mississippi River at Minneapolis historic milling district for over 20
years.
Project Director Jana Larson is an artist, filmmaker and independent producer who loves to
dance. She assisted Marylee in carrying out the vision of this project. Look for her documen-
tary about the One River Mississippi project this fall.
Composer Lee Blaske is in continual demand as an arranger and composer for television/radio
commercials, industrial shows, and for recording projects of all kinds. He composed the music
that is heard at all the sites.
Environmental Consultant Tracy Fredin is the Director of Hamline Universitys Center for
Global Environmental Education.
Web Designer Nicky Hardenbergh also designed the newsletters.
Sound Consultant Don Schraufnagel, at UMDs Weber Music Hall, advised on The Chord.
Graphic Designer Corey Sevett designed the postcard and program.
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S I T E S P E CI F I C DANCE AS AN ART FOR M
Site-specific dance is created for one site only. The music, the costumes, and the moves flow
together for a particular setting on the Earth. The dance cannot be put on stage, and it cannot
be performed at other places. When performed at the outdoor site, the dance offers the audi-
ence a deeper connection with the place. The dance makes the site come alive and look new in
the viewers eyes. In its purest form, local artists and community members perform it free,
open to the public.
History: The concept extends back to the origins of religion, when early humans performed
dances outdoors at specific sites associated with specific deities. In this century, using specific
sites to inform the dance itself has grown slowly. Rudolf Laban, in his writing and thinking on
space harmony, suggested that aligned harmonious sequences of movement might have meta-
physical effects, physically and energetically shaping the space around it.
During the 1970s, well before the concept of site-specific dance came into the mind of
Marylee Hardenbergh, the artistic director of One River Mississippi, she studied with Irmgard
Bartenieff (a pupil of Laban), and learned about Space Harmony. Bartenieff created Movement
Choirs in which Marylee danced. These sparked her thought of 5000 people dancing together,
a thought realized in One River Mississippi.
The creation: Marylee describes how she choreographs a dance, first taking in the site. She
will sit at that point on the Earth and allow the site to unfold itself to her. For thirty days
straight, she visits at different times of the day, in all weathers, sitting and looking. The ele-
ments she notes become the elements of the dance. For example, if roller-bladers come by, the
dance includes roller-bladers. If Marylee sees kayakers, she will employ kayakers.
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THE ENT I R E MI S S I S S I P P I RI VE R HOS T S
OUR S I T E - S P E CI F I C PE R F OR MANCE
The Mississippi River is the arterial flow of this continent. It
runs for over 2,300 miles. Its width ranges from 20 feet at the
beginning to 4 miles at its widest expansion. Its depth varies from
three feet to 200 feet. Sixty percent of all North American birds
(326 species) use this basin as their flyway; 60 percent of all grain
exported from the U.S. is shipped from its ports. The river carries
an average of 436,000 tons of sediment per day. A raindrop from
Lake Itasca takes about 90 days to arrive at the Gulf of Mexico. The
area of land that drains in to the river covers more than 35 states and
two provinces.
Dating back thousands of years to the first American Indians in
the area, humans have always used the Mississippi River and its
tributaries as major transportation routes. From the Mississippi River a boat can access over
half of the United States. Today, one river tow pulling fifteen barges of a commodity has the
same carrying capacity as two and a quarter freight trains or 900 trucks.
I am a living river. I am both the flowing current and the silent
riverbed. I am ancient, yet always new. I deliver the endless force
of water. I move barges for your commerce; you harness me to
drive your machines. I am willing to work for you and with you,
yet I am powerless against your chemicals. I need friends to help
me, to cherish me, to take good care of me.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
A tent city set up on the levee
after the 1927 flood.
Courtesy U. S. Corps of
Engineers, Mississippi Valley
Division
HI S TORY OF T HE LOCAL S I T E :
MI S S I S S I P P I HE ADWAT E R S I TAS CA S TAT E PAR K
A trickle of clear and pristine water sparkles in the sunshine of the northern Minnesota
woods. This trickle that cascades over a single layer of rocks separating it from the Lake
beyond, is the beginning of the Mighty Mississippi. Located in the tall pine trees of Itasca State
Park, the river finds its source in Lake Itasca. For hundreds of years travelers were curious
about the source of this huge river that divides a continent. Several early explorers claimed to
have found the source, but the search finally concluded with Henry Schoolcrafts discovery in
1832, led by a Native American named Ozawindib. Schoolcraft created the name Itasca by link-
ing the Latin words for truth and headthe true head of the river.
Visitors often remove their shoes and walk from one side to the other, or walk across the
single log foot bridge that connects the two sides. From here the river flows north and down-
stream. A twig or leaf dropped in the water here will reach New Orleans in about 90 days.
Today a Visitor Center at the site celebrates Mary Gibbs, who in 1903 was the first female
park commissioner in Minnesota. Gibbs was a gutsy woman, now famous for standing up
against guns and threats from loggers in order to protect the parks growing trees.
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PE R F OR MANCE ONE RI VE R MI S S I S S I P P I I TAS CA
Choreographer: Elaine Hanson
Project Manager: Denise Gulbranson
Music: Minnesota The Land by Peter Ostroushko; Lee Blaske; World Centering from
Gathering of Shaman flute music
Dance Therapist: Tracy Moroney
Reiki Practitioner: Jeanne Troge
THI S EVE NI NG S PROGR AM
6:00 Visit the tables and learn about local environmental issues and how you can help.
Melissa Hallaway Childrens Dance Leader
6:30 Bicycle Dance: Visitor Center Parking Lot
6:45 Art Contest Winners: Awards
6:55 Parade to the Headwaters Site led by the Spiral Peace Drummers
7:05 Earth Blessings
7:10 The Chord of Harmony: Audience Chorus led by Tracy Moroney
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7 : 1 7 P M I . I TAS CA DANCE S
In this section, each site dances to music from its own heritage.
Music and Dance are the right art forms to express our connection to the Mississippi and to
other communities of people who live along this mighty river. Our moving bodies connect
with all the other moving, living thingsthe waters, the air, the animals and growing plants.
Through the power of the intention of our thoughts and actions, we affirm our desire to
acknowledge our connections and honor the Earth which gives us life. Our dance is about cele-
brating and nourishing life.
Earth Dances: During the poem Earth Dances local children will wade across the Headwaters,
as children and adults from around the world have been doing here for countless years.
Heavenly Blessing: In this opening piece we dance as stars at the beginning of creation.
Looking down at planet Earth, on what we now know as northern Minnesota, we send out the
divine and creative energy needed to create life, raw and beautiful in the Lake Itasca region.
Life is formed and it is holy.
Glaciers: In imitation of that mighty ice flow, we dance and slowly help carve out the earth.
We shape the hills and valleys that will support a mighty river when the frozen waters melt.
Work and Play: In this dance we celebrate early European settlers who both worked the
land and played here, as they lived out their lives in this pristine wilderness.
Dancin in the Mississippi Mud: Our youth dancers celebrate life and the joy that water
brings to all our lives. Water sustains us physically and renews our spirits. The metaphor of
living waters that we hear so frequently in religious language is a reality here, played out and
danced out in the Mississippi mud! Choreography: Denise Gulbranson
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Paddle Dance: This dance celebrates the movement of human beings in boats on the water.
Two men from our flotilla, in imaginative imitation of early Voyageurs, will disembark from
their canoes and dance a joyful celebration of this hardy life.
Untitled Poem: Here we segue back into a remembrance of the blessing that waters give to
us all. Based on Itasca Parks recently acquired sculpture of Women of the Water, our women
dancers will pose as caretakers of the waters as we listen to an Untitled Poem that speaks to our
need to be fluid and yielding in our interactions with one another.
7 : 3 7 P M I I : ONE RI VE R MI S S I S S I P P I
The Medley: Red is the color at the top of the rainbow, and the Itasca Mississippi
Headwaters Dance Site represents the top of the rainbow in relationship to the other six dance
sites along the river. Each of our sister cities/communities has their own color to flesh out that
rainbow. Here, all of the sites hear the same medley, comprised of music from the seven sites.
Our music is first.
The red circle is passed along from dancer to dancer with a sampling of the music being
used at each site.
One River Mississippi: Next we move into our dance to the original composition created
for this unique One River Mississippi performance. In this section, all of the seven sites are
hearing the same music at the same moment. This dance is a celebration of color, sound and
movements the river inspires in us. We end this piece with our simultaneous unison dance
movement with the dancers at all the other sites. Please join us at the end when we all dance
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the final repetitious movement together. Choreography: Marylee Hardenbergh and all of the
seven site choreographers.
The Chord: We all harmonize live along the river.
8 : 0 0 P M WHI T E EART H DRUM AND DANCE
Performers from White Earth will share with us their indigenous song and dance. Through
this performance we celebrate with them the ancient and honorable relationship humans have
had with Mother Earth, specifically here in the region of northern Minnesota and the
Mississippi River.
8 : 1 5 P M PAR ADE
Parade back to the Visitor Center for music, food, speakers and more.
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Note that the Mississippi River flows north
from where you are standing.
Map courtesy of Itasca State Park
Mississippi River
Headwaters
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Earth Dances,
Barefoot,
to feel the
life
warming up into us
spiritual,
sensual
as we recognize
we are born of the
earth
irrevocably
linked
in a woven bracelet of mutual
beginning.
Creation,
a faucet of texture
and
time
pouring out its
riches
with abundant abandon
in a total reliance
on
the users wisdom and
subject to
the abusers
ignorance.
Barefoot we,
Grounded in God
yet stretching out,
fingers spread,
to touch every corner of the
universe
with the message
we care.
Earth Dances.
EARTH DANCES by Peter Trainor
CAL L TO ACT I ON:
HOW TO BE A GOOD S T E WAR D
PERSONAL: Taking care of Mother Earth is up to each and every one of us. As individuals
we can make a commitment to maintaining clean water by not littering when we visit lakes and
being very careful about what we allow in the water or on the land where we live or visit.
Dispose of all motor oils, machinery, appliances, computers and other recyclable items in the
proper locations.
COMMUNITY: In the community you can help clean up and keep clean a portion of
stream, river, ditch, lake or wetland. Groups can contact Adopt-A-River and receive free info,
kits, clean-up bags, gloves and help with promotion by contacting dnrstate.mn.us/adoptriver.
NATIONAL: Katrina sent us a wake-up call about the issues facing coastal Louisiana and
the necessity to restore its vital but endangered ecosystem.
The Coastal wetlands of Louisiana act as a barrier protecting the coast from hurricanes and
flooding. In addition, a quarter of the nations gas and oil and a third of domestic seafood is
produced here, requiring the protection afforded by the coastal wetlands.
Heres what you can do:
Stop using pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on your lawn. Buy organic.
Urge your legislators to support the WRDA bill and the LCA program within it
Sign the postcard to Senators Dominici and Bingham on the House Energy Committee
and urge them to support the revenue sharing bill that would fund the restoration of the
coastal wetlands through reallocation of off-shore oil royalties.
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LOCAL I NF OR MAT I ON AB OUT S T E WAR DS HI P
Be river friendly! Keep new construction away from the river. Keep a natural buffer of
plants between the shoreline and your house. Keep your landscape natural: dont fill wetlands,
remove ice ridges, or change to topography. Contact your soil and water conservation district
for information and assistance.
Learn how people have used the river over time. Contact the Institute for Minnesota
Archaeology, Minnesota DNR state parks, Minnesota Historical Society of your county histori-
cal society
Learn what fish, animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians live within your river. Contact
DNRs Natural Heritage Program, read Janine Benyus Northwoods Wildlife, or other guides to
wildlife.
Start a monitoring project on your river.
Get involved! Join local organizations who are working for a clean and healthy environ-
ment. During the spring and summer the Headwaters Canoe Club conducts stewardship
activities along the first 83 miles of the Mississippi River for river clean up and environmental
advocacy. Contact Harvey Tjader: 218-444-5477.
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LOCAL ENVI RONME NTAL ORGANI Z AT I ONS
The Hubbard County Coalition of Lake Associations (COLA) is actively involved in edu-
cation, water quality improvement and lakeshore ordinance compliance initiatives. The spread
of exotic, non-native species of plants and animals threatens the area lakes. Public education,
state laws, and prevention/eradication techniques are being used to control the spread.
Another issue lakes face is the loss of habitat and water quality due to increased develop-
ment of lakeshore property. Water quality is muddied by loss of in-water vegetation, removal
of shore land vegetation buffer zones, and clearing of trees from shore land property. Public
awareness and individual actions on good shore land management practices is the key to pre-
serving the regions water resource heritage. Dont use poisons on your shore land or water veg-
etation and try to leave shore land as natural as possible to allow for animal habitat. COLA,
may be contacted at PO Box 746, Park Rapids, MN 56470.
The Park Rapids League of Women Voters meets monthly and frequently addresses issues
concerning the environment, land use and water quality. They believe that natural resources
should be managed as interrelated parts of life-supporting ecosystems. They support a state
role in preservation and management of Minnesotas water resources through protection, allo-
cation, conservation, pricing, and inter-basin transfer policies protective of Minnesotas cur-
rent and future needs. The League has supported state participation in interstate commissions
to provide comprehensive planning for the boundary waters since 1956. In recent years the
League actively participated with the Wetlands Coalition to monitor changes in the Wetlands
Protection Act. Contact Trudy Overmyer at 218-732-9226.
The Itasca Moraine Chapter of the North Country Trail Association is responsible for the
construction and maintenance of the North County National Scenic Trail from the western
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edge of the Chippewa National Forest to Lake Itasca State Park and west into Clearwater
County to the Old Headquarters Site. They are working with the National Trails System to
complete a hiking trail that will be over 4600 miles in length and used for hiking, snowshoeing,
hunting, and cross-country skiing. For more information about how to join in activities and
help build a trail contact Jerry Trout at 218-675-5448 or on the web see northcountrytrail.org.
The Hubbard County Woodland Council is dedicated to environmentally sound and sus-
tainable management of private non-industrial forest lands. They conduct field days and spon-
sor tours and workshops regarding the wise use of our natural resources. It gathers and dis-
seminates information on relevant topics such as tree planning, seedling care, thinning,
harvesting, regeneration, wildlife habitat, wetland regulation and biodiversity. HCWC plays an
important role in helping private woodland owners exercise conscientious stewardship of a
critical resource now and into the future. In August 06 the group will sponsor a GPS course in
Park Rapids and in September a mushrooming hike. Contact Carter Hedeen at 703 First Street
W, Park Rapids.
Other groups represented at One River Mississippi today also welcome your participation.
You are invited to check out the tables for Minnesota Trailways, The Hubbard County Soil
and Water Conservation District, the University of Minnesota Extension Office, and others,
to learn more. Please visit these tables before and after the performance to find out how you
can become involved and be a better steward of our environment.
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MI S S I S S I P P I RI VE R ENVI RONME NTAL I S S UE S
AF F E CT I NG T HE LOUI S I ANA COAS TAL WE T L ANDS
What can be done to help our watershed?
The Mighty Mississippi River is a great resource for all Americans. It provides a means of
transportation, habitat for abundant wildlife, and it is a primary source of fresh drinking water
for millions. The health and dynamics of this great system are valuable. As citizens, we ask you
to stay informed about the vitality of this dynamic watershed.
The Mississippi River has also been the crafter of Louisiana wetlands. Unfortunately, cur-
rently Louisiana is a state in great perillosing on average a football field of coastal land every
40 minutes of each day. But the sediments trapped in the Mississippi River can once again be
harvested to create new coastal wetland, a great barrier to the devastating effect of hurricane
storm surge. Technology such as pipeline sediment delivery can now provide us with tech-
niques to harvest the rich sediment of the Mississippi River to rebuild fragile marsh habitat.
For more information on these issues, visit the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary
Program Web site at www.BTNEP.org
We also encourage you to contact our congressional representatives and senators asking
them to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to be able to spend money to help increase the sedi-
mentation build-up by using what they dredge out of the channel of the Mississippi beneficially.
DR I NKI NG WAT E R AND T HE MI S S I S S I P P I RI VE R
Along the Mississippi River, residents are able to purchase clean water from the municipalities,
who work hard to make the water as pure as possible, and to sell it at an affordable rate. Of the 7
sites where performances will occur, 6 of them use the river as the main source for their tap water.
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Making clean water available for public consumption has become an important world-wide
issue. On other continents, a handful of private companies have public water supplies, and
then sell the water at rates that are exorbitant. This is especially a hardship for the local poor
people who often cannot afford to buy water at these increased rates.
The Mississippi River used to be a favorite place to go swimming. Now the river is consid-
ered unfit to swim in, and there are warnings not to eat the fish. Why is this so? Our river water
has been polluted by chemical run-off and also by companies discharging their industrial
wastes into the river for free! (Check out http://www.scorecard.org/ and see who is responsi-
ble for the dumping.)
RUN- OF F POL LUT I ON
Residential yards, construction sites, and parking lots these everyday things may seem
harmless but in fact might be causing problems for our water. When land is converted from
natural areas to developed urban areas, pavement and rooftops replace grass and trees. Water
flows over driveways, streets and parking lots, taking with it everything that is in its path. This
runoff is deposited, via storm sewers, into nearby lakes, creeks and rivers. This non-point
source pollution can contain sediment, debris, fertilizers, pesticides, leaves, grass clippings,
motor oil or pet waste. Small amounts of these materials entering a lake or river are not gener-
ally considered harmful. But when these small amounts are multiplied by thousands or tens of
thousands they can cause serious water quality problems.
HE R E S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Use permeable pavers Wash your car on the lawn
Clean up after pets Build rain gardens
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ONE RI VE R MI S S I S S I P P I HE ADWAT E R S
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I TAS CA PE R F OME R S
Core Dancers: Kelly Grossman, Denise Gulbranson, Elaine Hanson, Shelly James, Tanya
Miller, Renee Wickman, Mara Howes.
Youth Dancers: Hannah Fischer, Abigale Grossman, Noah Grossman, Melissa Hallaway,
Abby Hanson, Mara Howes, Hailey Lundin, Amanda Meyer, Hilary
Morgan, Dara Nikolova, Kyja Penning, Lisa Pickett, Jesseca Pritchett,
Mandy Schirmers, Shaylah Stomberg, Katie Zaczkowski
Children Wading: Emily Kjenaas, Krista Carpenter, Alyssa Day, Tori Campbell, Sam
Grossman, Drew & Tori Hilmanowski, Paige Hill, Cielo & Farren
Mooney, Samantha Sabin, Kailee Ellenson, Kylie Higgins, Joelle Nagel,
Kayla Branstrom, Skyler Kennelly, Hailey Craig, Amanda Girtz, Hope
Johnson, Emily Eystad, Lydia Peterson, Heidi Lageson
Bicycle Dancers: Rod Helm, Neil King, Mike Perez, Sandy Perez, Thom Peterson, Phil
Sailer, Arlette Van Whyte, Irene Weis
Paddle Dancers: Terry Larson, Harvey Tjader
Canoeists: Mary Adams, Richard and Margaret Dutch, Flo and Carter Hedeen, Del
& Alice Holz, Terry Larson, Harvey and Tyler Tjader, Jerry Trout
Spiral Peace Val Burkman, Karen Chabot, Robin Cunningham, Sherry Ellefson, Sonja
Drummers: Kosler, Ann MacGregor, Melissa Star, Jeanne Troge
Northland Studio
of Dance
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Blessings: Spiral Peace Drummers, Mike Dahl, White Earth, Pastor Bill Meyer,
Calvary Lutheran
Native Americans: The WE Boys Drummers Singers and Dancers from White Earth Tribe.
Musicians: Hickory Wind: Bill & Julie Kaiser, Rick Paulin
Speakers: Connie Cox: Itasca Park Naturalist; Terry Larson: Northern Adventure
Mississippi Canoe Trips and Rentals; Brita Sailer, Minnesota House of
Representatives, District 1-B.
Stage Manager: Jodi Hodgson
Dance Therapist: Tracy Moroney
Environmental & Early Childhood Initiative; Boy Scouts; Loon Lake Woodcarvers;
Community Park Rapids Rotary Club; Hubbard County Woodland Council;
Partners: Itasca Moraine Chapter North Country Trail Association; Minnesota
Trailways, Park Rapids League of Women Voters, COLA: Coalition of
Lakes Association, Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation; U of
M Extension Office, Itascatur Ski Bike & Run Club; Headwaters Canoe
Club/Adopt-A-River; PRLAAC-Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
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A BI G THANK YOU TO T HE FOL L OWI NG
PE OP L E AND ORGANI Z AT I ONS :
Region 2 Arts Council:Teri Widman, Beverlee Olson
Itasca Park Personnel: Mike Kovacovich; Connie Cox; Jim Keller; Tim Anderson
Park Rapids Rotary Club
Coborns
Coldwell-Banker Clack and Dennis Real Estate
Wells Blue Bunny
Tim Metz, Princess Harshman: First Responders
Mike Kaufenberg: Kaufenberg Signs
Northland Studio of Dance: Jennifer Gytrie
Cattail Creek Framing
Neil King-Photographer
Northern Adventures: Terry Larson
Brian Bedford: Mississippi River Songs Collection
Kellys Cottage Garden
PRLAAC: Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council
Minnesota Power
Jeanne Troge
ALL OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!
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UNT I T L E D POE M
Be
As water is
Without friction
Flow around the edges
of those within your path
Surround within your ever-moving depths
those who come to rest there-
enfold them
while never for a moment holding on
Accept whatever distance
others are moved within
your flow
Be with them gently
as far as they allow your strength to take them
and fill your own being with
the remaining space when they are left behind
Source unknown
BI OGR AP HI E S
Elaine Hanson, choreographer for One River Mississippi, holds a BFA in Dance and an
Education degree from the U of Arizona. She performed and choreographed in Tucson, in
Virginia with The Moving Company: Dance Now!, and in Minnesota with a University Dance
Repertory Company, musical theater groups, and light opera. She has taught dance to children
and adults of all ages, and worked as an artist in residence in public schools for several years.
She is presently involved with liturgical dance and available for performances and dance or
creative/play workshops.
Denise Gulbranson, project manager and choreographer, is the director and dance instruc-
tor at the Northland Studio of Dance. She has lived in Park Rapids since 1989. She was born in
Chicago, Illinois where she received her training in dance and musical theatre and performed
locally with United Artists Dance Co., and taught classes. She is active in various community
organizations and was enticed by the opportunity of using the performing arts as a catalyst to
promote awareness of our environment through One River Mississippi.
Tracy Moroney is a dance therapist from California.
Jeanne Troge is a Reiki Master at Brigids House in Park Rapids. www.BrigidsHouse.com.
218-732-5347.
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WE WI S H TO ACKNOWL E DGE OUR NAT I ONAL S UP P ORT E R S
To the Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) at Hamline University where
Marylee Hardenbergh is the artist-in-residence in a program developed by CGEE to foster artistic
work that engages the examination of environmental issues. CGEE envisions environmental literacy
and stewardship in people of all ages: Thank You!
Jenny Moore, Lucy DuBose, Michael Loden, Sage Cowles, Caroline Leibman, Kay Radlauer,
Gretchen Bonfert, Cheryl Kartes, Kathleen Fluegel, Dan McGuiness, John Shepard, Minneapolis
Mayor RT Rybak, Pam Margules, Rosehawk, Larry Schmidt and the Trust for Public Land, Andy
Grund, The Hardenbergh Family, Susan Testroet Bergeron, Kerry St. P, John McLachlan, Doug
Meffert, Doug Daigle, all governors of the 10 states along the river, all mayors of our sites, Angela
Anderson, James Falvey, Brenda Erickson, Camille LeFevre, Ellen Hufschmidt, Deanne Ekholm,
Steve Lenhart, Rebecca Soileau, Laressa Dickey, Drew Flack, Sarah Bell Haberman, Katinka Galanos,
Patrick Pierson, Mark Huelsbeck, Katrinka Somdahl, Carol Ryan, Cathy Mosher, Randy Hines, Paul
Rhode, Catherine McCalvin, Diane Benjamin, Gretchen Benjamin, Christopher Reyes, Aaron C.
Walker, James Fields, Corey Sevett, Don Schraufnagel, Holly Lau, James Baker, Jean Watts, Dinah
Maygarden, Audrey Emmons, Karen Swenson, The Fireheart Women, Tracy Fredin, Dan
McGuinness, John Shepard, Elaine Hanson, Denise Gulbranson, Bernadette Knaeble, Jason
Clusman, Joedy Cook, Johanne Jakhelln, Beckah Voigt, Sarah Anne Patz, Loryl Breitenbach,
Kimberly Baker, Amy Salerno-Hale, Barbara Hayley, Monique Moss, Janet Spencer & Lyn Caliva,
Donna Duh, Angela Hammerli, Blue Bunny Ice Cream/Wells Dairy, Lesley Bartholomew, and to
the scores of others who helped anonymously.
Our national radio partners: KZY-FM Northern Minnesota, KBEM Minneapolis, WVIK Quad
Cities, KDHX St. Louis, WKNO Memphis, WWNO New Orleans, WRBH Plaquemines Parish.
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