Celtic Community Instructor

Biographies 2025

Dawn Berg
leads monthly song circles in person and on Zoom. She believes in the positive effects of singing and thinks that we should all sing together more.

Pam Clifton
is a graphic artist, seamstress, weaver and crafter for 50+ years. She is active in the HRG in the fiber arts area teaching weaving.

Anne Freitag
is a retired librarian with an interest in history. She also designs and makes costumes, and does many other crafty things.

Kevin Hall
is a graphic artist from Anchorage. His artwork has been a feature of many local Celtic events, including the Scottish History exhibets at the Alaska Scottish Highland Games and the Irish Club's Galway Days.

Jennifer
is a 25 year veteran of performing in the 3 Barons Renaissance Faire, and has taught many performers how best to survive and keep happy and healthy for the past decade. So if you would like to learn important lessons and tricks to not only survive but enjoy your oudoor festivals, then please come on by!

Jim Kerr
has been doing this stuff for over forty years (No, he’s not that old; he’s been juggling ever since he was a big kid!).

Philip Price
is a retired university professor of logistics and supply chain management and a native of Dublin, Ireland. In addition to decades of writing and performing Irish, bluegrass, and folk music, Philip is an occasional scholar and lecturer of the Irish history of rebellion. He was the author of the play, Eire 1916, which was performed one hundred years to the day that the play’s historic events took place. YouTube channel

Dixine Schiavi
began clog dancing in Southern California in 1980, regularly attending classes, workshops, and national clogging conventions. She was a member of several Southern California performance teams, and has competed and won numerous intermediate and advanced state-level clog dance competitions in the individual, duet, and precision team categories. In 1994 she moved to Anchorage and, in 1998, started her own clog & percussive dance team, the Midnight Sun Cloggers. A few members of the team should be on hand for a demo performance, and to help out during this class.

Cathy Steen

Pati Thomas
has been decorating baked goods for 16 years, was a Wilton instructor for 8 years and worked for Super Star Bakery as a decorator for 2 years. She continues to create cakes, cookies and a variety of patisserie items.

Tanya Tyson

Chris Walker
has been playing the bagpipes for over 55 years! She is a piping instructor, and the Pipe Major of Crow Creek Pipes and Drums.

Geoffrey Woods
was born and raised in Alaska! Last year he opened his own school (under the direction of world renowned Irish Dance teacher Tony Comerford) with locations spanning from Kenai to Fairbanks. Geoffrey has been dancing for over 20 years and as a 5-time world qualifier and Western U.S. regional champion. Come learn Irish Dance from the best Alaska has to offer! Facebook: Comerford Alaska School of Irish Dance