Purpose Prize: Our director, the Rev. Belle Mickelson, was one of six national winners in 2015 of the Purpose Prize for people over 60 who are making a difference in the world! Join with her and help us spread music to kids everywhere!

Bearfoot: 24 years ago, Cordova 4H Music Camp counselors formed a bluegrass band called Bearfoot to showcase music camps in Anchorage and Cordova.  This Alaskan band was professional with 5 CD’s, a record contract, and an agent.  Bearfoot played concerts and taught 100 Bluegrass Music Camps for Kids in the U.S., Canada, Scotland, and Ireland. They won the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest in 2001 and in 2009 were the guest artists at the Anchorage Folk Festival. Their 4th CD was ranked number one nationally in Billboard’s Bluegrass Charts. Their 5th CD was #2 on the Country Music Television charts for 3 weeks in a row. Bearfoot videos are on YouTube and their third, fourth, and fifth CD’s can be ordered from Compass Records. Dancing with the Spirit hopes young Native bands like Bearfoot will begin in every community to teach younger kids in their village and nearby villages.
Alaska Public Radio
Episcopal Diocese of Alaska
Fairbanks Folk Festival
Anchorage Folk Festival
Juneau (AK) Folk Festival
St Matthews Episcopal Church
Thomas Dunklin Photography
Tenth Planet Studio
Petr’s Violin Shop and Anchorage Guitar Central
Music Mart and Studios
Native American Music Video by Pete Peters
Warbelows Air Ventures Inc
Wright Air Service

Arctic Village students play Gwich’in Princess with Wilbert Kendi (composer and writer) and Rev. Trimble Gilbert, Galen Gilbert, Albert Gilbert Jr, Fred Weiss, and Rev. Belle Mickelson in December 2011.

http://twoakhuskies.blogspot.com/2011/12/music-camp-gwichin-princess.html

September 7th, 2014 Article in the Alaska Dispatch

http://www.adn.com/article/20140829/camp-brings-gift-music-rural-alaska-villages