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BALKANIZE!'s performance for the Richmond International Folk Dance Club, 09/21/07
(photographs courtesy of Shari Bennett Speer)

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The original line-up: Patrick McGhee, Nancy Smith, Laurie Hribal & Geoff Bennett Speer

























































































BALKANIZE!'s New Years Eve 2007 performance at Rattlemouth's World Music Dance Party, Art6 Gallery, 12/31/07(photographs courtesy of Liz and Chip Staples)

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Guest dancer SHARI

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Guest dancer JOHARA

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Guest dancer DANA

Guest percussionist BLAKE METHENA
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Blake is a gifted musician who has joined BALKANIZE! for certain live performances.

BALKANIZE!'s New Years Eve 2008 performance at Rattlemouth's World Music Dance Party, Art6 Gallery, 12/31/08(photographs courtesy of Diane Coughlin)

Guest dancer SHARI, New Years Eve 2008, Art6
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

Guest dancer ERIN, New Years Eve 2008, Art6
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

DVORA & BETH, New Years Eve 2008, Art6 Gallery
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

LAURIE, New Years Eve 2008, Art6 Gallery
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

CHIP, New Years Eve 2008, Art6 Gallery
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

LAR, New Years Eve 2008, Art6 Gallery
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Photo courtesy of Diane Coughlin

BALKANIZE! plays Ellwood's Coffee, Richmond VA 9/11/2009.
(Photos courtesy of Shari Bennett Speer)

Ellwood's Coffee crowd

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 The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the imagination. - Persian proverb