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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




























Former guitarist & vocalist NANCY R. SMITH
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Founding member of BALKANIZE!; left the band in February, 2008.

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Former percussionist PATRICK MCGHEE
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Founding member of BALKANIZE!; left the band in October, 2008.

































BALKANIZE!'s New Years Eve performance at Art6, 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

Former lead vocalist Anna Tulou
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Joined BALKANIZE! in September, 2007, and left the band in January, 2008.

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

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Former vocalist SARAH MANDOUDIS
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Joined BALKANIZE! in March, 2008, and left the band in May, 2008.

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