Glad to report that Gypsy Dance Theatre will once again have the pleasure of performing at Texas Renaissance Festival. This will be our eighth year as a troupe, and my own 29th year performing professionally at TRF. Yikes, how time flies...but it sure has been fun!

This year will be unique for GDT, as our master drummer, acrobat, and dancer Terrence Karn has moved out of state to accompany his wife Julie Fox as she pursues her MFA in dance at Ohio State. Glad to report that Taras already has a great job in the dance department at Denison College...but we will miss him mightily. It certainly takes more than one man to replace the likes of Terracio, so this year I will be joined in the band by David Anderson and Aaron Hermes. Hope you like our new sound.

In addition to our original core dancers, Farasha, Kira, Alla, Soraya, and Kareena, we will be introducing a new GDT performer this year. The lovely Katia is the new "baby" in our troupe and we all look forward to incorporating her into our group choreographies, and watching her own solos shine. We also have some special guests lined up included Pangea Beat, Danmar School of Dance and HABDA.

Finally, after all these years we have produced our first music CD. Entitled "Gypsy Breakfast," it includes Turkish clarinet, Indian bansouri, sitar, a fabulous violinist, vocals, Alla's flying feet, and a world of percussion. So I hope to offer you will have a taste of Gypsy Breakfast sometime soon.

See you at the Faire... Opa! Tulo (Ken Knezick)