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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-27

stefan.kassai — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The state "child-napping" of a Swedish homeschool boy being escalated to the European Court of Human Rights http://bit.ly/cozLQG #homeschool #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-22

stefan.kassai — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Parents win skirmish against United Nations: Organizing campaign to ascertain treaties won't usurp authority of parents http://bit.ly/b9AYpI #
Court accused of violating homeschooler's 'due process' http://bit.ly/bOnXY8 #homeschool #education #

Twitter Updates for 2010-04-21

stefan.kassai — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

In Sweden, a 7-year-old was taken from his parents without a warrant and has been held in custody: http://bit.ly/9YqKoS #homeschool #

Twitter Updates for 2010-04-13

stefan.kassai — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

BBC article about the Erz family in Germany "Where home schooling is illegal" http://bit.ly/c9vnJd #homeschool #education #

The Marriage of Stefan and Judith

Tina Liedle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:20:56 +0000

The sweetly-anticipated day of joy, the marriage of Stefan Liedle to Judith Kauffman, came on Oct. 17th. Hearts are overflowing.

2-Week International Folkmoot Festival

Tina Liedle — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:57:35 +0000

The Highländlers was one of 9 international teams to take part in this year’s Folkmoot International Festival:

http://www.folkmootusa.org/

From their website:

Folkmoot USA, North Carolina’s Official International Festival, is a two-week celebration of the world’s cultural heritage through folk music and dance. Held each summer across the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, Folkmoot features performances, a parade and workshops by up to 350 performers from ten or so countries.

Performers demonstrate cultural heritage through colorful, authentic and original reproduction costumes, lively dance and beautiful music. During its 26-year history, over 200 folk groups from more than 100 countries have shared their heritage and culture at Folkmoot USA.

The Highländlers received a last-minute invitation to fill in for a team that was unable to get visas to enter the United States. Though we are an American team, we represented the country of Scotland. Other countries performing in the 2009 Festival included: Serbia, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Mexico, Togo, Spain and Israel.
For the 2 weeks of the festival, we lived together in an old school, which had been converted to house and feed the many musicians, dancers, and volunteers who brought a spectrum of world culture to the Appalachian mountains.

A delightful experience!

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-16

stefan.kassai — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Arrived in NC and had our first performance yesterday. Practice with all the dance groups this morning and then a huge gala event tonight. #
Finished our rehearsal with all the other teams this morning. Ice cream social at three, then the big gala event this evening. #
Public schedule information: http://bit.ly/hyEPO
Schedule document: http://tr.im/folkmoot_09_schedule #

JodlerFest in Naters, Switzerland

Tina Liedle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:54:48 +0000

Alpine Horns

Market Square

Historic Sword Exercises

Jacob

Entertaining the Jodlers

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Switzerland in May

Tina Liedle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:40:18 +0000

Château de Gruyères

Performing at the Castle

The Argyle Broadsword Dance

Alpine Dancing in Bulle

Scottish Highland Dancing in Bulle

A Petite Swiss Miss

Fribourg

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Resolution Delivered to Federal Education Minister and Members of Parliament – Germany

Tina Liedle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:22:03 +0000

Baden-Württemberg, June 18, 2009

HR 850, the resolution from the Georgia (USA) state government, addressing the issue of home education in Germany, was delivered to the following government officials:

German Federal Education Minister: Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan

Baden-Württemberg state representative: Mr. Helmut Rau, Minister of Education

Baden-Württemberg state representative: Karl Traub, Education Committee

The Netherlands: A copy of the resolution was also delivered to the Dutch parliament at The Hague, on June 6, 2009.

To read the text of this resolution: http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/fulltext/hr850.htm