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Janet
Hackman
Janet sought the majority of her dance training in Kelowna, B.C. at the Canadian School of Ballet where she studied Highland, Ballet and Tap dancing. As a competitive Highland Dancer, Janet has danced throughout North America and Scotland. Her highest achievements in competition include placing 3rd Runner up in the Western Canadian Championships in Kelowna B.C., and placing 1st runner up at the U.S. Open Championships in Denver Colorado. While obtaining her
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Bachelor degree of Psychology, Janet had the pleasure or teaching for a large dance school in Ottawa. There she gained experience teaching an array students of varying calibre and age. While in Ottawa, Janet also danced with the Gillian McDonald dancers and had the honour of performing with the World renowned Celtic recording artists the Bara McNeil's.
Outside of dance, Janet has enjoyed her career in the Mental Health field in which she has worked with both youth and adults. Janet’s private and professional life has given her a profound interest in self determination and mental and physical advancement of athletic performance. During her studies, Janet was a member of a research team that studied human potential. Janet applies the knowledge that she gained at that time to aid students to grow as athletes and dancers. In addition, she uses her training in Psychology to help dancers gain self esteem by focusing on the dancers strengths and acquire self-discipline through healthy competition preparation. Janet takes pride in her ability to motivate dancers to strive for success both inside and outside of the dance studio. Janet has been teaching for the past 16 years in Ottawa, Calgary, Kelowna, and Vernon and is a Full Member teacher of the Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance. In 2009 was a guest instructor at the SFU "Piping Hot Summer Drummer" (click here for more info).
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Carla Chernencoff
Carla began her yoga practice in 2002 with the Iyengar method and has since added Hatha, Ashtanga, Power, Kundalini and Yin.
Before she discovered yoga, Carla studied classical ballet from the age of nine, as well as tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, and hip-hop. She attended the Royal Winnipeg Ballet summer session in 1993, and then moved to British Columbia
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from Saskatchewan in 1994 to train with Vancouver's Goh Ballet Academy.
In addition to teaching yoga, Carla is a Medical Transcriptionist, which has added a textbook component to her physical knowledge of the human body.
In 2008, while pregnant, Carla studied natural childbirth, and the physiology of labour and delivery. Then, in January 2009, using yogic breathing for pain management, she successfully experienced a completely drug-free, natural birth.
Today, Carla strives to pass on the lessons she has so generously been given from many great teachers.
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Andrew Mercer (Acoustic Guitars and Vocals)
From the far away island of Newfoundland!
Email: andrewdmercer@gmail.com
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Andrew was born and raised on the tropical island of Newfoundland, where at a very young age he began singing and playing traditional Celtic, Irish and Newfoundland music. Andrew formed his first Celtic band at the age of 17 with a bunch of high school friends, and in 2003 that band, called Ocean Skye, released an album entitled “Days Gone By,” named after track one from the album co-written with fellow band member Steven Rowe. Andrew wrote four of the other tracks on the album including the song “I Remember” which was chosen as one of the winners of The Edge Magazine’s National Song Writing Competition in 2002. Ocean Skye was nominated for two - 2003 Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Awards for Best Folk/Roots Group and Best New Group. Andrew decided to make the nearly 7500 kilometre trek across the country to beautiful British Columbia on Canada Day, 2009. Andrew began his quest to look for musicians almost immediately upon arrival in BC and well the rest is history.
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Rhino knew he was a drummer at the age of five when he sweet talked his Mamma into buying him an “Animal Muppets Drum kit”. Further advancement took place in Saudi Arabia under the guidance of a talented music teacher. Rhino was playing drums for productions by the age of twelve. Styles that have been an influence include Stewart Copeland, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Jon Bonham. Like Animal (Keith Moon), Rhino brings intense energy and style to his performances providing rocket fuel to any musical spark. Exploration of many musical styles such as heavy alternative rock, jazz fusion, Reggae, and Funk have evolved this Rhino into a drummer with all the chops necessary to fill any groove! Rhino began first playing Celtic music in 2000 while working with a Leona Burkey, a singer/songwriter from Nova Scotia. The band Leona and Clan McFunk recorded the 'Skyboat Songs' album and performed up to 2003.
The intent at that time was to approach Celtic drumming with a more modern funky rhythm. This vision has further developed with Rhino currently slapping the skins with Vernon Celtic band Cod Gone Wild. This time around Rhino has teamed up with Andrew Mercer, a Celtic musician from Newfoundland. With additional players from the Okanagan area Cod Gone Wild has been recording and performing for over one year and looks to keep developing their band.
Remember it's the drummers that get people moving!
Check it out at www.codgonewild.com
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