Dana’s Blog

Dana Performing at the Palm Creek Folk Festival, June 2013

  The Palm Creek Folk Festival is an annual event held in June in the lush tropical grounds of the Mountain View Lake Eco Park, 40km south of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. It is hosted by the Townsville Folk and Acoustic Music Club. The festival takes place over...

Dana Rocks Out in the Gove’s Hog Shed

  Dana rockin' the Hog Shed in Nhulunbuy, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia Waiting patiently backstage at the Hog Shed Musos Paul Dewhurst and Stuey Kellaway at the Hog Shed Learn more about the Hog Shed: http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/02/15/3691588.htm...

Hula Hooping at Athabaskan Village Culture Camp

  Hula hoop-making class with Homer, Alaska's Kammi Matson at summer culture camp at an Athabaskan village in Alaska. I served as camp counselor and lifeguard at the camp, where the children swam more than 12 hours a day. Never thought I'd get sunburned in Alaska....

NO Pebble Mine!!

  Dana at Salmonstock, a fundraising event to raise funds for and educate the public on the threat from the proposed Pebble mine and mining district. Native Alaska, Under Threat - The New York Times Op-Ed by Bristol Bay native and professional snowboarder Callan J. Chythlook-Sifsof PARK CITY, Utah — I...

Dana and Alaskan Troubadour Susan Grace

  Susan Grace and Dana at the Salmonstock Festival, Ninilchik, Alaska (with Mavis Muller's salmon sculptures). "Susan Grace is a singer-songwriter from Alaska whose inspirational folk music celebrates Hope. Reverence for the earth, celebrating connections as community, uplifting spirits, and the joys and challenge of living are the inspiration...

Dana With Artists Ray Troll and Mavis Muller

  Dana with "Spawn till you die!" artist Ray Troll and sculptor Mavis Muller at Salmonstock Festival, Ninilchik, Alaska (August 2013). "From his tree lined studio, high on a hill above the Tongass Narrows in rain-swept Ketchikan Alaska, Ray Troll draws & paints fishy images that migrate into museums,...