Bounding Main -- Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea -- Our Crew

SHANTY SINGERS AND BALLADEERS
The Crew
Christie: See Gina’s bio except that she did not narrate the falconry demonstrations as she was too busy handling the truly dangerous birds. Oh, and the Dennis Sullivan has not tried to kill her. Yet.
		David Yondorf is in a holding pattern between his eighty-fifth and ninety-fifth years at Columbia College Chicago, where he has been pursuing a degree in the safe and steady career field of Theater since time began. A former martial arts instructor and current member of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), David has received the Examiner's Award for Excellence nine times from Fightmasters of the Society. David is excited and overjoyed to sing with as cool a group of folks as Bounding Main and takes special joy and pride in the level of moral corruption he has inspired in his crewmates. Many thanks to are due to his long-suffering parents and his less-long-but-perhaps-more-intensely-suffering girlfriend Sandy.
Dean has been performing on stage and musically since grade school. His professional performances began in '76 at King Richard's Faire. He has written, directed and performed at the Organic Theater, did an all-dance show at the College of Lake County, and returned to singing in '99 at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. In addition to his work with Bounding Main he is the Entertainment Coordinator for the Port Washington Pirate Festival. He was lucky enough to find five wonderful friends to yodel and bellow with him in Bounding Main. He is inspired daily by his lovely and talented wife, Richelle Harrington-Calin, who is a stage manager at Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
	Let me just say, writing your own bio is hard! Here goes…my name is Gina and I sing sea-shanties. Whew! Feels good to admit that. I have been singing and acting for many years and have performed professionally at Great America as one of the founding members of the 1950’s Rock Quartet “The Tomb Tones” and as an award winning character actor and one of the two founding designers of “The Dead Twins” characters. I performed at a local renaissance faire for eight years where I worked with birds of prey including eagles, owls, hawks, falcons, and vultures. At various points I narrated the presentation, flew birds for demonstrations in the shows, and spoke one-on-one with throngs of curious patrons. I have been so very lucky to work with the crew of Bounding Main and have more fun at rehearsals and shows that any one person has a right to have. When asked if we are really having as much fun as it seems, the answer is that we are having an OBSCENE amount of fun. It should be illegal, really. Bounding Main provides me with a place to be silly, funny, to act, and to sing. What could be better? My best friend and sister is there too! Oh, and the Dennis Sullivan tried to kill me. True story.
Prior to donning his floppy pirate hat in Bounding Main, Jon Krivitzky had thirty-odd uneventful years. Hardly worth mentioning, really. His musical beginnings date back into the dimly recalled 1980's,including a particularly excellent (and critically acclaimed) performance of Dopey the dwarf when he was eleven years old. Not too long after, he started performing at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, where he spent ten years singing madrigals, sea shanties, and just about anything else that made him lose his voice every weekend. In between summers, he spent six years in Washington University's Mosaic Whispers (http://www.mosaicwhispers.com), a co-ed a cappella group that he directed on several occasions. Throughout his tenure as musical nut, he has served time in groups of mind-bogglingly diverse styles, including vocal jazz, barbershop, pop a cappella, and chamber music. He directed some groups, started others, and on one notable occasion, drove one into the ground. He doesn't like to talk about that one. He likes music with as many notes as there are singers. The other members of Bounding Main barely tolerate him although he is blissfully unaware of this. He spends most of his time these days working at Medline (www.medline.com), coming to grips with impending fatherhood (first baby due October 22nd, 2006!), keeping his wife Tzvia happy, cleaning up after his pets (two parrots, turtle and a cat) and asking people if they like Pink Floyd. Incidentally, do you like Pink Floyd? 'Cause if you do you should check out this website: http://www.darksidevoices.com.
		Maggie began singing at an early age, as she was born to a creative family in rural Wisconsin--where there wasn't much to do except goofing around doing musical stuff. She has been singing in and accompanying various groups pretty much her whole life. She is thrilled to devote her creative musical energy to Bounding Main, especially as performing with this group of whackos allows her to feel a little more sane. She is an excellent speller and makes pretty good chocolate chip cookies.