AMY BERNER’s past performances have ranged from Little Shop of Horrors to Carmina Burana. She’s also lent her voice to performances with the San Diego Symphony, City Ballet of San Diego, Diversionary Theatre, and other arts organizations. In 2017, she had the honor of singing backup for the Chieftains for the only Southern California stop of their international tour. She co-founded the musical theater nonprofit Encore Vocal Ensemble in 2010 and performed with them for eight years. She joined Tricks in 2016 as their soprano and ancillary percussionist and has since added her accordions (yes, plural) to the band, but she keeps threatening to bring her trombone. She works in the event industry, which makes some question her sanity. More importantly, she's the mom of an amazing boy. She’s also a proud geek, a tabletop RPGer, a Whovian since 1982, and she usually has her nose in a book.

CAMILLE BUENO has been performing professionally for the past 21 years. Currently teaching voice, acting, musical theatre, and dance at South Coast Conservatory and through a nonprofit, the Dance Discovery Foundation. You can also see her perform as Lemon Zinger with Tea And Strumpets cascading through the Renaissance and Victorian circuits. She is honored to become a member of Sportive Tricks.

KIERAN BREWER is a gaming nerd, dog dad, and long-time merch-slinger for the band. He is ecstatic to add another enthusiastic punster to the crew!

KEVIN J. CONNORS washed up on the shore along with dregs and flotsam of ruined garage bands and Seadogs, Kevin has been playing music since the 1970’s, performing more actively in the last 14 years. In addition to the Sportive Tricks CD’s, recordings of him can be heard on the Belles of Bedlam live CD “Bootleg” and on DanWill McCann’s CD “DanWill and Friends”. With the Tricks, Kevin primarily plays bouzouki, 6 and 12 string guitars, and a bit of octave mandolin as well as singing tenor. He also serves as the bands “Director”, which he finds similar to herding cats. Really talented cats. In real life, Kevin's in charge of people's mental health. Irony: the operating principle of the universe.

Musically, KURT HANNA comes from an eclectic background, including renaissance madrigals, classic rock, Christian pop, and, of course, traditional folk. He toyed around with various instruments, but the one he has always come back to is his voice. His voice has taken him far afield, from the mountain heights of Machu Picchu in Peru, to the depths of the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland. With Tricks, he started solely as a vocalist, but soon picked up the Bodhran; when his bandmates didn't object, he kept playing. Kurt never understood his mother's warnings not to play in the street. Professionally, he is a project manager for a traffic control company.

Meet Emma McAllister, who realized they were destined for the spotlight the moment they emerged from the void into this realm. Their musical journey began at three, when they stole the karaoke show with Alanis Morissette’s 'You Oughta Know' at El Torito's – setting the stage for Emma's love affair with music.

At the tender age of four, Emma laced up their skates for figure skating lessons, a saga that consumed eighteen years of their life until a knee injury gracefully pirouetted them away. Enter middle and high school, where theatre stole their heart, leading to memorable performances in musicals from Beauty and the Beast to Sweeney Todd.

With figure skating out of the picture, Emma sought refuge in unexpected and fantastical realms – think special effects makeup, Dungeons and Dragons, and Live Action Role Play. This wild ride exposed them to Celtic mythology and foot-stomping tunes from the likes of Flogging Molly, the High Kings, and their buddies in Sportive Tricks.

Now, as a Trick enthusiast, Emma eagerly awaits the next act in their unpredictable and delightfully quirky artistic journey.

JEREMY LAMANTIA comes from a background in instrumental and vocal ensembles and holds a BA in Music. He was an accomplished arranger and performer before joining the Tricks, with his arrangements being performed by multiple ensembles at N. Arizona University, and logging 11 years of large ensemble experience on 10 different instruments before finishing his BA. He takes to new instruments like a warrior to new weapons and learned to play the pennywhistle in under a week on a bet. As of this time, he can play 56 different instruments and teach them to any student willing to learn. On that note (ha ha), in his professional life, Jeremy teaches music to middle school students and goes by, “Mr. L.” He’s enjoyed every minute of being in Sportive Tricks, and he’s grateful for the chance to create something amazing with his good friends.

DAN WHIPPLE retired from the Post Office and decided to pick up the fiddle after not playing it for over forty years. How hard can that be? Right? Well, after much practice, the band let him play with them. This is his first time as the fiddle player in a band. Dan has been active in music vocally for many years, singing tenor in many varied group ranging from barber shop quartets to numerous choirs. His voice is warm and strong as is his personality. Dan says they haven't kicked him out yet so he must be doing okay.

Meet JAKE SPIRON, a lifelong aficionado of eclectic tunes and a musician with a passion for diverse genres. From his early days grooving to Motown and the Stones, courtesy of his music-loving mother, to jamming with his father’s gigs in cover and polka bands, Jake’s musical roots run deep. Over the past two decades, Jake has carved out his musical path, playing everything from blues and rock to alternative and reggae in various bands. Now, he’s thrilled to embark on a new chapter with the Sportive Tricks, where he continues to feed his soul through the magic of making music.