KOLO Concert Oct. 30 Harris Theater Chicago

Nikola alerted us to this upcoming concert:
KOLO Concert | Events | 2011-2012-season | Harris Theater Chicago
Serbian National Ensemble Kolo
October 30, 2011, 7pm
Harris Theater, Chicago

Friday night dance cartoon

http://www.gocomics.com/working-daze/2011/10/22

Sad News: Phyllis Spiegel

Phyllis didn't dance with the Argonne group, but many of you may know her from Lake Geneva/Oconomowoc camp.  Here is her obituary.

Tango at West Chicago library Oct. 27, Nov 17, Dec 29

Drop-in Argentine Tango dance instruction  at the West Chicago library 6pm-7pm Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 29.
http://triblocal.com/west-chicago/calendar/2011/10/27/you-can-dance/
Registration form

Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts, Oct. 22 at Fermilab, and other upcoming dance events

Received from Mady:

Lots of fun dance events coming up, in addition to the late October Halloween fun.

Fermilab’s dance groups are sponsoring a special full-day and evening Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts on Saturday, October 22, at Fermilab’s Kuhn Village Barn.  Jeanette will be teaching Cross-Step Waltz and its variations as well as Mazurka Waltz . You can check out the former in this classic video by Richard Powers (one of Jeanette’s teachers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2BLHpVBT4
and Mazurka Waltz is shown in the following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZozQKadkw

Details are on the flyer at http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/WaltzWorkshop.pdf
There will be 3 workshops during the day (at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) and an evening Waltz party with some live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band in the evening. Workshops are $10 each, or there is a full-day-plus-evening price of $30.

The flyer doesn’t mention it, but I think  we’ll plan a potluck supper to go between the afternoon workshops and evening party. There is refrigeration in the Barn, and a place to plug in appliances, but no real kitchen.

Jeanette will also teach a workshop on the Basics of Bellydance on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. That will be held on the stage at Fermilab’s Ramsey Auditorium in the Wilson Hall high-rise (where international and Scottish dancing is held in the summer).

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I’m too modest to advertise the weekend *I* am calling and teaching this coming weekend, Oct.14 - 15, but I can forward on this mention from Sue Hanson of Urbana:
“If you are a dance gypsy and don't mind last minute plans …. this weekend of traditional
dance sounds like a good one.
They will have American, Folk, and English. Mady Newfield, our folk dance
instructor for Marchfest, will be teaching English and International. Dale
Schreiber will teach Old Time Contra Squares and Rounds. There will be live
music by the Cosmic Otters (English/American) and Do Zore (International).

11TH ANNUAL Fairwater I.F.D Weekend
October 14 - 15 weekend
Fairwater, Wisconsin
Info at  https://sites.google.com/site/folkdanceworkshop/  “

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And from Dan Garvin in Minneapolis, another reminder about the Oct. 28 – 30 weekend with Kete Ilievski teaching Macedonian dance at Tapestry.

“There is still time to take advantage of the early bird weekend package discount for Tapestry Folkdance Center's Fall Workshop with Kete Ilievski.  The weekend package price is $55 for Tapestry members or $65 for non-members if your registration is postmarked no later than 10/14/11.  This covers all four teaching sessions and the Saturday night dance party. 

After the 14th, both prices increase by $15 -- still a savings compared to paying for each event separately. “

http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/
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That same weekend, Oct 28 – 30, there is a Swedish dance weekend at Folklore Village with Roo Lester.  http://folklorevillage.org/t2/calendar#Fall Swedish
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 Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers will  host noted Bulgarian dance teacher, Daniela Ivanova, on Monday, Oct. 17., at their usual location , the Lake Street Church of Evanston, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Evanston is also planning a Potluck Dinner and Dance for Saturday, Nov. 5.
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And don’t forget Halloween parties – at Fermilab we’ll celebrate the holiday with a Tuesday 10/25 Scottish dance party, a Thursday 10/27 international dance party, and English country dancing with live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band on Sunday 10/30. 

1952 Finnish Lumberjack version of Tokyo Polka (no, really!)

Ellen's tree in the fall

It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Riverwalk in Naperville, so we went and checked out Ellen's tree to see what it looked like with fall colors:

Daniela Ivanova at EMNFD, Evanston, IL, Mon. Oct. 17

Received from Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers:

Monday October 17

Bulgarian Dances with Daniela Ivanova 

 

at Lake Street Church of Evanston

607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue

enter through courtyard arched entry on Chicago Avenue

7:30-10:30 p.m.        Only $5.00

Dani is a dance researcher, choreographer, singer, and poet. She was with us in 2006 and 2009 for memorable evenings.  See her bio.

More links related to Oconomowoc dances

Here's some stuff I found by googling some of the Oconomowoc dances, just for fun:

Videos:
Domino 5
Domino 5
Domino 5
Romanian Club Life
Maple Leaf Stomp
B'ou Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Reel of the 51st Division
Reel of the 51st Division
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Debarska Svadba
Debarska Svadba
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)


CD/MP3 Music:
Maple Leaf Stomp
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Reel of the 51st Division
Turning by Threes (Tourner A Trois)
Dar Gorani
Tokyo Polka
Tokyo Polka
Tokyo Polka

Lyrics:
Bo'u Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)

Instructions:
Domino 5
Domino 5
Maple Leaf Stomp
Turning by Threes
Toyko Polka

Sheet Music/abc notation:
Carnaval de Lanz
Reel of the 51st Division
Turning by Threes (Tourner a Trois)
Tokyo Polka (Savitaipaleen Polkka, Ievan Polkka)

Other info:
Bo'u Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Reel of the 51st Division
Debarska Svadba
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)

Oconomowoc 2011 Video clips

Back from Oconomowoc camp, where a good time was had by all.  As promised, here are video clips of the dances.  Sorry for the delay, I had to figure out how to shorten some of them so that they'd be accepted for upload.

Update 9/19/2017: videos also available in youtube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLijPtPxfVqUxdgmrCR1p09D18vQJPJUot

Carnaval de Lantz


Romanian Club Life


Bou Nashir L'Eretz Yafa


Debarska Svadba

Brass Band Dances (3)

Dar Gorani

Domino 5

Maple Leaf Stomp

Reel of the 51st Division

Turning by Threes

Tokyo Polka