Dramskoto (Dujni Mi, Dujni) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Sarajevka Kolo (Ja sam Jovicu sarala varala) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Al Gemali ( על גמלי) | Music | Dance | Notes | Lyrics |
Djanguritsa [Moreau version] (Dzangurica, ДЖАНГУРИЦА) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Auauauau (Ziua-n care tu m-ai sărutat) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Joshua (יהושע ) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Idam ne Idam (Oi, Ela Mi Felidje) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Sevda | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Mountain Spring | Music | Notes | ||
Pomasko Sirto (Bavno Makedonsko) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Opincuta | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Tzadik Katamar | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Zile de la Mine | Music | Notes | Lyrics | |
Brestaska Racenica (Radina majka dumaše) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Nagaiki Samba (長生きサンバ) | Music | Dance | ||
Ne Félj Lányom | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Moravac | Music | Sheet Music | ||
Ooska Gookas | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Bossa Nouveau (Oú est ma tête?) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Gerakina | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Zamruknalo Maloj Momiche (Замръкнало е малой момиче) | Music | Dance | Notes | |
Iedera (Crenguță de Iederă – Dobrogeana) [Sonia & Cristian version] | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Ishu Byala Nedo (Ишу, бяла Недо) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords |
Hora Fetelor | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet music |
Karagouna | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Ketri Ketri | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Lemonia (Mori Kontoula Lemonia, Κοντούλα λεμονιά) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Lămîiţa | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Lalica (Nauchila se Lalitsa, Научила се Лалица) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
L'Homme qui Marche | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
Argonne International Folk Dancing
Argonne IFD meets most Fridays 8-10:30pm, virtually on ZoomSt Pauls UCC, 5739 Dunham Rd, Downers Grove, IL. Recreational dancing, no partners needed. $3 requested donation.
Member National Folk Organization.
More info: lindaandjay@comcast.net
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/argonneifd/
Featured Post
2025 Still Zooming
We will continue to meet on Zoom for folk dancing on Friday evenings, 8pm-10pm. Contact lindaandjay@comcast.net for Zoom meeting info. P...
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Jan 10, 2025 Annotated Playlist
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
NOT meeting Fri Jan 3, 2025
We will NOT be meeting Friday, January 3, 2025. We'll be back as usual Friday January 10, 2025.
2025 Still Zooming
We will continue to meet on Zoom for folk dancing on Friday evenings, 8pm-10pm.
Contact lindaandjay@comcast.net for Zoom meeting info. Please do not post Zoom meeting info to publicly-viewable websites, to lessen the chance of Zoom bombers, in case that's still a thing.
There
will be a new continuously-updated post for upcoming live events
of possible interest in 2025, in the Chicago area and elsewhere: https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2025/01/2025-upcoming-events-you-might-be.html.
For lots other virtual folk dance events, see Judith's calendar on the NFO website: https://nfo-usa.com/virtual-events-calendar/
For major live, virtual, and/or hybrid folk dance events, see Kathy's calendar on the NFO website: https://nfo-usa.com/major-events/
For virtual, live, and/or hybrid events sponsored by the Folk Arts Center of New England, see: https://facone.org/
For monthly Zoom Global Dance Parties see https://www.facebook.com/PFDCouncil/
For other live and virtual events, see the calendar at https://www.folkdance.com/?post_type=tribe_events
2025 Upcoming Events You Might Be Interested In
This post will be updated for events in 2025. Please let us know of any additions or corrections. The posts that were being updated with events throughout 2024 have been retired and will no longer be updated.
Zoom or Hybrid Events
Stockton Winter Weekend - Online on Zoom - Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2025 - https://stocktonfolkdancecamp.org/winter-weekend/
Many weekly or recurring events are listed on
https://nfo-usa.com/virtual-events-calendar/ and https://facone.org/. For monthly Zoom Global Folk Dance Parties see https://www.facebook.com/PFDCouncil/
and
https://www.folkdance.com/?post_type=tribe_events .
Live events in the Chicago area:
Lots of ethnic and folk festivals are listed in https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/illinois-festivals/
https://chicagolandecd.org/chicagoland-west-ecd/
Chicagoland West ECD and IFD
Sun Jan 19, 2025
Glen Ellyn,IL
https://www.facebook.com/UCFolkFest
University of Chicago Folk Festival
Feb 7-8, 2025
Chicago, IL
https://www.skokieculturefest.org/
Skokie Festival of Cultures
May 17-18, 2025
Skokie, IL
https://jewishfestival.org/
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
Sun Jun 8, 2025
https://chicagoscots.org/festival/
Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Jun 13-14, 2025
Dupage County Fairgrounds
Wheaton, IL
https://genevachamber.com/events/swedish-days
Swedish Days
Jun 18-22, 2025
Geneva, IL
Live events elsewhere:
https://sites.google.com/madfolkdance.org/mfdu/folk-ball-2025
Folk Ball Festival
Jan 24-26, 2025
Madison, WI
https://nirkoda.com/romani
Nirkoda Romani workshop - Aaron Alpert
with Sonia and Cristian
Feb 15-16, 2025
Palo Alto and Mountain View, CA
https://sites.google.com/site/snopaifd/home
SNOPA! Folk Dance Camp
Feb 21-23, 2025
Camp St. Croix
near Hudson, WI
https://www.lagunainternationaldancers.com/laguna-folk-dance-festival-2025/
Laguna Folk Dance Festival
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2025
Laguna Woods, CA
https://veselofolkdancers.org/
Veselo Festival 2025
Mar 1-2, 2025
Eugene, OR
https://folklorevillage.org/spring-swedish-music-and-dance-weekend/
Spring Norwegian Music and Dance Weekend
Mar 21-23, 2025
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
https://safdf.org/workshops/
San Antonio Folklife and Dance Festival
Mar 28-30, 2025
San Antonio, TX
https://www.facebook.com/people/Dance-on-the-Bay-2025/61567344303252/
Dance on the Bay 2025
with Roo Lester and Gigi Jensen
Mar 29, 2025
North Bend, OR
https://nfo-usa.com/annual-nfo-conference-2025/
National Folk Organization Annual Conference
Apr 2-6, 2025
Portland, OR
https://folklorevillage.org/english-country-dance-weekend/
English Country Dance Weekend
May 9-11, 2025
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
https://lyridsfolkdancefestival.org/
Lyrids Folk Dance Festival
May 9-11, 2025
Near Vancouver, BC, Canada
https://ifc-ny.com/
IFC Revival Folkdance Camp
May 16-18 2025
Hopewell Junction, NY
https://sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/
June Camp
Jun 12-15, 2025
Lake Forest, IL
https://www.swifdi.org/
New Mexico Folk Dance Camp
Jul 10-13, 2025
Montezuma, NM
Jan 1, 2025 New Year's Day Annotated Playlist
Setnja | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Veličkovo Oro (Veličko Skopski Vojvoda) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Lubili Se Dvama Mladi (Le retour des grues) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Hineh Ma Tov - Line Dance | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Above the Rainbow [Stealing the Best] (Dance Above the Rainbow) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords | ||
Beleilot Hakayitz Hachamim ( בלילות הקיץ החמים ) | Music | Dance | Notes | Lyrics | ||
Cije e Ona Mome | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Djurdjevica | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
New York New York | Music | Dance | Notes* | Sheet Music | ||
Skip (Down at the Twist and Shout) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords | ||
Siman She'ata Tza'ir ( סימן שאתה צעיר) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords | ||
Bells of Norwich | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Aux Champs Elysees | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Valle Çame e Shpejte | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | |||
Enigma (Αίνιγμα) (אניגמה) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords | ||
Erev Ba | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Fado Portugues de Nos | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Guzelleme | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
High Green Mountain (Song of Formosan Cultural Village - Welcome Dance) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Hegi | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Maiana | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Avant deux en ronde – Poitou/Vendée (Entrez La Belle en Vigne) | Music** | Dance | Notes | Lyrics | ||
Bourrée deux temps – Berry (Chassepain) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Devichya Khorovodnaya [Девичья Хороводная] | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Lassú Sergő | Music | Dance | Notes | Lyrics | ||
Novoselsko Horo [Moreau version] | Music | Dance | Notes | |||
Kostursko Oro (Dodek je moma pri majka) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Mavromata (Mavromata Ke Xanthi) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Passu Torrau [Moreau version] (Su Passu Torrau) | Music | Dance | Notes | Chords | ||
Tikho Nad Richkoyu (Тихо над річкою) | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Vallja e Pllanes | Dance | Notes | ||||
Never On Sunday |
Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Sardana Curta | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
Ocho Kandelikas - Ladino/USA | Music | Notes | Sheet Music | |||
La Gigue À Ti-Mé | Music | Dance | Chords | |||
Osman Aga | Notes | Sheet Music | ||||
Fatise Kolo [Kolo from Vranje] | Music | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music | ||
La Derniere Danse | Dance | Notes | Sheet Music |
*NY NY notes are close to what we do, but the footwork and turning direction in the second 8 counts is opposite
**The 2-CD set “Chaï Live – Bal de Granit” that includes the recording of “Entrez La Belle en Vigne” is available at this link: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/gonzo-collectif-2-deleted/boutiques/benoit-guerbigny-cd-s