Thursday, October 30, 2008

Milwaukee Holiday Folk Fair Nov 21 - 23, 2008

2008 Holiday Folk Fair:
 November 21 - 23, 2008 
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Friday 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 7:00 P
$8.00: in advance
$10.00: at the gate
$8.00: Senior Citizens (62+ with ID) at the gate
FREE: Military Personnel (with military ID)
$8.00: Children (6-12) at the gate
FREE: Children (5 and under): 
Click here for more info

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Friday Oct 31 dancing - Halloween

Since Halloween falls on our regular Friday dance night, feel free to come in costume and bring treats on Friday, Oct 31. Feel free to come dressed as usual without treats, too, of course.

EMNFD: October Folkdance Parties

Received from Harry:


Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers announce
Lots of dancing! Lots of parties!
October 20 : Celebrate October birthdays!
 October 27 : Pre-Halloween Party
Dress up!
Lake Street Church of Evanston – Lake St and Chicago Ave
enter from courtyard – 7:30-10:30pm
always $5 !
first timers free !
Save the dates:
Saturday Nov 15 : Pot luck dinner and folk dance 6–10:30
Reply to this email if you can help set up at 5:40.
Wednesday Oct 29 : ‘Hopkele’ Klezmer Dance Party 7:30-9:30
Live music, dance instruction by Steve Weintraub
At JRC, 303 Dodge Av, Evanston  $8

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Scandinavian Music Concert Oct 19

Received from Roo:

Sunday, 19 October there will be a Swedish Folk Music concert at St. Luke's Presbyterian Church at 7pm. Donation $10.
3910 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515
Guest musicians Staffan & Lena Jonsson from Bollnäs, Sweden will play for us. The siblings have been playing since before they were born! Their family is very active musically.

Lena & Staffan formed a quintet when in middle school and the group still plays together. They made an excellent recording, now out of print.

Both have studied music their whole lives. They have played in many different groups. Both have sought out higher education in music and folk music traditions after finishing high school.

They are now Riksspelman, a national merit award & honor received for their knowledge and skill playing the music from Hälsingland, the province of Sweden where they come from.

You can look them up on each of their MySpace pages. Lena Jonsson, Staffan Jonsson are their names.

To get to the church from the South:
From Main Street, north of Ogden, the first street is 41st Street. Turn east/right onto 41st (there is a sign for the church below the street sign).
Turn north/left onto Highland Avenue. The church is at the end of the street on the west/left side. There is parking in the small church lot and also across the street in the elementary school lot.

From the North:
Go south on Highland Avenue passing Good Samaritan Hospital. Note-you will see the church on your left just south of Good Sam, but cannot access it from there.
Continue south to 41st Street and turn east/left (there is a sign for the church below the street sign).
Turn north/left onto Highland Avenue. The church is at the end of the street on the west/left side. There is parking in the small church lot and also across the street in the elementary school lot.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Cancellation - Oct 10 Friday dancing in Downers Grove

Many of us will be attending the Oconomowoc weekend Oct 10-12, so we won't be dancing in Downers Grove on Friday Oct 10.